[TenTec] PTO on the Omni C

[Steve Ireland]

Hi Tim

Thanks a million for the rapid reply - much appreciated.

I have rebuilt a Drake R4C PTO, so am not (thankfully) worried about 
carrying out such a thing.  However, I would be very interested if you had 
any ideas about what is the best way to remove the hardened grease?

I am sitting here listening to 160m - can hear quite a bit of activity in 
the Oceania contest on that band.  Unfortunately conditions into the USA 
seem pretty poor on the topband.

Vy 73

Steve, VK6VZ



At 07:41 PM 8/10/2005, you wrote:

>Steve,
>Sounds like you need a PTO rebuild.. the old grease in there has hardened
>and is most likely causing your problem.  Ten Tec will rebuild it for you,
>or they will sell you a rebuild kit for about $25 or so and you can do it
>yourself. I've done them in the past, it is not real hard to do.. Heard lots
>of activity in the OC contest this morning from your direction..  :)
>Good Luck
>Tim
>Nz8J
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>From: "Steve Ireland" <vk6vz at arach.net.au>
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>Subject: [TenTec] PTO on the Omni C
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> > G'day
> >
> > I was tuning around on my Omni C last night  - which has been working
> > beautifully - and the CW signals I was tuning in started to sound like
> > Russian Klub stations - with a pronounced chirp on them.  If I wiggled the
> > PTO dial or tuned it rapidly off frequency and tuned it back, the signals
> > sometimes returned to a clean sharp note with no chirp.
> >
> > Please can anyone tell me what is happening - and (even better) what is
>the
> > cure?
> >
> > Thanks, blokes!
> >
> > Vy 73
> >
> > Steve, VK6VZ
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