[TenTec] Omni VI tracking

[David S. McCallum]

Might sound silly and it's been a long time since I have had a OMNI VI (darn it!!!) but is your RIT system ok?, good luck, Mac

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Art Lewis" <wa8vsj at ameritech.net>
To: <ken.d.brown at hawaiiantel.net>; "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 8:03 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Omni VI tracking


> Ken
> 
> Its about 50Hz off on SSB. Seems like a strange problem because, like you 
> said, they use the same oscillators. The receiver is high. Not sure what to 
> look at. Rig seems to perform fine in all other respects. Don't want to 
> adjust anything without knowing what is happening.
> 
>                                     Art WA8VSJ
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ken Brown" <ken.d.brown at hawaiiantel.net>
> To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
> Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 10:48 PM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Omni VI tracking
> 
> 
>> Hi Art,
>>
>> If you are talking about in SSB mode, in theory it cannot be wrong,
>> because all of the oscillators in use for TX are the same and have the
>> same logical commands applied to them when in RX mode. On the other
>> hand, when in CW mode the BFO is switched between 9.000000 MHz for
>> receive (same as LSB receive BFO Frequency) and 9.000400 MHz for
>> transmit, and the VFO gets different numbers loaded into it, depending
>> on the sidetone setting you have selected. The most likely cause of a
>> discrepancy between TX and RX frequency would be misalignment of the
>> trimmers in the BFO, which is on the TX AUDIO BOARD.
>>
>> N6KB
>>
>>
>> Art Lewis wrote:
>>> I have an Omni VI that works real well, but seems not to be tracking the 
>>> exmit and rec frequency correctly with my RIT off. I seem to have about a 
>>> fifty Hz difference. I am using the RIT to correct the problem, but I 
>>> wonder if there is a simple adjustment I can make.
>>>
>>>                    Art WA8VSJ
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