[TenTec] Omni six-- heat related IF gain problem

[Ken Brown]

>>This is the first I've heard of anyone installing cooling fans in the Omni 6. 
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>Actually, this wasn't an uncommon topic a few years back.  Personally,
>I found that my PBT settings were shifted dramatically during cw
>contesting due to internal heat buildup.  I used an external fan
>blowing on the rear heatsink which seemed to help, but the internal
>cooling fan always seemed a good solution to me.
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I find that operating my Omni VI in CW contests a fan on the PA heat 
sink is necessary. My Kenwood TS-440 has a built-in fan with temperature 
controlled speed, or at least duty cycle. The TS-440 receiver 
performance in contest conditions does not compare to the Omni VI 
though. I wish Ten-Tec would have included a built in fan. I have never 
tried, or thought that I needed, a fan to ventilate the insides of the 
Omni VI though.

Okay now you can flame me for saying that a JA rig has a usefull feature 
that is not in a Ten-Tec.

DE N6KB