[TenTec] For Sale Omni A/B and power Supply
Kevin Purcell
kevinpurcell at pobox.com
Fri Nov 9 14:55:59 EST 2007
John,
look on the Ten Tec support knowledge base for TT using the phrase
"Omni D series C". They use it for the 546C!
<http://kb.tentec.com/>
For example, "Identifying the Omni D series A, B or C" where they use
that name several times.
<http://kb.tentec.com/index.php?article=41>
Better still a Google site specific search finds them all ...
<http://www.google.com/search?rls=en&q=site:kb.tentec.com+%22Omni+D
+series%22>
including their General Repair FAQ (this is a PDF file).
<http://kb.tentec.com/pdf.php?category=7>
It is true that the manual (and the radio) don't have this name on
them but that doesn't mean that TT never called them by that. I
suspect they didn't realize how convoluted their product names had
become until after they shipped them and people would call in with
problems.
Of course this naming scheme also explains how the Omni V, VI and VII
got their names if you count A, B, C, D, 5, 6, 7.
Last time this came up a guy (it wasn't you John, was it?) just
wouldn't believe me until I provided him with the links to the
tentec.com site. Then he stopped emailing me! Very odd.
On Nov 9, 2007, at 9:10 AM, John/K4WJ wrote:
> 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
>
>
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Kevin Purcell
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