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[TenTec] OPTION 3 upgrade

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Subject: [TenTec] OPTION 3 upgrade
From: bruceb@ricochet.net (Bruce L. Bevelheimer)
Date: Sun, 1 Aug 1999 20:37:42 -0700
I just fired up my OPTION 3 upgrade for the first time and now I wish I had
a Triton, too! In my case they remembered the manual pages but seem to have
forgotten something more important. My Omni no longer hears or transmits! I
just spent $275 to convert a high performance rig into a very expensive
white noise generator!

So far the obvious checks don't show anything. Connected to a dummy load the
rig doesn't even draw more current when keyed, let alone produce output.
Connected to an antenna I hear nothing except audio noise when the gain is
cranked all the way up. I can change the envelope by manipulating the new
dsp controls, but I had hoped to actually work something other than noise!

I wonder if these upgrades were checked at all before they went out the
door?

Drat!

Bruce, W3GDZ, nr Seattle.


----- Original Message -----
From: Michael O. Hyder <N4NT@wireco.net>
To: Jim Reid <jreid@aloha.net>; Michael A. Knox <knoxm@scioto.net>;
<tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 01, 1999 7:46 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] OPTION 3 upgrade


>
> Boy am I glad I've got a Triton!!!!!!!
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jim Reid <jreid@aloha.net>
> To: Michael A. Knox <knoxm@scioto.net>; <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Sunday, August 01, 1999 9:22 PM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] OPTION 3 upgrade
>
>
> >
> > Mike wondered:
> >
> > "The CLOCK is not set to the correct time!  Yep, you
> > guessed it, that one I haven't figured out yet....and it is
> > really annoying me! Darn thing is set to a time that
> > isn't even close...."
> >
> > Mike,
> >
> > In the VI+,  you go to USER MENU 1.
> > Select CCd.  Enter  the  hours and minutes
> > beginning with a zero  if necessary.  The clock
> > will begin counting when the lst digit is
> > entered.
> >
> > How do you get to the USER MENU's?
> >
> > Press and hold the LOCK button for about 2 seconds.
> > The readout will ask, "choose". Press either 1, 2, or 3.
> > Use the main tuning knob to scroll though the items.
> > Then use the UP/DOWN arrow buttons to change the
> > status of a selected item.  To switch to another item,
> > press the LOCK button once again,  then select the
> > new item.  To exit,  press the LOCK button twice.
> >
> > Now I am surprised you didn't figure all that out
> > without a manual!!  Hi.
> >
> > 73,  Jim,  KH7M
> > On the Garden Island of Kauai
> >
> >
> >
> >
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