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Re: [TenTec] Omni VI Opt 3. Key Clicks

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Subject: Re: [TenTec] Omni VI Opt 3. Key Clicks
From: Barry N1EU <barry.n1eu@gmail.com>
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Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2015 21:57:17 +0000
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The filter skirt issue is about causing chirps, not clicks.

Barry N1EU

On Sat, Mar 7, 2015 at 9:21 PM, Ken Brown <ken.d.brown@hawaiiantel.net>
wrote:

> I recall some discussion about one cause of clicks in the Omni VI was the
> TX carrier BFO frequency being on the skirt of the default 9 MHz IF filter.
> The one that is used always for SSB TX  to reject the unwanted sideband,
> and is also in the signal path for CW TX. That would be where the suggested
> solution of getting a different filter comes from. Before spending the
> money on a different filter, it should be possible to adjust the TX BFO
> frequency (perhaps the right word is mis-adjust) to put it further into the
> filter passband, and out of the skirt area. That should demonstrate whether
> the clicks go away. Your TX frequency would be inaccurate. I am not saying
> this is a long term solution, but rather a troubleshooting step.
>
> DE N6KB
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