[TenTec] Serial Numbers for Omni

[Steve Baron - KB3MM]

Nice people/
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Williams, Barry" <Bnwilliams at varco.com>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 19:46
Subject: [TenTec] Serial Numbers for Omni


> Is there a site with estimated production dates vs. serial numbers, or
> even a description of how Ten Tec develops serials?  My Omni VI+
> (definitely a VI+, not an upgraded VI) has a serial starting with 10A1,
> I noticed that the Omni VI just offered for sale starts with 11A1.  I
> then looked at the serial numbers on Omnis that were tested by QST.  The
> Omni V they tested in 1990 had a serial starting with 23A1, the Omni VI
> they tested in 1993 had a serial starting with 40A1.  The serial on the
> VI+ tested in 1997 started with 03A10.  Does anyone know how to estimate
> production date from serial number?  Does Ten Tec start a new model with
> 01A1xxxx and increase the first two numbers with each batch they run,
> then start over at 01A1xxxx for the next model?
> 
> I am fairly new to Ten Tec, attracted by the Orion, but deciding to try
> the Omni VI+ first since the performance is pretty similar, and must
> state that their support is as good as I had heard, and the sound of CW
> in a pile up on the VI+ is much better than anything else I have owned.
> (FT-1000D, IC-781, IC-756 PROII) After trying the VI+ I purchased a
> "Cube" with a Titan and 2 kw auto antenna tuner.  When I removed the
> Titan from the cube, I noticed that the side screws had been changed and
> the feet and bail were gone.  I called Ten Tec and received the parts in
> a couple of days at no charge.
>  
> Thanks,
> Barry
> KD5VC
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