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Re: [TenTec] OMNI6+ SSB transmit quality - HELP!

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Subject: Re: [TenTec] OMNI6+ SSB transmit quality - HELP!
From: "Donald Watters" <dwatters@ns.sympatico.ca>
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Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2006 12:03:48 -0300
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Fraser -

What is your current email address?  Have some info for you

161 -  Don, VE1BN  dwatters@ns.sympatico.ca


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fraser Robertson" <g4bjm@hotmail.com>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2006 5:56 PM
Subject: [TenTec] OMNI6+ SSB transmit quality - HELP!


> Hi all, is possible to transmit good quality SSB from this rig?  I get
> reports of muffled audio.  Listening on another RX I know what they mean.
>
> I've re-aligned the driver & pa bias, carrier oscillators etc.  I've
> isolated the mic ground as by design  it shares the PTT ground and digital
> noise was getting into the mic amp.
>
> With a two tone test the signal looks ok on a scope and spectrum analyser
> (products 26dB and 38dB down).
>
> I've tried different power supplies, different mics and audio sources.
>
> It sounds reasonable on receive, to me anyway, and works well on CW.
>
> The rig has the stock filters fitted.  A friend has the Inrad SSB filter 
> and
> says he gets muffled audio reports too.
>
> I've ruled out RF feedback and am running out of ideas.  Any advice would 
> be
> appreciated.  The audio is readable but not crisp clear quality.  (The rig
> is an upgraded Omni6).
>
> Thanks / 73 Fraser G4BJM
>
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