[TenTec] A-Meter Calibration in 3.033xa

[bcarling@cfl.rr.com]

The S meter on my Omni 6 plus never goes above S 7. 
Any ideas what causes it?


Bry Carling
http://www.af4k.com
http://alltheaboveband.com


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From: "Cecil" <chacuff at cableone.net>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
Subject: [TenTec] A-Meter Calibration in 3.033xa
Date: Tue, Apr 9, 2013 9:30 am


I think it's kind of nice to have some S meter reading when I'm running with the AGC off and managing the RF gain manually...

Cecil
K5DL

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On Apr 9, 2013, at 7:55 AM, Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Oh, I wouldn't be quite that harsh. I am curious, though, about why TT chose to do it this way.
> 
> 73,
> 
> Kim N5OP
> 
> "People that make music together cannot be enemies, at least as long as the music lasts." -- Paul Hindemith
> 
> On Apr 8, 2013, at 23:16, Dave Heil <k8mn at frontiernet.net> wrote:
> 
>> Ahaaaa!  So when the S-meter doesn't reflect the AGC action, what we have is an undocumented FEATURE.  ;-)
>> 
>> 73,
>> 
>> Dave Heil K8MN
>> 
>> On 4/8/2013 13 17, Kim Elmore wrote:
>>> I just did a careful by-ear test and Barry is absolutely correct: the
>>> AGC *DOES,* indeed, behave exactly as it should under 3.033xa. As has
>>> been pointed out here and, apparently earlier, the S-meter does *NOT*
>>> follow the AGC action and instead acts as if the AGC were set to "fast"
>>> in earlier firmware versions.
>>> 
>>> 73,
>>> 
>>> Kim N%OP
>> 
>> 
>> 
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