[TenTec] Omni 6 plus chirp on 30 meters

Thu Feb 25 17:25:02 PST 2010

Mci bcp yrs below Walt.
Like many, I've never owned a rig from new and have never bought using the 
original price tag as a parameter.
My Corsair-1 I bought because I heard it on the air, cw qso G3KQS to 
TA2/G3UIN and was hooked immediately by its outstanding  cw note.
Eric/G3KQS (sk) eventually sold the rig to me with a duff PA..
I have to admit opening the lid and seeing TT's construction practice for 
the first time I was rather taken aback!
Replaced the final trannies and bingo never looked back till I moved on to 
the Corsair2 which is still my shack work-horse.
Why my JST135 choice?
At that time, and also introduced to me by G3KQS, I was into HAL Corp's 
Clover.
The 135 was the only rock solid synthesised rig that came anywhere near the 
Corsair's superb  receive sensitivity.
I still have fun today comparing the two when working DX.
73 de Malcolm/F5VBU

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Walt K8CV" <waltk8cv4612amos at att.net>
To: "'Malcolm McLeman'" <malcolm.mcleman at free.fr>
Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 10:35 PM
Subject: RE: [TenTec] Omni 6 plus chirp on 30 meters

> Ah, Measurer Malcolm:
>
> I have an Omni-6 option 3 ( which supposedly turned it into a Omni-6+ )
> upgrade and none of my non DSP radios, Japanese or whatever, have ever 
> been
> upgraded to the next model or for such a reasonable price!
>
> But wait, I am not only a TenTec fan! By the way, I think the old Omni for
> what I do, cw, is one of the better rigs around! But I digress, the Orion 
> 2
> that I have still uses the same software that came with it and I did not
> participate in the BATA test software fiasco at TenTec and maybe now that
> some person named John Henry is back things will change? Never had chirp 
> on
> the Omni 6 either, but did have the display go blank problem and they and
> the guys on the reflector recommended a change in the zener diode there 
> and
> I did that but put in a higher wattage one and no more display problems.
>
> I looked long and hard at the JST135 and must have read the review in QST
> and decided it was not for me. Never had a Collins 380 either :-), to
> expensive for me, but did have a Drake TR-7, which my son now uses.
> Interesting radio for it's time, and built like a battle ship! But, alas,
> not the most sensitive beast, but almost as bullet proof as the roofing
> filter rigs of today!
>
> Have you tried the Yaesu FT-950? Or even the lowly FT-450? Absolutely
> amazing radios for the PRICE!
>
> Walt K8CV
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Malcolm McLeman [mailto:malcolm.mcleman at free.fr]
> Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 1:41 PM
> To: Walt Amos
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Omni 6 plus chirp on 30 meters
>
>
> Perhaps I should have said the second hand price arena looking recently at
> $675 for Corsair2 plus VFO as an example.
> My input was not intended to evoke an "us and them" scenario or digress 
> into
>
> the world of car manufacture but now you mention it my trusty 1983 (GM) 
> Opel
>
> Ascona
> is still running on it's original Koyo wheel bearings.
> Due to the fact my Corsair is not stable enough for PSK31 my second rig is 
> a
>
> JRC JST135, slated by QST on its debut and not necessarily everyones cup 
> of
> tea, I find as solid as a rock.
> I think Ten Tec are very lucky to have such a faithful following, myself 
> one
>
> of them.
> My point was very expensive rigs whatever their origin that chirp require
> constant tweaking or (and only what I read) in the case of the Orion
> unfulfilled software I find unacceptable.
> 73
> Malcolm F5VBU
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Walt Amos" <waltk8cv4612amos at att.net>
> To: "Malcolm McLeman" <malcolm.mcleman at free.fr>
> Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 7:00 PM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Omni 6 plus chirp on 30 meters
>
>
>> First off, they are not in the same price range, the OMNI, even new was
>> half the cost of the other ones you mention. Secondly, all, and let me 
>> say
>
>> that again, ALL , radio equipment have / has problems! The first YAESU
>> FT-1000MP I go worked for about 20 seconds and then went DEAD! The dealer
>> actually had to talk to YAESU to get permission for me to send it back,
>> Chip Margelli was the CEO then and gave them permission. The second one
>> worked fine for many years but now the RIT control is malfunctioning and
>> probably just a dirty plug on what ever board it is connected to and will
>> eventually get around to opening it up and fixing it! Kenwood is now
>> almost out of business because of the rotten rice boards and the plated
>> through hole going open! Look at the problems TOYOTA is having and 
>> KILLING
>
>> PEOPLE ! You can't believe in any STUFF ...............
>>
>> :-)
>>
>> Walt K8CV Royal Oak, MI.
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Malcolm McLeman" <malcolm.mcleman at free.fr>
>> To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 12:47 PM
>> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Omni 6 plus chirp on 30 meters
>>
>>
>>> As I almost went down the Omni 6 plus road do I read correctly that a
>>> modern
>>> transceiver competing in the same price arena as the Icom Pro or the FT
>>> 1K
>>> series not only chirps but requires regular tweaking?
>>> 73 Malcolm F5VBU
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "donhall161" <donhall161 at sbcglobal.net>
>>> To: <ken.d.brown at hawaiiantel.net>; "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment"
>>> <tentec at contesting.com>
>>> Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 2:57 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Omni 6 plus chirp on 30 meters
>>>
>>>
>>>> Did that and check again regularly.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 73  Don K5AQ
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