Thank you - I think I have it fixed now. Making QSOS anyway!
I made one inadvertantly with 1 watt last night while I still thought it wasn't
working!
On 13 Aug 2014 at 0:54, K8JHR wrote:
> Brian --
>
> Do you have a little microphone preamplifier and a dynamic (performance
> type) microphone you can plug into the Line-In input on the rear panel
> octopus cable, to determine if that works as a microphone input on
> sideband mode? That should give a good indication whether the Line-in
> input is working correctly. A little microphone preamplifier, like the
> M-Audio AudioBuddy will drive the transceiver in sideband mode with
> moderate output levels on both the preamplifier and about 30-40% drive
> level on the Omni VII Line-in input - and provide a rough equivalence to
> what the microphone input on the front panel will give you using a a
> similar microphone at about 40-50% MIC Gain setting.
>
> This would test your line-in circuit independently from the digital mode
> you are working with. Just remember to switch from MIC to LINE or BOTH
> when doing this.
>
> ------------------------------------ K8JHR -----------------------------
>
> On 8/13/2014 12:12 AM, Bob McGraw - K4TAX wrote:
> > The Omni VII does not have low gain. But it seems yours has a defective
> > LINE INPUT.
>
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