At 10:48 AM 6/12/2006, you wrote:
>Hi William,
> The Omni C was the last of this line of the Omni's and had all
>the proper mods made. It also worked properly on the WARC bands.
>I know C before D. The process was Omni A (analog)model 545; Omni
>A series B, Model 545B; Omni D (digital display) model 546; Omni
>D series B model 546B; Omni D series C (also known as Omni C)
>Model 546C. The model 546C was the only one with the WARC bands
>that worked properly, others has spurs due to choice of IF
>frequencies.
>Here is a good web site that tells about the different ten-tec
>equipment. http://www.qsl.net/tentec/
>73 Jim K4CGY
Jim,
It appears you didn't do your homework correctly. :-)
A few years back I posted a message that I will paste below.
>It has been bothering me that some folks are calling the Omni C a
>"Omni D Series C" since over the years that I've owned my Omni C I
>have never heard of it as a Omni D Series C.
>
>
>The front panel of my Omni has only the word Omni above the Ten-Tec
>logo. There is no letter "C" after it. My owner's manual has the
>word Omni on the front. There is no letter "C" after it.
>
>
>On the back of my Omni, below the heat sink and between the external
>speaker jack and linear connector, it is stamped,
>
>
> HF TRANSCEIVER
> MODEL 546 SERIES C
> TEN-TEC, INC.
> SEVIERVILLE, TN 37862
> MADE IN U.S.A.
>
>
>All of my repair invoices refer to the transciever as 546 and then
>the serial number follows. There is no model or series letter.
>
>
>I got out my old QST magazines and found the following.
>
>
>Omni Announced in October, 1978
>
>
>The October, 1978 QST has a TEN-TEC advertisement that announces on
>pages 128 and 129,
>
>
>"there's a world of difference in TEN-TEC's all new hf transceiver-- OMNI"
>
>
>The Omni was avaialble with either a digital or an analog frequency
>readout. The specifications for both OMNI models were the same
>except for the readouts
>
>
>" ANALOG OR DIGITAL READOUTS . OMNI A features an analog dial with 1
>kHz dial markings. OMNI D has 0.43" LED readouts with the 5 most
>significant in red and the 6th in green to show 100 Hz increments."
>
>
>The price for these beauties was "Model 545 OMNI-A $899" and the
>"Model 546 Omni D $1069".
>
>
>Both transceivers pictured in this advertisement have digital
>readouts and have "OMNI D" printed above the TEN-TEC logo on the
>front panel. In other advertisements I saw pictures of the Omni A
>and it had an analog dial and "OMNI A" above the Ten-Tec logo on the
>front panel.
>
>
>August, 1979
>
>
>It appears that this is the first time Ten-Tec advertised the series
>B. This advertisement announced,
>
>
>"New OMNI/SERIES B Filters The Crowd". The advertisement claims "NEW
>I-F RESPONSE SELECTION" and "NEW NOTCH FILTER" and new prices.
>
>
>The prices were, "Model 545 Series B OMNI-A $949" and the "Model 546
>Series B OMNI-D $1119". Pictures of the digital model show OMNI-D
>printed above the logo on the front panel. Ten-Tec continued to
>offer an analog and a digital version of the Omni.
>
>
>May, 1980
>
>
>In QST on page 109 I found the first Omni - Series C advertisement.
>It said, "new features, new performance + all 9 bands". The price
>line says "Model 546 Omni - Series C...$1189" The front panel has
>"OMNI" printed above the logo and the A and D were dropped.
>
>
>The digital "Model 546 Omni - Series C" replaced the analog "Model
>545 Series B Omni-A" and the digital "Model 546 Series B Omni-D" in May, 1980.
>
>
>In summary, the Ten-Tec OMNI models were as follows,
>
>
>Omni Analog Models (545)
>Model 545 OMNI-A $899 announced around October, 1978
>Model 545 Series B OMNI-A $949 announced around August, 1979
>Around May, 1980 the analog version was discontinued.
>
>Omni Digital Models (546)
>Model 546 Omni D $1069 announced around October, 1978 (same date as
>the analog version)
>Model 546 Series B OMNI-D $1119 announced around August, 1979 (same
>date as the analog version)
>Model 546 Omni - Series C $1189 announced around May, 1980 (the
>analog version was discontinued)
The Omni C does have the WARC bands but as Mike, N4NT, pointed out,
it isn't very useable on 17M.
73..de John/K4WJ ex K8PXG
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