[TenTec] Front end problem: OmniVI, plus a FD comment

[AC5E at aol.com]

Hi: I also have a pair of VI's upgraded to option 3. There was a problem or 
two with very early VI's, the first was in redoing the V front end board the 
mixer was installed improperly. Look up the sidebar on the ARRL's original 
test of the VI for more details. 

It's been a long time, but as best I remember, it was rotated 90 degrees, and 
the cure was to remove it from the board and install it properly. 

My first VI was from the second production run and had that problem fixed but 
I got a small kit, one or two resistors if I remember correctly, that 
considerably improved the strong signal performance of mine. 

My second VI had all that boiled out and has been fine since day 1. As was 
the third VI and the VI+. 

Fine rigs, all. And the local club has used a pair of my Option 3's for the 
last several years. With absolutely no problems except the usual one of an 
"old ham" centering the notch in the audio passband and complaining about the 
recieve audio. 

If you have either a Jupiter or an Omni VI or Plus available for the GOTA 
station by all means use it. The newbies don't have bad habits to break and 
they really enjoy using a performance rig. Even if they can't afford it at 
first, it gives them something to shoot for. 

73  Pete Allen  AC5E