[TenTec] OMNI VII, Herc II, QSK

[J.T Turner]

I got my Omni VII in September 2007. It has worked with my Herc II in QSK mode from then until now. So I can't understand the comments in this thread. What am I missing?

73.

John ND0N

JTT iPhone

> On Apr 11, 2014, at 14:02, Jon Kannegaard <kannegaard at comcast.net> wrote:
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> No. They don't work together in QSK and never did. To make them work short D11 on the control board of the Hercules II.
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> Hours of sleuthing and puzzling over the QSK circuitry and consulting with my friend Jeff (K6JCA) led to this conclusion. However, I could have found this out with a 5 minute call to Ten-Tec Service which I finally made after all the detective work.
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> Jon
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> PS: As long as we're on the subject of what Ten-Tec should build, how about a Hercules III? The II is a sweet amp if you don't mind the one cubic foot , 58 pound power supply.
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>> On Apr 9, 2014, at 8:30 AM, k6jek wrote:
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>> Anyone using the OMNI VII with a Hercules II QSK?
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>> It's not working here. I notice the H II drops the TX EN/Key out line from 4.1 to 1.2 volts when it's keyed. This doesn't seem to be good enough for the OMNI VII to think that TX really is enabled. 
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>> Menu item in OMNI VII set to KEY LOOP ON.
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>> Jon
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