Yesterday I talked to a couple of people at Ten-Tec about the logic board situation. The bottom line was: There was really nothing that could be done as it was a "combination of things" that could ma
It sounds to me that the solution would be for a third party to design, build, and stock a replacement logic board. Easier said than done. I don't know how much information is still available on the
Hi Ron, I'm happy that other people are thinking about this! It's complicated. Whew! That's quite a task, and as you alluded to, but I don't imagine the company would be interested in helping - and t
The real problem is the development cost. The cost of designing the board, writing the software if needed, building a prototype, testing it in a radio and then translating all of that to production i
in 2002 my dad got a folder from ten tec with brochures for Jupiter,onmi6 and the Titan amp.2002 from 2011 is 9 years. Hi Ron, I'm happy that other people are thinking about this! It's complicated. W
Hi Neal, Well, as a "new" (to me) owner of an Omni VI since last fall, of course this is of more than academic interest to me. I like this rig! I'd hate to see it become nothing more than a paperweig
Yes, the last Omni 6+ was sold 9 years ago but the architecture was designed 20 years ago when the Omni 6 was being developed. Barry N1EU _______________________________________________ TenTec mailin
Ron, I have not had mine for years and years, either. In fact, I waited a long time for one reason or another to get one of these. When they first came out I went through quite a WOW factor experienc
I believe the most significant result of this discussion thread has been the development of possible failures on the logic board as well as the fixes. Knowing to replace the battery and ICs in order
Hummm, who's to say ten years down the road, or sooner, the Omni VII doesn't have a logic board problem? mike bryce wb8vge prosolar@sssnet.com _______________________________________________ TenTec m
Author: "Dr. Gerald N. Johnson" <geraldj@weather.net>
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 13:23:34 -0600
Actually there are commercially available boards for connecting surface mount parts to DIP PC boards, one IC at a time. That works a lot of the time because the makers didn't change the number of pin
Right. Which gets us to the basic question everyone has to answer for themselves if any of this bothers them: Am I willing to pay for a throw away plastic rig in order to get all kinds of cool extras
The advantage of the older, tube-based radios is that they were designed with discrete components, most of which are available today. No custom CPUs or ICs. It's a known fact that, in electronic equi
Mike, You are probably right, but I don't believe I'm going to be overly concerned if it does. The OMNI-VII is a great radio; I believe for my use, after learning to operate it, that its better than
"Am I willing to pay for a throw away plastic rig in order to get all kinds of cool extras to play with..." Since I own an Omni VII, my answer is evidently "yes", though didn't buy it to get cool ext
I had to laugh at you final remark. A good friend of mine in Eagle, AK once gave me a really cool mil-surplus xtal cw transceiver. I asked him why he would just give me the rig he had coveted for so
Hmmmmm...Maybe I should keep the 2 2B's and sell the Jupiter....then again maybe not. Truth is, I find recently that I am spending as much time operating with the Argosy set at 5 W. Good audio, prett