I regard the Yaesu FTdx5000 as the epitome of a quiet receiver and, when coupled with its very successful NR implementation, creates an uncanny silence between CW or SSB signals, even when there is c
John et al: I've found many folks never really learned how to use the Tentec radios to the level of performance to which they are capable. Yes, the Omni VI with Opt 3 is still one of the best perform
How does one do this? 73 de W6OGC Jim Allen _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenTec@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tentec
John, the LO in the OMNI VI is crystal controlled. It won't have the phase noise that synthesized signals have. The VFO of the OMNI VI was synthesized, but running at a very high frequency. Then it w
Here's how I do it: turn RF Gain to max and tune in an s9+ signal. Set AF Gain to the maximum loudness that is comfortable. Leave the AF Gain fixed at that level. Tune away from the strong station to
Even the Paragon had better synthesizer phase noise spec's than many of the imported radios of that era; and by several dB. Not too shabby. I run both an Omni VI and Paragon II and I've been pretty h
If you heard the Omni VI rx audio before it goes through the dsp stage and then on to the audio amp, I'm not sure you would call it very quiet. ALL audio above 3.4KHz is brick wall, low pass filtered
One "benefit" of being an old fart is a severe loss of hearing much above 2.8 kHz... if there is any hiss above 3.4 kHz it is out of my hearing range... LOL. I probably can sell some of the analog au
Yes, the Omni 6 IS a quiet receiver. But there's a little smoke and mirrors involved on the part of Ten-Tec engineering and quiet mixers and gain stages might not deserve the credit. 73, Barry N1EU _