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Subject: [TenTec] Omni VI+ Audio
From: N4LQ@iglou.com (Steve Ellington N4LQ)
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 18:49:53 -0500
Sounds kinda like RF on the speaker leads. Have you tried reducing power to
see if it still happens? If it quits, try bypassing your speaker leads at
the speaker using a .01mfd cap.

Steve N4LQ


-----Original Message-----
From: Dale L. Martin <kg5u@hal-pc.org>
To: Ten-Tec Reflector <Tentec@contesting.com>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Date: Monday, January 18, 1999 5:13 PM
Subject: [TenTec] Omni VI+ Audio


>
>I know I run the risk of getting flamed big-time here, but I
>gotta do it!
>
>A couple of months ago, I commented that I was hearing clicks in
>my headphones/speakers from my Omni VI+.  Some said they heard
>the same phenomenon; some said they didn't.
>
>I have placed two audio files on my home page to let those
>interested hear what I am hearing.  The high resolution audio is
>recorded at 44kb, 16-bit, while the low is recorded at 11kb
>8-bit.  Listen for the high frequency click after the key
>elements.
>
>http://www.hal-pc.org/~kg5u/omni-hi.wav
>
>http://www.hal-pc.ort/~kg5u/omni-lo.wav
>
>I recorded them using WaveTable.  I cannot see anything on
>graphical display of the CW that indicates a click or any
>noise/signal other than the baseband hum and the CW.  No spike,
>in other words.
>
>Is this the sound some have heard?
>
>If I record off the Audio Out (Line Out) jack on the back of the
>Omni VI+, it is clean; the 'click' is not there.
>
>I am going to look at the schematic and try to find where the
>'click' may be coming from.
>
>During contests, it is very distracting and bothersome to hear.
>
>Any solution/cure for the 'click' would be appreciated.
>
>73,
>
>Dale Martin, KG5U
>kg5u@hal-pc.org
>http://www.hal-pc.org/~kg5u
>
>
>
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