[TenTec] Part II of "Ebay Blues - description of symptoms"

[Dr. Gerald N. Johnson]

Is the front panel antenna switch set to main or to auxiliary? Does it 
receive better with the antenna connected to the auxiliary connector? 
Then its back to that receiver antenna select switch. Section 1-2 and 
3-5.15 in the manual. Your other questions show you haven't read the 
manual, get thee to the Tentec obsolete manuals page and down load it. 
READ IT then try the radio again. This is not your kitchen clock radio, 
its very versatile, and so complex and its controls don't all work like 
a rice box radio's controls.

The receiver and transmitter share many modules and both are made of 
several boards. Once you read the manual you will find the details of those.

Most filters plug in, there is NO mod to dropping in Inrad filters which 
may or may not be better than Tentec filters. I think there is an Inrad 
audio mod that is a true radio modification which is probably far less 
of a value than a filter selection and since with the pass band tuning 
you can achieve any narrow filter result for bandwidth with the stock 
SSB filters, a CW filter isn't all that essential based on my Corsair II 
which uses the same filter and IF bandpass tuning scheme.

73, Jerry, K0CQ


On 9/17/2010 2:19 AM, Chris Wagner wrote:
>   The Omni VI arrived and here is a first impression:
> The receiver shows very poor sensitivity.  40 meters, for example, gets no
> signals at all and on 20 meters only two or three CW signals were heard. The
> problem appears to be right on the front end as the RF gain control does
> affect receiver noise, but the antenna does not.  It is as if the antenna is
> not connected, yet transmit SWR shows good.
>
> My father DB9SA's VW Touran 2.0 TDI Diesel has some glow plug issue which
> doesn't come up on the diagnostics as the engine starts upon the 10th
> attempt. Thousands of Dollars have been wasted, no solution in sight. and
> the garage destroyed the Black Box when it removed it. So one thing is out
> of the question - an open ended hunt for fault in Servierville @ $ 60 an
> hour.
>
> Q: is the receiver on one board? Maybe TT sells this board?
>
> Q: Have you tried contacting eBay? Piece of cake in the past. now they rely
> on a clever loop which leads to a closed door named "enter your question
> here", then nothing, nada. Maybe it's IP address based and American IP
> adresses get better treatment?
>
> Very cynical remark, the 100% feedback seller guaranteeing  that the
> transceiver "won't be DOA". Darn, but Fred KQ6Q has  w a r n e d  me.
>
> Seems like it matters WHO you buy from as much as WHAT you buy. In that
> sense, I'm pleased to accept Tom N4RS' offer and will buy his Omni V.
>
> Closing, has anyone put in the INRAD filter mod? www.iNRAD.net
>
> --...  ...--  Chris HS/KF6VCI
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