[TenTec] My Omni 6 appears to be fixed

[K8mp at aol.com]

Excellent John....
 
 
In a message dated 10/7/2009 5:37:53 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
jh.graves at verizon.net writes:

Some  hams, it appears,
are up to their ears,
with boards sick and  fair,
and irons , A pair?
To fix the beast that warms their  hearts.
After a dose
of solder and toast,
They emerged with a  grin
a rig with a ring,
that gives all the tones
heard on the  phones
and quiets the heart
so they again can start.
A qso or  two.
along with a brew.
To ponder the beast
that quiets us  all.
73,

John Graves

WA1JG



K8mp at aol.com  wrote:
>  
> Guys,  
> Thanks for your help. The  last thing  I did was go over the PLL board 
(aka 
> synthesizer  board) with a hot iron.  When I was done, I could see the 
output 
>  QRG change with the  up/down buttons, as advertised. (It was stuck at  
about 
> 5.8 Mhz  before)    
> FYI: the 1 volt p/p  must be correct  because it's workin' that way.  
> I penned  the below poem today  for our club newsletter. Thought you 
might 
>  get a kick out of  it. 
> Later,  Joe 
> Howdy from  Joe’s  Place… 
> The Ballad of Ol’ Number Six 
> The Ol’  Omni  Six, 
> She ran like a  top, 
> One-hundred  K  QSO’s, 
> Will she ever  stop? 
> Five years, then  ten  years, 
> With rarely a  burp, 
> Must be some kind  of  record, 
> Bet she’ll out live the  dirt. 
> Then  suddenly, what’s  this? 
> She’s gotten quite  ill, 
>  The ol’ gal’s gone  deaf, 
> And transmit’s been  killed.  
> It’s an operator  error, 
> Surely, I  thought,  
> But settings look  good, 
> And now I’m  distraught.  
> Heck, I’ll call Ten  Tec, 
> They’ve seen one this   before, 
> I’ll just order some  parts, 
> And be QRV  once  more. 
> “You’ll have to send it  in” 
> Came  the  reply, 
> Ship out my  baby? 
> I’d rather   die. 
> So off went an  email, 
> To the Ten Tec   Reflector, 
> Swift came some  replies, 
> “We can help you  inspect  ‘er” 
> Consensus among the smart  guys: 
>  “Check the  synthesizer”, 
> I could tell right  away,  
> These guys are  wiser. 
> I scoured the  prints,  
> (In my opinion, they  suck), 
> But I had to find   out, 
> Why my frequency was  stuck.  
> I found  the  schematic, 
> For the synthesize  board. 
> Ripped  open the  rig, 
> Where the goodies are  stored. 
> I  found the  board, 
> And gave it a  look, 
> A  close-up  inspection, 
> Is never a  mistook. 
> Saw  nothing  obvious, 
> So I hooked up the  scope, 
>  Should put out 5  Mhz, 
> According to the “The  dope”,  
> But it read  5.8, 
> Am I using this  right? 
>  It’s been way too  long, 
> Since I’ve been in this  fight.  
> Heck, I’ll take it to John’s  house, 
> He’s got the   equipment, 
> Besides, it’s been a  while, 
> Since I’ve been  in his  basement. 
> I’ll pack up the  rig, 
> And cart  it on  over, 
> But one last  try, 
> Yikes, I hear sigs  coming over  !!!! 
> The old gal has  life, 
> But joy  quickly  fades. 
> Those sigs went  away, 
> Again, she  is  “daid”. 
> But wait, there’s  hope, 
> Could it be a  bad  connection? 
> Or does that  board, 
> Really have  an  infection? 
> I went over that  board, 
> With a  soldering  iron, 
> Hit every single  connection, 
> I  was really  tryin’ 
> After a few  boo-boos, 
> I got it  to work  !!! 
> Saw those 5  Mhz, 
> Ya shoulda seen  my  smirk. 
> My fingers are  crossed, 
> That the gal’s  really  fixed, 
> Wouldn’t be the first  time, 
> That  I’ve been  tricked. 
> I’d planned to give  details, 
>  Of the whole  episode, 
> But decided you’d  rather, 
>  Read this here  Ode. 
> Finally, pardon my  license, 
>  Poetic, I  mean, 
> Bet you wanna-be  poets, 
> Are all  turning  green. 
> See y’all at the  meeting, 
> Don’t  forget your  stuff, 
> Then see you at Joe’s  Place, 
>  In November,  Sho  nuff.
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