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From: kg5u@hal-pc.org (Dale L Martin)
Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2002 22:53:14 -0600
Also,

No RF Gain control?? (or did I miss it by it's label being obscured by a
knob?)

DB9 instead of DB25; still using RCA jack for aux 13.8V amongst the other
RCA's (I haven't gotten nailed by it yet on my Omni's, but it's bound to
happen--plug something into that jack and watch something release smoke.

dale, kg5u
>
> Not deal breakers.... but did anyone notice what I have :
>
> This may be the only hf rig I've ever owned that the
> AF level ( volume) control is not along the bottom row of controls.....
> and that is the most used control, as the radio is on most of the day.
> Positioned close to the bottom,  the same as the tuning knob.
> Also with the fuse on the back, I better not pop it as much as I do the
> airpax on my Omni6+... my built in arrangement makes it a bear to get
> behind , once it's installed.
>
>


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