[TenTec] Omni-VI plus question

[John Cox]

John
What are the symptoms of a bad oven.  I have an Omni VI with option 1 and a 
VI+.   I  am going to sell one of them.  Yhe VI+ had low power when I bought 
it and went back last year to ten-tec to have one or more pin diodes 
replaced.  They did a operational check when the repair was completed so its 
oven should be ok.  The VI has no frequency drift that I can detect.  They 
both operate exactly the same except for the extra filter in the VI+.
Maybe someone here on the list can explain the advantage of the extra 
filter?  I currently have 1.8 kc filter in N1 and a 500 cycle filter in N2
I just came back to the hobby last year after being away since 1955.  I find 
that on CW with the passband tuning and the 500 cycle filter selected that I 
can get rid of almost all adjacent signals.
John Cox  KC0YAI  (prior K6HSG)
Bona, Missouri

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Huffman" <hjohnc at gmail.com>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 7:22 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Omni-VI plus question


> Dennis -
>
> I bought a used Omni VI+ (option 3) off this list.  The question I
> should have asked was, "Has the crystal oven been replaced?"  It was bad
> and the guy wouldn't take the rig back.  The radio ended up taking a
> trip to Ten Tec to figure out what was wrong and replace the oven with a
> TCXO.  Crystal ovens are no longer available.  Later Omni VI+ came with
> the TCXO standard.
>
> As long as you get a good enough price to cover a trip back to Ten Tec
> (I didn't) you'll be fine.  The repair and checkout cost under $200.
> Ten Tec repair prices are very reasonable.
>
> 73 de K1ESE
> John
>
> Dennis OConnor wrote:
>> Not sure what I would ask.  What would a seasoned Ten Tec user ask of a
>> seller?
>> ****************************************************************************
>>
>>   Filters
>>   Condition
>>   Repair history
>>   Does it work?
>>   Will you take it back if it doesn't?
>>   Why would you want to sell one of the best CW rigs ever made?
>>   Send photos
>>
>>   cheers
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> denny / k8do
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