[TenTec] Re. Low RTTY Output on Omni VII

[Glenn AE0Q]

On many modern radios, the FSK mode is really an internal AFSK arrangement,
you just don't see or mess with the tone injection, etc..  The old standard
of using FSK when possible may not actually be any better in these radios.

I don't know about the Omni VII specifically, but you might look at the
schematics to see if this is the case.  If so, you will feel better about
using AFSK!

73 - Glenn AE0Q

On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 4:12 AM, Gary Grogg <gwgrogg at comcast.net> wrote:

> I received a new Omni VII for Christmas and have really enjoyed the new
> rig.
> However, a few days ago as I was trying to work RTTY on 15 meters, I
> noticed
> that I could only get around 68 watts out.  When I checked the same was
> true
> for 17, 12, and 10 meters on RTTY only.  It had full output on CW and SSB
> on
> all bands, and full output on RTTY on those above 17 meters.  I put it on a
> dummy load and the same.  When I called Ten Tec, I was told that this was a
> known problem with the software and possibly could be traced to the AGC
> circuit.  They knew about it and were working on it.  I just wondered if
> others had had this similar experience?  They indicated I would have no
> problem with AFSK, but I prefer FSK. I really would liked to have known
> this
> issue before I bought it.
>
> 73,
>
> Gary K4VIG
>

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