[TenTec] For Sale Omni A/B and power Supply

[John/K4WJ]

Carl,

What you wrote sounds logical. However, I've never seen any reference 
to an Omni D series C until some guys started posting this in their 
messages to this group.

I have researched all of the sales brochures I have and even went 
back to 1979 to look in QST for any reference to an Omni D series C. 
I did not find any reference to it.

If TenTec wanted to call it an Omni D series C they never made this 
public, at least as far as my research has determined.

  Omni Announced in October, 1978

  The October, 1978 QST  has a TEN-TEC advertisement that announces on pages
  128 and 129,

  "there's a world of difference in TEN-TEC's  all new hf transceiver--
OMNI"

  The Omni was avaialble with either a digital or an analog frequency
  readout. The specifications for both OMNI models were the same except for
  the readouts

  " ANALOG OR DIGITAL READOUTS . OMNI A features an analog dial with 1 kHz
  dial markings. OMNI D has 0.43" LED readouts with the 5 most significant
in
  red and the 6th in green to show 100 Hz increments."

  The price for these beauties was "Model 545 OMNI-A $899" and the "Model
546
  Omni D $1069".

  Both transceivers pictured in this advertisement have digital readouts and
  have "OMNI D" printed above the TEN-TEC logo on the front panel. In other
  advertisements I saw pictures of the Omni A and it had an analog dial and
  "OMNI A" above the Ten-Tec logo on the front panel.

  August, 1979

  It appears that this is the first time Ten-Tec advertised the series B.
  This advertisement announced,

  "New OMNI/SERIES B Filters The Crowd". The advertisement claims "NEW I-F
  RESPONSE SELECTION"  and "NEW NOTCH FILTER" and new prices.

  The prices were, "Model 545 Series B OMNI-A $949" and the "Model 546
Series
  B OMNI-D $1119". Pictures of the digital model show OMNI-D printed above
  the logo on the front panel. Ten-Tec continued to offer an analog and a
  digital version of the Omni.

  May, 1980

  In QST on page 109 I found the first Omni - Series C advertisement. It
  said, "new features, new performance + all 9 bands". The price line says
  "Model 546 Omni - Series C...$1189" The front panel has "OMNI" printed
  above the logo and the A and D were dropped.

  The digital "Model 546 Omni - Series C" replaced the analog "Model 545
  Series B Omni-A" and the digital "Model 546 Series B Omni-D" in May, 1980.

  In summary, the Ten-Tec OMNI models were as follows,

  Omni Analog Models
  Model 545 OMNI-A $899 announced around October, 1978
  Model 545 Series B OMNI-A $949 announced around August, 1979

  Omni Digital Models
  Model 546 Omni D  $1069 announced around October, 1978
  Model 546 Series B OMNI-D  $1119 announced around August, 1979
  Model 546 Omni - Series C  $1189 announced around May, 1980

  I don't know why some folks refer to their 'Omni C' as the 'Omni-D Series
  C' because the latter never existed. If anyone has information that it
did,  then I sure would like to see it. Since there was no analog 
version of the
  C series, calling it the Omni C meant that it had a digital readout.

TenTec referred to it as Model 546 Omni - Series C and NOT as the 
Model 546 Omni-D series C. I assumed they dropped the Omni-D in order 
differentiate the series C as a new line of digital readout 
transceivers not to be confused with the older models. There was no 
analog version of the series C so there was no need to continue to 
use Omni-A or Omni-D in the name.

Back in the old days hams would refer to their  older TenTec rigs as 
a an Omni B with a digital readout or an Omni B with an analog 
readout. This differentiation was not necessary with the series C so 
it was referred to as an Omni C even though there is no mention of 
the Omni C in TenTec's literature or manual.

Over the years I've beaten this subject to death. I've accepted Omni 
C as the name for my transceiver even though it is not the official 
TenTec name for this model. So, I will accept the fact that the 
TenTec newbies refer to it as the Omni D series C.

73..de John/K4WJ


At 06:40 PM 11/8/2007, you wrote:
>The Omni C was short for Omni D series C.  They were only made in digital.
>So obviously Omni C series B is impossible.  In the Original mode, there was
>an Omni A for analog and an Omni D for digital display.  Then later both
>these models were enhanced to the series B level.  Hence the Omni A series B
>and the Omni D series B.  Then finally, they came out with the series C,
>which was only digital.  It was an Omni D series C which got shortened to
>Omni C.
>
>Carl Moreschi N4PY
>121 Little Bell Drive
>Bell Mountain
>Hays, NC 28635
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "John/K4WJ" <k4wj at bellsouth.net>
>To: <roncasa at verizon.net>; "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment"
><tentec at contesting.com>; "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment"
><tentec at contesting.com>
>Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2007 6:32 PM
>Subject: Re: [TenTec] For Sale Omni A/B and power Supply
>
>
> > Ron,
> >
> > I challenge you to find an Omni C, series B in any TenTec sales
> > brochures, magazine ads or any magazine reviews. I've owned a C since
> > 1981 and I've never seen or heard of an Omni C, series B until some
> > guys invented it on the Internet.
> >
> > 73..de John/K4WJ
> >
> > At 03:48 PM 11/8/2007, roncasa at verizon.net wrote:
> >
> >
> > >Hi,
> > >
> > >I have for sale a Ten Tec Omni A/B in good condition.
> > >
> > >
> > >I have to ask, but what is A/B? I've seen Omni listed as A, and as B,
>even C
> > >and D. But never as "A/B".
> > >I also know it was TT fault for confusing us naming these models (smile).
> > >Like, "Omni C, series "B".
> > >
> > >(maybe I was out that day)
> > >
> > >Ron, wb1hga
> > >"the 516 is a keeper"

73..de John/K4WJ
ex K8PXG 18 Jun 1959 to 11 Feb 1997
K8WJ 12 Feb 1997 to 08 Apr 1997