TEN TEC OMNI V OWNERS!!!
Steve Milewski
only exposure I've had to it is through reviews I've read and based on
that, I'm contemplating buying a used one.
When I bring up the subject on the local repeater, I get some "questioning"
tones of voices. Something akin to, "you really want to buy a Ten Tec?" One
guy even told me, "Ten Tec isn't inexpensive, it's cheap!"
The Ten Tecs I've heard on the air sound very good. What have your
experiences been?
Thanks,
Steve/AA7FL
Pat Masterson
It has been on a few field days, and does a good job always.
We havent had to avail ourselves yet, of TenTec's service dept.
But we may soon. Our Omni transmits and receives 200 Hz high.
That's the only problem we ever had, and we get good reports.
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prvalko
I have a 12 year old Corsair and I got rid of a new TS-440sat a couple
years ago because there was simply no comparison in the receiver
quality.
Those guys probably never even seen a Ten Tec, and I bet you a steak
dinner, when their Kenwood, Icom, or Yasue breaks, it gets shipped out
for repair.
Look, everyone makes a pretty good radio for any given "x" amount of
dollars. The Omni V has a superlative receiver but few of the bells and
whistles (including general coverage) that virtually every other
manufacturer builds in as standard equipment.
73 paul wb8zjl
Stephen Mosier
(prvalko) writes:
>dollars. The Omni V has a superlative receiver but few of the bells and
>whistles (including general coverage) that virtually every other
>manufacturer builds in as standard equipment.
I have an OMNI VI, so the bells and whistles comment doesn't apply (it has
them), but the receiver comment does. I bought it for the receiver
quality. When I want to listen to shortwave broadcasts, I'll buy a
shortwave receiver.
w3grg
prvalko
: In article <2cds4a$g...@oak.oakland.edu> prv...@vela.acs.oakland.edu
: (prvalko) writes:
: w3grg
: steve
I'm not one to flame Steve, but he was asking about the Omni V, not the
Omni IV which, as any TenTec head knows, has a lot of DSP toys, so your
comment doesn't apply. I agree, if I want CG, I'll buy a Sony 2010.
73 paul wb8zjl
Henry B. Smith
: If you own or have owned an OMNI V, what are your opinions of the radio?The
: only exposure I've had to it is through reviews I've read and based on
: that, I'm contemplating buying a used one.
: Steve/AA7FL
Steve,
Let me add this:
In the 8 to 10 years that I have had TenTec gear, I have never had to
send it in to be repaired.
Only twice have I ever had any kind of problem. Both times I called
TenTec and told them what the symtoms were. They sent me some parts and
told me what to replace. Both times I was able to fix the radio
(an Omni, BTW). They never did charge me for the parts.
Smitty, NA5K
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Steve Milewski
> : If you own or have owned an OMNI V, what are your opinions of the radio?The
> : only exposure I've had to it is through reviews I've read and based on
> : that, I'm contemplating buying a used one.
> : Thanks,
> : Steve/AA7FL
>
In addition to the responses on the net, I received about 18 e-mail
messages.
ALL of them were very positive about the OMNI V (and Ten Tec gear in
general). Thanks for the input. It's all benn very helpful.
BTW, several hams told me that they owned several rigs and ended up selling
the others because they were spoiled by the Ten Tec. The closest I received
to an endorsement of another manufacturer's rig was by someone who said
that the 930S came closest to performing as well as the Omni V.
73
Steve/AA7FL
Stephen Mosier
In article <2cg0lr$d...@oak.oakland.edu> prv...@vela.acs.oakland.edu
(prvalko) writes:
>: I have an OMNI VI, so the bells and whistles comment doesn't apply (it
>
>
>I'm not one to flame Steve, but he was asking about the Omni V, not the
>Omni IV which, as any TenTec head knows, has a lot of DSP toys, so your
>comment doesn't apply. I agree, if I want CG, I'll buy a Sony 2010.
>73 paul wb8zjl
I did indeed say that the bells & whistles part of the OMNI VI doesn't apply
to the discussion, Paul. But the receiver quality between the V and the VI
is basically the same -- DSP has nothing to do with that. The point is that
the OMNI V (and VI) are some of the best basic receiver designs around, IF
you can satisfy your SW needs with the Sony.
steve
mos...@fagan.uncg.edu
steve
mos...@fagan.uncg.edu
Stephen Mosier
>: I have an OMNI VI, so the bells and whistles comment doesn't apply (it
>
>
>I'm not one to flame Steve, but he was asking about the Omni V, not the
>Omni IV which, as any TenTec head knows, has a lot of DSP toys, so your
>comment doesn't apply. I agree, if I want CG, I'll buy a Sony 2010.
>73 paul wb8zjl
I did indeed say said that the bells & whistles part of the OMNI VI
doesn't apply to the discussion, Paul. But the receiver quality between the
V and the VI is basically the same -- DSP has nothing to do with that. The
point is that the OMNI V (and VI) are some of the best basic receiver
designs around, IF you can satisfy your SW needs with the Sony.
Crystal mixed
oscillators w/ low phase noise.
steve
mos...@fagan.uncg.edu
