[TenTec] omni D & A & C help

[CSM(r) Gary Huber]

Mike,

How you recovering from the accident? Will you be at Dayton this year? I will need an AC4R kit IF I buy a Drake B-line.

Best regards,

CSM(r) Gary Huber - AB9M
9679 Heron Bay Rd
Bloomington, IL 61705
(309-662-0604)
www.csm-gh.com
glhuber at msn.com
gary.huber at us.army.mil

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From: "Mike Bryce" <prosolar at sssnet.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 1:08 PM
To: <TenTec at contesting.com>
Subject: [TenTec] omni D & A & C help

> Gang!
> 
> The pile of old Omni's continue to stack up.
> 
> I have several "A" and a "D" or two models.
> 
> I' have heard there is a mod to improve the agc and to keep it from  
> popping. Anyone know where that mod maybe hiding?
> 
> One of the rigs has a noise blanker installed, and the life of me I  
> can't tell one way or the other if the silly blanker is working or not.
> 
> Is the noise blanker a one size fits all? Or was there a different  
> blanker for each version of the OMNI series?
> 
> I have a sales flyer that has a Omni C on the front cover (the version  
> has all the WARC bands and the crystal filters are selected with a  
> flip switch) and from the photos the noise blanker is quite a bit  
> different from the one I have in the "A" version.
> The photo of the insides in the manual shows a model 248 blanker,  
> which is visually different from the one I have installed. The blanker  
> shown in the flyer and manual seems to have a set of three crystals  
> mounted on the lower left side of the pcb assembly. the one I have in  
> the radio does not have these crystals.
> 
> anyone have a model 218 1.8k filter for sale, cheap??
> anyone have a model 248 noise blanker?
> 
> 
> The PTO on the "D" version is so froze up I need a slip lock pliers to  
> even try to turn it. A call to TT monday I will order a PTO rebuild kit.
> Do you need to remove the counter assembly before you can reach the  
> PTO? Seems to be a bit more than a saturday afternoon project to get  
> the PTO out and back in.
> 
> any suggestions?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Mike, WB8VGE
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> 
> A man with one clock knows what time it is. A man with two clocks is  
> never sure.
> 
> 
> 
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