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Re: [TenTec] omni 6+/ power issue

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Subject: Re: [TenTec] omni 6+/ power issue
From: "W8BVH" <w8bvh@sbcglobal.net>
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Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2010 22:25:00 -0500
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Wayne:
I found this site that says they have your chip. Hope it helps. 
http://store.americanmicrosemiconductor.com/mc145170p2.html
Ralph Howes
W8BVH



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wayne Dial" <w8aju_wdial@att.net>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
Cc: "Brian Paterson" <brianpat@intergate.com>
Sent: Monday, November 29, 2010 7:09 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] omni 6+/ power issue


> Gary, further testing shows that I'm not getting the clock pulse out of 
> u13,
> which is a PLL.  The input signal is fine.  The ic is a mc145170p2, so the 
> next
> step is to call TT and see if they have it.  If not, my brother who is 
> still
> employed in electronics has a source he uses for out of date  ic's. 
> "Never say
> die".
>
> Wayne
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: CSM(r) Gary Huber <glhuber@msn.com>
> To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Mon, November 29, 2010 5:40:53 PM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] omni 6+/ power issue
>
> Yes, the OEMICs being out of production was one of my reasons for selling 
> my
> OMNI-VI+. But there should be a replacement solution even if it’s a new 
> small
> board with several PICs to accomplish the same thing. I believe whoever 
> finds
> the PIC replacement to keep the OMNI-VI+ line in service can make a lot of
> people happy and make a few $$$ at the same time.
>
> 73 es DX,
>
> Gary - AB9M
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Wayne Dial
> Sent: Monday, November 29, 2010 2:45 PM
> To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] omni 6+/ power issue
>
> Gary, I dug into the 6+ today and it has a missing clocking pulse.  I 
> called TT
> and was told some of the ic's are no longer available!  I only us 160-30m 
> and
> the only bands that are low power are 20 and 17m.  So do I sell as is or 
> just
> keep it?  Time will tell.
>
> Wayne
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: CSM(r) Gary Huber <glhuber@msn.com>
> To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Sat, November 27, 2010 1:14:51 PM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] omni 6+/ power issue
>
> My Omni VI+ which I sold last summer apparently had this symptom on one 
> band
> and was sent to TT by the new owner for repair of the band pass board.
>
>
> 73 es DX,
>
> Gary - AB9M
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Wayne Dial
> Sent: Saturday, November 27, 2010 10:28 AM
> To: tentec@contesting.com
> Subject: [TenTec] omni 6+/ power issue
>
> My OMNI 6+ has a power issue on 20m and 17m, it drops to 50w output on 20m
> and
> 15w on 17m. All other bands are okay.  I've checked the output of the L.O.
> Mixer
> board, port 26, across a 50 ohm load. 160m through 40m, the the output is
> 800
> mvpp and and drops to 100mv on 20m and up. I don't think it is the output
> filters of the PA  because 20m and 17m don't share the same filter. The 
> L.O.
> Mixer is nested below another board so I can not make any measurements on
> that
> board other than ohm meter readings.  Has anyone seen this before?
>
> Thanks,
> Wayne/w8aju
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