[TenTec] poor harsh audio on OMNI-V

[Dr. Gerald N. Johnson]

On Fri, 2009-03-27 at 21:29 -0400, yash at aol.com wrote:
> Hi
> ???? Just sold my Corsair II line.
> Always enjoyed the audio quality,very easy to listen to. Bought a
> really nice OMNI-V ,with the 9.2 chip and ALL the filters. The
> audio...on a separate speaker... sounds Tinny and harsh. Not as bad on
> 160 and 80? ,but up the bands, has that tinny,harsh sound. 160 and 80
> are ...ok but..no where near the quality of the corsair II. the 2.4khz
> filter sounds closed in,constricted, ? and 1.8 even worse, hard to
> copy. Iam new to Ten Tec and the ONMI-V soI haven't been able to
> compare with another omni-V rig. 
> 
> ?? Seems like there is no bottom end in the receive audio,like a filter
> was cutting at 200-300Hz. I noticed in the reviews of the rig ,all the
> comments on audio seemed very good.Anybody have any Ideas where to
> look? or some thoughts on the problem.

Filter cutting at 200 to 300 Hz is common, putting the BFO at the 20 dB
down point. Sounds as if the BFO alignment is further from the filter
than that. But with a crystal calibrator, you can determine that
rapidly.

73, Jerry, K0CQ
> 
> thanks for any help on this.
> 
> dale wt4t