Irvin,
Please call me 480 239 7914. I lost your number.
Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: "Irvin Weinman" <iawein2@cox.net>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 6:17 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] FOR SALE:
> May I clarify the genesis of the Omni line, based on my experience over
the
> years, when those rigs were new. The original Omni-A and Omni-D did not
> have the board which took the crystal ladder filters. They used only the
> audio filters, very similar to the 540 and 544.They also had a squelch
> control. Amid grumbling from owners that the new radios were not much
> different from the 540 line, Ten Tec recalled the radios and installed the
> I.F. filter boards free and removed the squelch controls. The modified
rigs
> were named Omin-A and Omni-D, series B. There are just a few of those
> around. The Omni-A and Omni-D, series B were produced for quite a while.
> Modification kits came out later which allowed conversion to 10 mhz
> transmit and 24mhz transmit and receive. The Omni-C was a separate
> production. The Omni-C had the WARC band installed, but crystals for those
> bands needed to be purchased separately, when WARC use was authorized.
Irvin
> W7GX
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Weber" <kd9bo@mac.com>
> To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 12:50 PM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] FOR SALE:
>
>
> > Mark and the group,
> >
> > Here is the lineage of the original omni series as I understand it:
> >
> > The first ones were simply called OMNI, and came in two readout
> > flavors - A (analog) and D (digital.)
> >
> > The next iteration was called OMNI B, and was also either A (analog)
> > or D (digital.)
> >
> > The final permutation was the OMNI C, and it only came as digital.
> >
> > Tentec offered a retrofit to convert an OMNI nothing to an OMNI B.
> >
> > So...are you thoroughly confused? Me too.
> >
> > Steve KD9BO
> >
> >
> > --
> > Steve Weber
> >
> >
> > No trees were killed in the sending of this message. However
> > a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.
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