[TenTec] Ten tec OmniVI+

[Barry N1EU]

The Ten-Tec filters don't age as gracefully as the Inrads so there's a
reasonable chance that the TT filters are bad.

Many folks posting to this thread continue to conflate 9MHz filters with
6.3MHz filters.

Barry N1EU

On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 2:28 AM, Bwana Bob <wb2vuf at verizon.net> wrote:

> Bill:
>
> I had the same problem with the 500 Hz filter in my Paragon. Selectivity
> was fine but insertion loss was higher than the other filters. I swapped in
> the 500 Hz filter from my Corsair and it was fine. I thought of replacing
> all of the capacitors in the filter, but figured that the problem was more
> likely crystal aging. I didn't want to buy a used filter, which might have
> the same aging problem, so I opted for an INRAD 500 Hz filter.  The new
> filter fixed the problem and it seems to have better skirt selectivity than
> the old Ten Tec filter.
>
> 73,
>
> Bob WB2VUF
>
>
> On 7/13/2016 12:53 PM, William Hill wrote:
>
>> My Omni VI+ loses a very significant amount of signal when either the
>> 500hz or 250 hz on the 6.3 mhz board are selected. Does anyone have a
>> suggestion what I should try to eliminate this condition?
>> Bill/W3WH
>> w3wh at comcast.net
>>
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