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Re: [TenTec] Omni VI - test diodes

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Subject: Re: [TenTec] Omni VI - test diodes
From: Phil Erickson <phil.erickson@gmail.com>
Reply-to: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 14:03:18 -0400
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Hi Malcolm,

I have an Omni VI+ and a good cellphone camera. Please contact me off list
and I will find the diodes on the board and send you a marked photo. I have
the rig open for repairs so it will not be hard.

Please look me up on QRZ.com for the email address.

73
Phil W1PJE

On Thu, Apr 11, 2019 at 12:36 Malcolm McLeman <f5vbu@cegetel.net> wrote:

> Thanks again Stuart. Have replied to all your previous but for some
> obscure they haven't surfaced. Perhaps the moderators can give an
> answer? 73 Malcolm F5VBU
>
> On 4/10/2019 7:30 PM, Stuart Rohre wrote:
> > Some newer multi-meters have a separate switch position for diode tests.
> >   Using that, you can identify cathode end of the diodes. and a higher
> > reading in the reverse direction, if the diode is not open or shorted.
> >
> > Some read and display junction voltage, 0.25 Volts DC for Germanium
> > types and 0.5 volts for Silicon diodes.
> >
> > I don't have access to an Omni VI, but the same principles apply to any
> > diode network in other rigs.
> >
> > Hopefully, someone will have the requisite manual and drawing of the
> > diodes mounted on their board.
> >
> > -Stuart Rohre
> > K5KVH
> >
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