[TenTec] Problem with my Omni VI /option3

Chris christopher_an at sympatico.ca
Thu Jul 29 22:53:49 EDT 2004


Hi Steve,

Yes, that was the first thing I did.  It sounds like that I have to send it
to Ten-Tec.  Thanks.

Chris  VA3UT

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve N4LQ" <n4lq at iglou.com>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2004 9:50 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Problem with my Omni VI /option3


> I assume you unplugged your key and or keyer?
> Steve N4LQ
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chris" <christopher_an at sympatico.ca>
> To: <TenTec at contesting.com>
> Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2004 9:01 PM
> Subject: [TenTec] Problem with my Omni VI /option3
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I have a problem with my Omni VI/option3, and here is the symptom.
>
> When I turned on the radio yesterday, its CW sidetone was heard all the
time
> and the wattmeter was showing that it was transmitting CW signal.  None of
> the button on the mode, band, nor filter was working.  Turning the radio
off
> and on didn't fix the problem.  I did PARTIAL RESET as well as MASTER
RESET,
> but no luck at all.
>
> However, the symptom has changed after the MASTER RESET.  After this
reset,
> the radio is no longer transmitting.  I just don't hear anything from the
> radio.  The meter is moving, so I can see that the receiver is working.
If
> I do the MASTER RESET again and hold the ENTER button, I can hear signal,
> however, it goes MUTE as soon as I release the ENTER button.
>
> There is nothing connected to AUX antenna port and the meter drops when I
> press the ANTENNA button to AUX.  This assures that the receiver is
working
> but something is cutting the audio off.
>
> For both befor and after, none of the buttons works on the radio, so I
> suspect that there is a problem on the logic board or CPU of the radio.  I
> asked Ten-Tec and he also pointed that there must be a problem on the
> control board.  He told me to ship the radio, but I'd like to find if I
can
> get it fixed here locally first.  Does anyone here have any idea what went
> wrong?  Do you think I'd rather send it to Ten-Tec for repair?  I know
> Ten-Tec will do a top class work on it, but the shipping both ways will
cost
> too much.
>
> Any suggestion or comment will be much appreciated.
>
> Regards,
>
> Chris VA3UT
>
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