[TenTec] OMNI V upgrade

[Donald L. Schliesser]

Scott, You might think about replacing the whole key pad.  I did that on 
my OMNI.  Bought it from Ten-Tec for about $35 a year or so ago.  It 
requires taking the front panel off and some maneuvering to get the new 
key pad situated, but I was able to do it no problem.  Just took my 
time, made diagrams and made sure I got the plugs back in the right 
places.  There is one plug that has an extra pin sticking out and you 
have to be sure to plug it back in with that same pin out.

A lot of my buttons were worn and this obviously solved the problem.  I 
kept the old keypad to use the buttons that were not worn as spares. (I 
should live so long!).  Unfortunately, the buttons you need were also 
bad on my keypad.  Think I asked the same thing about replacement 
buttons, and got the same answer, except they told me about the whole 
keypad being available.

I was talking to Don Prouty in the Ten-Tec's service department but he 
has now left.  The current resident expert on the OMNI V is Gary Green.  
Suggest you talk to him and ask him to check to see if they still have 
any full keypads available.  Whoever you talked to may not have known 
they had them.

Hope that helps.

73, Donald K6RV


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> Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 13:26:40 -0500
> From: Scott Sheppard <scottsheppard at videotron.ca>
> Subject: [TenTec] Omni V upgrade
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> Please pardon a post that could have easily been made over 10 yrs
> ago...as with all areas of Ham Radio I am boldly forging into the
> 80's...
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> Having just replaced the old chip in the omni V with Carl's V.92 chip I
> must say I am truly impressed. The biggest feature for me is the ability
> to zero in the VFO.
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> That said, it would seem TT no longer has any replacement buttons for
> the clear enter or shift function so I will have to improvise. Has
> anyone come up with a better alternative? I am thinking a fine
> resurfacing of the button and then repainting the letters on...has
> anyone tried this?
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> As well, what control software is the most popular for this omni v
> application?
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> Kind regards and happy new year...
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> scott VA3IED
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