[TenTec] Omni VI Opt 3 PSK 31 Operation

Dr. Gerald N. Johnson geraldj at storm.weather.net
Tue Jan 13 12:06:44 EST 2009


On Tue, 2009-01-13 at 14:42 +0000, Tim Heasman wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> What power levels, as shown by the internal power meter, do you run your 
> Omni VI s barefoot on psk 31.
> 
Back it down until no one sees intermod products. Most receiving
software shows intermod percents. Back it down until the quality is
good. That's often smaller than the 25 watts you show.

> I have been running mine at 25 Watts indicated which seems to heat up the 
> heat sink quite rapidly.
> 
> I think I will stick at an average of 15 Watts displayed and see how that 
> works out for the moment.

It doesn't take strong signals for PSK31.
> 
> 73
> 
> Tim
> 
> gm4lmh 
> 
73, Jerry, K0CQ



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