[TenTec] All Es on OMNI C display

[Mike Bryce]

The EEEEEE on the display indicate a fault in the counter. Most likely  RF 

The display is nothing more than a frequent counter 

There is no out of band error in that radio

Mike wb8vge 

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> On Jan 11, 2020, at 9:38 PM, Ken Brown <kenradiobrown at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>  Two major differences between receive and transmit are current consumption
> and RF production. Since he is a new ham his power supply and connections,
> station grounding and antenna system may have problems he has not yet
> learned how to avoid and repair. To determine if it is either one of those
> two differences, current draw or RF, but not which one, have him transmit
> with with the TX power turned all the way down and see if the problem goes
> away. Once that is confirmed, have him transmit into a good 50 Ohm
> termination (dummy load) using a known good cable and properly tightened
> connectors, and the TX power back at normal setting.Then if the problem is
> still there, turn the power down to minimum and see if it goes away. With
> that information you should be able to figure out if it is the increased
> current draw of transmit, or the production of RF that is causing the
> problem.
> 
> I'm not real familiar with the Omni C, but perhaps If someone tries to
> transmit out of band it will show EEEEE.
> 
> DE N6KB
> 
>> On Sat, Jan 11, 2020 at 2:51 AM Silevitch, Michael <
>> m.silevitch at northeastern.edu> wrote:
>> 
>> I loaned my OMNI C to a new ham. When he tries to transmit the display
>> shows all Es and there is clearly something wrong. The unit was fine when
>> it was loaned out. The unit is fine on receive. I don’t have the unit back
>> yet so cannot troubleshoot.
>> 
>> Any wisdom would be appreciated.
>> 
>> Regards
>>  Michael K1PEV
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
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