Houston we have a problem. All this talk about the Omni V may confuse some.
So a point of clarity - the Omni V does NOT have a built in keyer?? Hence no
jack for the paddles. I believe you may have it confused with the Omni VI.
73,
Rick
VE7TK / VE7ASR
Website: http://www3.telus.net/ve7tk
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Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2004 00:04:55 +0000
From: ac5e@comcast.net
Subject: Re: [TenTec] omni v short dits
To: tentec@contesting.com
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Well, after ten years or so memory gets tricky but the paddles plugged into
a mini stereo phone jack on the right side of the rig, facing the back. Said
jack going to the internal keyer, if my memory serves. The straight/bug key
jack should be an RCA jack on the same row of jacks as the relay jack close
to the bottom of the rig.
One Field Day we had a guy bring a bug with a phone plug and an adapter who
tried to use his bug in a manner unacceptable to the V. I don't remember
what problem it caused but I do remember being roused from a sound sleep to
find a proper adapter and plug it into the straight key jack. Which solved
that problem but poor baby couldn't adjust the keyer speed from the Omni's
front panel any more.
Just as a general comment, making the dangerous assumption that we are
talking about a Vibroplex bug, the dash and dot contacts should be tied
together with a flat strap along the left side of the base, and another
strap should go from the dot contact to the front binding post on the weight
damper end (rear) of the bug. The only thing shifting the weight from the
dot spring collar to the damper will do is increase (in) or decrease (out)
the dot speed.
73 Pete Allen AC5E
Never squat with your spurs on
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