[TenTec] Help my Omni VI is unwell

[Denton]

I had a bit of drift problems in my Omni VI until I pulled the speaker and 
installed a small fan in its stead...no more drift.
I typically keep my rf gain cranked down to just over half open....see if 
backing off of yours a tad correct the static crashes. Also if you don't 
have any kind of static dissapation device on your antenna leads (I used a 
high value resistor across each of my twin lead legs to ground) then 
sometimes static can raise a bit of havoc.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <G4PUQ at aol.com>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 11:28 AM
Subject: [TenTec] Help my Omni VI is unwell


> What a frustrating evening - last night I failed to work 3Y0X on  30m 
> along
> with VQ9, 6W and FH on 160m. I love this hobby...but I hope  I have more 
> luck
> tonight.
>
> Now I don't want to sound like a bad workman who blames his tools but  I 
> have
> noticed a few glitches in my Omni VI. I'd appreciate any advice before I
> send my Omni back to TT for an overhaul.
>
> Glitch 1  - on receive, the tone of the received cw signals jumps  by a 
> few
> hundred Hz, the display remains quite steady. Some sort of  stability 
> problem
> perhaps?
>
> Glitch 2  - on receive again, and particularly following  switching on, 
> the
> audio is accompanied by lots of electrical/static crashing  noise (S4 - 
> S5). I
> checked last nights dx signals on my Corsair II and  Drake TR7, no noise, 
> its
> inside the Omni VI.
>
> Any ideas ? Has anyone encountered these problems before. Due to the
> intermittent nature of the problems I would appreciate any adivce  - it 
> would cost a
> bundle to send my radio across the pond for a  service.
>
> Thanks, Peter - G4PUQ
>
>
> PS  I'm not attributing my bad luck last night to my radios.
>
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