[TenTec] OMNI VI hissing noise?

[OE3ZK Gerhard]

For one year I own a OMNI VI (upgraded to VI+). I'm very pleased with the radio in CW contesting, especially since I upgraded it with a 600 Hz INRAD roofing filter.

Comparing it to my other radios, a TS-870S and a Elecraft K2, I find that the OMNI VI+ internal noise is rather high. It is a high pitched hissing tone I can eliminate by reducing RF gain and turning on the low pass filter (LP) and the noise reduction (NR).

I just wonder if this is a fault or if it is usual with this radio?

73
Gert, OE3ZK, FOC#1858