I've enjoyed island life for 17 years. That's 13 years more than the Confederacy was around.
RIP Albi
When do you tell a woman you're a ham?
It's a jungle out there. Many EQ stupidly with poor articulation.
~TKX
YIAH
"And, of course, the Gym Teacher being his usual self."
W3WN
"The enablers ride on the top of the pile."
WZ7U
Bill tried to interest me in the Paragon, after my O6 lost it's PLL mind. It's not a bad radio, not at all, considering when it was in Production.
But for me, after using the VI+ for all these years... in some ways it was a step backwards.
The rig is in very good shape. Someone who is a collector or who is comfortable with a Paragon will like the rig, and the price is good. It's just not a good fit for me.
And sadly, we have so many of these out there. Much as we pick on the man from the cod cape, which he does bring on himself (but that's another story), he is far from the only one -- or even the worst one -- out there.
Last edited by W3WN; 11-01-2016 at 01:29 PM.
“Nobody is going to feel sorry for us. 90% of the people don’t care, the other 10% are glad it happened.” — Clint Hurdle, 2019
BAN THE DH!
Fudd's First Law of Opposition: If you push something hard enough, it WILL fall down.
Teslacle's Deviant to Fudd's Law: It goes in, it must go out.
Just remember: Abraham Lincoln didn't die in vain. He died in Washington, DC
Cutch 300!!!!!
“Nero fiddled while Rome burned. Trump golfed.” — Bernie Sanders
Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati
Update on my original VI+ (NOT the one that started this thread...)
It's fixed!
Turned out that it had some major problems on the PLL board. Gary WØDVN (aka DukesHiFi) has been working on it the last month -- most of the reason it took so long was getting that new PLL chip (see post above) took longer than expected, then he found a few other 'minor' problems (a few components that went bad... now did they take out the chip, or did the chip fault take them out? We shall never know). The final issue was getting everything aligned properly. Gary detailed this in a couple of posts to the reflector, which are now on the home computer so I will excerpt from them sometime tonight.
Now I just have to wait for the rig to make it's way home. Fortunately, Little Miss Field Day will be home from school all next week, so I won't have to worry about a box being left at the door, or waiting on a signature, or anything like that.
Meanwhile... Gary had also agreed with Bill W3WH to look at HIS Omni VI+ -- the very one that this thread was started over -- after mine came home. (Have to do it this way, since I borrowed the shipping box & packing material from Bill's Paragon.) So sometime in the next day or three, I'll go over that rig and see what else I can spot.
Oh, speaking of that Paragon... Bill sold it at the WACOM hamfest for a good bit more than he paid for it. I hope it went to a good home, it was a nice rig, just not for me.
So, things are looking up... famous last words...
“Nobody is going to feel sorry for us. 90% of the people don’t care, the other 10% are glad it happened.” — Clint Hurdle, 2019
BAN THE DH!
Fudd's First Law of Opposition: If you push something hard enough, it WILL fall down.
Teslacle's Deviant to Fudd's Law: It goes in, it must go out.
Just remember: Abraham Lincoln didn't die in vain. He died in Washington, DC
Cutch 300!!!!!
“Nero fiddled while Rome burned. Trump golfed.” — Bernie Sanders
Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati
“Nobody is going to feel sorry for us. 90% of the people don’t care, the other 10% are glad it happened.” — Clint Hurdle, 2019
BAN THE DH!
Fudd's First Law of Opposition: If you push something hard enough, it WILL fall down.
Teslacle's Deviant to Fudd's Law: It goes in, it must go out.
Just remember: Abraham Lincoln didn't die in vain. He died in Washington, DC
Cutch 300!!!!!
“Nero fiddled while Rome burned. Trump golfed.” — Bernie Sanders
Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati
The Omni VI+ returned home at about 4:30 this afternoon.
It was back in the shack, hooked up, and on the air before 5.
Good thing I took a few days off work, I need to spend about an hour on shack rearranging. The Omni VII is moving out of the main operating position, and back in place for setup as a remote-controlled rig. Which reminds me, my license for N4PY is up for renewal next month.
“Nobody is going to feel sorry for us. 90% of the people don’t care, the other 10% are glad it happened.” — Clint Hurdle, 2019
BAN THE DH!
Fudd's First Law of Opposition: If you push something hard enough, it WILL fall down.
Teslacle's Deviant to Fudd's Law: It goes in, it must go out.
Just remember: Abraham Lincoln didn't die in vain. He died in Washington, DC
Cutch 300!!!!!
“Nero fiddled while Rome burned. Trump golfed.” — Bernie Sanders
Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati