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Re: [TenTec] OmniVI+ 30M L.O. instability

To: Jack Mandelman <modeler@bellsouth.net>, Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TenTec] OmniVI+ 30M L.O. instability
From: John Huffman <hjohnc@gmail.com>
Reply-to: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2008 21:18:01 -0400
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Jack -

Sent mine back to Ten Tec and they replaced the crystal oven with a 
TCXO.  Common replacement.

73 de K1ESE
John

Jack Mandelman wrote:
> When it is very warm in my shack (~85F) my Omni VI+ has the following problem 
> on 30M only.  
> 
> Every 35 seconds or so the frequency would jump on the order of 10-50Hz for a 
> fraction of a second, and then return.   The symptoms suggest that the 30 
> meter L.O. (on L.O. mixer board) is briefly losing lock with the reference 
> oscillator (on logic board).   At elevated temperature, I suspect that Y4 may 
> drift slightly out of spec; the DC voltage fed back through connector 84 then 
> corrects the oscillator frequency and regains lock.  Perhaps an adjustment of 
> 30M oscillator coil L19 would mitigate the problem.
> 
> If the problem starts occuring more frequently I may want to slightly adjust 
> L19 on the L.O. mixer board.  However, my question is how to access L19 while 
> keeping the 30M oscillator active.  The L.O. mixer board is located under the 
> FM and LL driver/NB boards, requiring disconnection of cables to access the 
> board.
> 
> I recall some discussion on the forum a while back about a similar 30M 
> instability problem.  I appreciate any suggestions about how to access the 
> L.O. mixer board, while at the same time keeping the L.O. active.  I did 
> access the L.O. mixer board to fix an earlier problem related to an L.O. 
> output filter, but totally removed the board at that time.
> 
> 73 Jack K1VT 
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