[TenTec] Omni VI mystery

[Bob McGraw - K4TAX]

While being one that repairs radios, yes I agree that one can and should 
consider doing the repair themselves.  It is a learning process and one that 
adds pride to their activities.   And to support that point, Tentec Service 
is usually willing to provide suggestions and procedures for most products 
and in most cases.

Now with that said, many hams today are "operators" thus having little 
actual electronic experience or knowledge as to what goes on in the space 
between the knobs on the front and the connectors on the rear.  And many 
hams do not have suitable tools and test equipment available to effect many 
of these repairs.

If the radio was recently at Tentec for service, then I would strongly 
suggest that Paul at Tentec Service be contacted and arrangements to get the 
radio to them to resolve the issues.  A botched repair by the user will only 
make for unsatisfactory results and a more expensive repair in the end.

The Omni VI with opt 3 is still one of the best performing CW rigs on the 
air today.  Very few of the newer and current models will attain the 
receiver performance of the Omni VI with opt 3 installed.  In fact the 
Tentec QSK system performance is one that many current rigs strive to 
attain.

Unless ones objective is to spend a couple of thousand dollars to obtain a 
newer and current model radio, I vote for having the Omni VI repaired by 
Tentec.

73
Bob, K4TAX






----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stuart Rohre" <rohre at arlut.utexas.edu>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2014 5:43 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Omni VI mystery


> Excellent advise from Ken Brown!!
>
> Both to fix it yourself and learn, or keep the rig and have Ten Tec go 
> thorough it.  Many things can fail in shipping a rig back from any 
> manufacturer.  It could be as simple as a bad connection, or it could be 
> failed component or just drift in the calibration pot setting, maybe from 
> a jar in shipping.  Good ideas Ken has also, on using a known good 
> receiver as a frequency counter and how to couple to the BFO oscillator.
>
> With most hams having a couple digital readout rigs, you have the makings 
> of a perfectly satisfactory for ham purposes, frequency measuring set up, 
> if one of the radios is a general coverage receiver.
>
> Stuart Rohre
> K5KVH
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