[TenTec] OMNI VII-- "New Bands??"

[Rick Williams]

It is my understanding that the Jupiter & Argo V were built with the
appropriate LPF board for 60 metres before the band was opened for amateur
use.  It was then an easy fix in software to activate 60 metres.

It is likely that the Omni VII and Orion, with amateur TX only, share a
similar configuration. So, unless the LPF board covers the entire HF
spectrum in its present configuration opening the transmitter for use beyond
the current amateur bands may be a problem.

73, 

Rick 
VE7TK

Website:  http://www3.telus.net/ve7tk  




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Subject: 	Re: [TenTec] OMNI VII--Thanks
From: 	Henry Mackey 
Date: 	Fri, 22 Jun 2007 11:22:58 -0400 (EDT)

I know that fact caused this potential buyer to purchase the Jupiter when he

did.

73 de Henry/n9hm

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Anderson" <k9iua at yahoo.com>
To: tentec at contesting.com
Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 2:19:08 PM (GMT-0500) America/New_York
Subject: Re: [TenTec] OMNI VII--Thanks

Bearing in mind that one largely might operate stand-alone (such
as I might and John implied), as one looking at the Omni VII as
compared to say an Omni VI or V, I might be swayed toward the
newer radio alone by the ability to adapt the radio to new bands
as they become available.  You'll be able to do that with the
Jupiter, Argo V, and Omni VII, as well of course with the Orion
- in other words, all the newer Ten-Tec radios -  but you won't
be able to easily do that with anything older, such as the Omni
VI or V.  I recall Ten-Tec using that argument with the Jupiter
at the time the new 60 M band was becoming a reality.  Only
Ten-Tec can tell us if that swayed potential buyers or not to
any substantial degree.

Kevin, K9IUA