[TenTec] Omni VI+ sustainability

[Speer, Doug]

I've been reading the string of comments with great interest.  I too own an Omni VI+ which I think is a fine radio.  Due to the history of my particular VI+, Ten-Tec will not service it.  However after suffering some static discharge damage thanks to some most excellent technician work by Bob, K4TAX the rig has been running great for more than two years since being repaired.  Although an engineer by education I am not an accomplished electronic technician and do not have the test equipment to support component level troubleshooting. I pretty much have to rely on others for anything more than very basic trouble shooting and repairs when needed.  Which brings me to my point, or more precisely, my question.  With more and more components becoming unobtainable, how much longer should we expect the Omni VI+ to be supportable.  Is the life cycle of the rig to the point or nearing the point where they need to be in the hands of the serious technicians or simply resolve that they will become museum pieces if they fail?  

Doug, W9PN

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From: Clayton Brantley <clayton_n4ev at yahoo.com>
To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Mon, November 29, 2010 8:11:55 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] omni 6+/ power issue

I wonder if my Omni VI has a simular problem?  The vfo is frozen at the top of 
each band.  Display says we are tuning as normal but we are not
seemed to start out a a loose joint (??) but now just sits at 5.xxx mhz.

Still want to send back to it's daddy to see if it is fixable.  Might be we 
could see if there is an interest in making new boards that would work in
these fine radios.  The Omni may be old, but they still hang in there with the 
best of the rest.

Clayton N4EV

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From: CSM(r) Gary Huber <glhuber at msn.com>
To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Mon, November 29, 2010 5:40:53 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] omni 6+/ power issue

Yes, the OEMICs being out of production was one of my reasons for selling my 
OMNI-VI+. But there should be a replacement solution even if it?s a new small 
board with several PICs to accomplish the same thing. I believe whoever finds 
the PIC replacement to keep the OMNI-VI+ line in service can make a lot of 
people happy and make a few $$$ at the same time.

73 es DX,

Gary - AB9M

-----Original Message----- 
From: Wayne Dial 
Sent: Monday, November 29, 2010 2:45 PM 
To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment 
Subject: Re: [TenTec] omni 6+/ power issue 

Gary, I dug into the 6+ today and it has a missing clocking pulse.  I called TT
and was told some of the ic's are no longer available!  I only us 160-30m and 
the only bands that are low power are 20 and 17m.  So do I sell as is or just 
keep it?  Time will tell.

Wayne

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