[TenTec] Omni VI+ questions

[Jim Allen]

Thanks, men!

I found and bought a Omni VI+ with that exact filter configuration leaning
towards CW, yesterday afternoon.

My Omni VI Opt.3 is on the way back from Sevierville.  It was checked over
very carefully, and re-checked, nothing found out of the ordinary, all
aligned just right, nothing was amiss, and there was no charge to take a
peek.

It will be interesting to get these two supposedly identical radios side by
side.

73 de W6OGC  Jim Allen




On Thu, May 8, 2014 at 10:48 PM, Ken Brown <ken.d.brown at hawaiiantel.net>wrote:

>
>  What is considered a "normal" configuration of filters, 5 of them in the
>> radio?
>>
>>
>>  The filters are "optional", so there is no "normal." The most "typical"
> selection of filters to put in the 6.3 MHz IF filter slots are ones that
> correspond to the labels on the buttons. That would be 1.8 kHz, 500 Hz and
> 250 Hz bandwidths. 2.4 kHz is the standard filter supplied with the Omni VI.
>
> In the case of the 9 MHz "N-1" and "N-2" slots, the choice of filters is
> very much dependent on the operators favorite modes of operation. An
> operator who is only interested in SSB might want to fill those two slots
> with 2.1 kHz and 1.8 kHz bandwidth filters. Someone who is focused on CW
> operation may want  500 Hz and and 250 Hz BW filters there. Ten-Tec also
> has (or had) a 500 Hz BW filter with a center frequency appropriate to
> produce lower audio notes on CW. An RTTY operator might want the 500 Hz
> filter, with the center frequency needed for higher audio tones.
>
> (The specific center frequencies of the 9 MHz IF filters is only relevant
> to the Omni VI and other transceivers that have non-frequency agile BFOs.
> Many rigs these days have a PLL controlled BFO frequency that can be set to
> get any audio frequency note desired from whatever makes it through the IF
> filters. That capability makes it unnecessary to have more than one center
> frequency option for multiple filters of the same bandwidth.)
>
> If you get your filters from suppliers other than Ten-Tec, such as Inrad,
> there are yet more options to choose from.
>
> DE N6KB
>
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