[TenTec] QRPp experiment on the Omni VI

[DAVID HELLER]

This wasn't with a Ten-Tec - but in the same theme:   About 30 or 40 years 
ago I was at my Texas location - a rare county in the western plains, where 
I was known as W5NFJ.  My setup was a DX60 + 2b. which was working the world 
with a low dipole on 40 CW - until I started getting rather poor signal 
reports.  I finally dug in and found the screen resistor was open, the 
bypass condenser having shorted to ground,  the final current was zero, and 
all that was hitting the antenna was what was capacitvely-coupled through 
the final tube from the oscillator-buffer.  Not much, but I could still work 
the world.   K3TX
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <K8mp at aol.com>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 10:08 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] QRPp experiment on the Omni VI


> Here's my story...
>
> Several years ago I was in a CW QSO and decided to  switch to a straight
> key in mid-stream. I turned the drive all the way down on  my OMNI-6 Plus 
> so I
> could adjust the key spacing while listening to  the side-tone.
>
> I tapped the key a few times and the guy I was in  QSO with thought 
> someone
> was trying to break-in. Turns out I was S-5 on his  receiver and another
> station who was reading the mail gave me an  S-4.
>
> I had 3 watt-meters in line (the Omni 6's, the one in  my tuner, and one 
> in
> the line to the antenna)
> None of them registered any movement, so my  output had to be in the in 
> the
> 100 milli-watt range.
>
> I still get a kick out of telling that  story.
>
> Later,  Joe
>
>
>
> In a message dated 3/10/2010 7:36:40 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> jagoudie at comcast.net writes:
>
> Hi  y'all...
>
> Let's have some fun with the discussion about the output of  the Omni VI
> set at minimum output.  Try operating with the power control  turned fully
> down (ccw) and see what contacts are made.  Post your  results here!
>
> Other rigs are welcome to join in, as well  :-)   Just post the rig you 
> are
> using along with your  "results."
>
> Jim,  AF3Z
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