On Sat, 14 Dec 1996 10:22:12 EST, David Kennedy wrote:
>BTW, the Ten Tec Omnis are the only receivers I know of that permit
>you to reduce RF gain without the S meter moving up or off scale. You
>can adjust the S meter noise floor to S-1 or so (best S/N?) with the
>Omni RF gain control and with any amount of external RF gain.This
>feature is especially useful when using Beverage antennas for
>receiving or when the Omni is used as a first IF in satellite
>communications.
The Watkins-Johnson HF-1000A also has this feature, and is all DSP as well.
Rolfe, W1VC
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