[TenTec] Omni C - Interesting MOD found

[Al Gulseth]

Possibly a homebrew clone (or the prototype/testbed rig) of the Ron Lee (if I 
remember correctly) AGC mods? As I recall there were comments that TT 
engineers looked at the mod and incorporated ideas from it into the Corsair.

73, Al

On Thu August 29 2013 8:47:45 am Joe wrote:
> I just picked up an Omni C station with power supply and remote VFO. The
> receiver is amazing!  The AGC works really well and appears to have some
> hang characteristics but without the pops on strong signals.
>
> While going through the Omni I found a very interesting mod.  It appears
> to be an AGC mod.  It consists of a home brew circuit on a perf board
> which is double side taped to the one of the IF cans. The mod
> essentially inserts the AGC detector circuitry of the Corsair into the
> Omni IF-AGC board.  This is a very extensive mod with lots of wiring
> changes and components either removed or lifted from the original Omni
> IF-AGC board.
>
> I was fortunate enough to receive original owners manuals with this
> station.  The Omni owners manual has a pages added with hand written
> notes and a schematic of the Corsair IF-AF board with yellow highlighter
> depicting the mod that was made in the Omni.
>
> None of the documentation actually states what was actually done however
> it claims to be the "W3OG board" ?
>
> Does this mod ring a bell with anyone?  Just thought I'd throw it out on
> this list for comment. I've also written to W3OG in hopes of learning
> more about this.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Joe
> KB3KJS
>
>
>
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