[TenTec] KO7I

[Don Jones]

Me and my "long in the tooth" Omni 6 Opt 1...
As stated, it has the INRAD roofing filter mod and a full load of 
filters. It is decent as long as I position the IF Shift between 10:30 & 
11:00 o'clock, otherwise the howl of the receiver is very fatiguing. 
I've had the rig for about 4 yrs now. Last fall I sent it back to the 
factory for a tune-up.
There have been a multitude of discussions on this forum about critical 
parts failing and no longer being available. This is troubling and 
always in the back of my mind.
These days if the temperature compensated reference oscillator fails, 
Ten Tec cannot repair it, they will offer to hang an outboard reference 
oscillator on the back of the OMNI 6. To me that sucks.
I have no idea when the 6+ went out of production, but I do know that my 
6 option 1 is 20 yrs old (or more).
As far as for the Omni 6 opt 1 holding up in a 6A multi-multi field day 
deployment, it is a dependable war horse that I can rely upon. I am sold 
on the INRAD roofing filter mod.
Quit frankly, if I had the KXPA100 100W amplifier to compliment my KX3, 
I would move my Omni 6 opt 1 down the road in a heart beat. Side by Side 
there is a noticeable difference in favor of the KX3.
N3UT recommended taking a look at the numbers of the OMNI 6 on the 
Sherwood Engineering web site. The numbers for the KX3 are listed there 
too.
VR, KO7i


On 4/19/2015 3:27 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
> On Sun,4/19/2015 7:36 AM, Tom Pennebaker wrote:
>> KO7I I don't appreciate you claiming an Omni 6+ as a medium grade 
>> radio.....Tom N4RS
>
> You may not appreciate it, but the Omni6+ is getting a bit long in the 
> tooth, and the state of the art has moved on. My Omni A Series D was a 
> pretty good radio for its day when I bought it new in 1980. The Omni V 
> that I bought used more than 20 years later was a pretty good radio 
> for its day, and by the time I owned it, that day was quickly passing. 
> The Omni 6+ was better, and so on.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
>