Having followed this thread from end to end I spent the weekend trying various combinations of AF/RF gain on my Omni VII. I ended up turning up the AF gain, turning on the preamp and using the RF gai
Just reduce the RF gain enough to get rid of excessive band noise and operate the rig normally. I run mine with RF gain at about 95 but this varies greatly with band noise and antenna. I usually have
Same here, and same result. I am the one who started the thread. However, I should point out that when it started, we were talking about the O2. I am now quite convinced that for everyday CW DXing, t
I feed the audio thru a Timewave DSP-59+ and an external speaker with a built in headphone jack (SP-230). This allows a separate AF volume control and narrow DSP audio filtering if necessary--it seld
K4DLI told me about a headphone amp he uses with his Orion II. It is a Ramsey kit which sells for $29. I bought one and found that for me, as with K4DLI, it allows me to run the Orion volume controls
I suggest configuring the DSP-59 to a different input Z via the jumper blocks internally and feed it from the Line Out on the back of the radio. Then the AF gain can be used for the headphone without