[TenTec] Which one to sell?

[Barry N1EU]

John, I'm sure you'll get plenty of opnions.  As far as I'm concerned,
it's a coin toss.

I've owned many Omni 6's of all flavors and vintages, from the
earliest to the very last production run.  I found no reason to prefer
the later vintages.  What WAS important to me, was that sometime in
1998, there was a drastic increase in the use of SMD components which
made it harder for me to service the Omni 6+.  I tend to prefer an
Option 3 or early 6+ for that reason, which goes counter to what most
folks would feel.  I've closely compared an Option 3 side-by-side with
a late Omni 6+ and found no advantage to the 6+, including the number
of birdies.

There was also a firmware change to 1.03 during the Omni 6+ evolution
and many prefer the earlier 1.02 firmware (see thread beginning at
http://lists.contesting.com/_tentec/2004-08/msg00926.html for more
info).

73, Barry N1EU

On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 11:36 PM, John Rippey <w3uls73 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have two OMNI VIs, one an Option 3 the other a Plus.
>
> The older one has a bunch of options and features (TCXO, voice
> synthesizer, etc.),while the Plus is bare bones. I have a matching 961
> power supply, which will go with either one. The only cosmetic
> difference is that the Plus's displays are slightly brighter and
> crisper.
>
> I know Ten-Tec was constantly changing parts as the production of the
> radios continued, but is there any reason to believe that the Option
> 3, which was one of the early OMNI VIs, might be better built or
> whatever? In other words, is there a reason to hang on to it as
> opposed to selling it and keeping the Plus?
>
> Thoughts/opinions welcome.
>
> 73,
>
> John, W3ULS
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