[TenTec] OMNI 6 PLUS, 250 hz Filter Problems

Roy Koeppe royanjoy@ncn.net
Fri, 29 Jan 1999 11:18:08 -0600


I presume you have fiddled with the PBT control? Contrary to what many
claim, the 250 filters do have more loss than the 500's do. The added loss
does make for a nice quiet background though, so QSK is less fatiguing.

73,     K6XK
-----Original Message-----
From: RLVZ@aol.com <RLVZ@aol.com>
To: tentec@contesting.com <tentec@contesting.com>
Date: Thursday, January 28, 1999 11:03 PM
Subject: [TenTec] OMNI 6 PLUS, 250 hz Filter Problems


>
>I just purchased Model 219 & 282-  250 hz filters from Ten-Tec and have a
>problem: Filter 219 in the 9 Mhz IF works fine whether operating alone or
in
>tandem with the Model 285- 500 hz filter in the 6.3 Mhz IF.  However, the
>Model 282- 250 hz filter in the 6.3 Mhz IF does not work well at all...
when I
>kick in the 282 the desired signal drops 5 to 9 S-units and the audio is
not
>as clear.  (sounds more high pitched).
>Ten-Tec got me out a new 282 filter right away... but no improvement.   I
have
>tried changing the gain jumper for the filter and tried various cw offsets
>with no change.
>Any ideas?  Thanks,  Dick-K9OM
>
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