[TenTec] DIY VFO jumper for Omni B

[Wade Staggs]

*If the RCA Cable you used has any real length to it, maybe RF is getting
into the Cable. Try cutting the connectors off of an old cable and tie the
center wires together as short you can. My jumper looks like a solid piece
of bent wire which makes contact with the center pins only. It is only long
enough to go between the two female pins of the two plugs. Maybe a piece of
12 gauge solid wire bent into a long squared off U that is just wide enough
and long enough to plug in?*
*                                                 73 Wade/KJ4WS*


On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 8:03 PM, Neil Martinsen-Burrell <
neilmartinsenburrell at gmail.com> wrote:

> Can anyone tell me what the external VFO jumper for an OMNI B should look
> like?  When I bought the rig, it came with the external VFO which I no
> longer have.  Now to make the rig work, I think I need to replace this
> jumper.  I have tried just using a RCA cable that I had around the shack,
> but when I transmit, the displayed frequency jumps around wildly, so I
> don't think that is right.
>
> I have some RCA connectors and some wire, but I don't know what exactly I
> am trying to make.  Can someone offer a description or a picture of what
> the original external VFO jumper looked like so I can attempt to duplicate
> it?  Or failing that, can someone explain why my simple RCA cable doesn't
> work?
>
> Thanks for any help you can offer.
>
> -Neil KD0UKC
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