[TenTec] Ten Rec Omni6+ problems

[John/K4WJ]

At 03:48 AM 6/18/2006, F.G.Robertson wrote:
>Hi, our radio club has an Omni6+ (upgraded Omni6) as its main HF 
>transceiver.  We have a couple of problems with it and would much 
>appreciate some advice.
>
>2) When receiving strong CW signals, say s9+20 or 30, the CW 
>characters become choppy and distorted, although the tone is 
>fine.  Switching in the RF attenuator fixes this except on very 
>strong signals.  I haven't heard this mentioned before so I assume 
>it's a fault on our radio, either an alignment or component failure.

Fraser,

It sounds like the noise blanker is engaged. Turn off the noise 
blanker by turning the knob fully counter clockwise.

Good luck..de John/K4WJ