[TenTec] Omni VII Digital

[Brian Carling]

Thank you Gary. I will try that tonight. I can run 100 watts CW ok.

Best regards - Bry Carling



> On Aug 13, 2014, at 10:36 AM, glhuber <glhuber at msn.com> wrote:
> 
> Will the Omni-7 produce 100 Watts when the Tune  AND PWR buttons are pressed in sequence ? That is the question in my mind, have you left the PWR set at 100 Watts so that the USB / digital output is a function of the driving audio or is the RF output being limited by the PWR (ALC) level?
> 
> 73 & DX,
> Gary AB9M
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> -------- Original message --------
> From: Brian Carling <bcarling at cfl.rr.com>
> Date:08/13/2014  9:04 AM  (GMT-06:00)
> To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec at contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Omni VII Digital
> 
> Not with digital sigs
> 
> Best regards - Bry Carling
> 
> 
> 
>> On Aug 13, 2014, at 9:13 AM, "Gary - AB9M" <glhuber at msn.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Can you get the OMNI-VII to produce 100W via the Tune / PWR  buttons on the frequency of interest and antenna used?
>> 
>> 
>> 73 & DX,
>> 
>> Gary - AB9M
>> 
>> -----Original Message----- From: Louis Ciotti
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2014 8:00 AM
>> To: bcarling at cfl.rr.com ; Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
>> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Omni VII Digital
>> 
>> You should be getting way more power out that 20-30 watts.  something
>> is just wrong....   you should be able to full power out in the
>> digital modes.  Granted some of them there is totally not a need for
>> full output power like PSK-31, JT65, etc.  At then end of the day if
>> you are not able to drive the OMNI to 100watts with all the settings
>> maxed out (both on the PC and the rig) something is wrong.
>> 
>>> On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 7:52 AM,  <bcarling at cfl.rr.com> wrote:
>>> It may be "fried" but I seriously doubt it. I was able to work into VK this morning on 40m
>>> with JT65 and I am now getting 30 - 50 watts output.
>>> 
>>> The fault may be in the amount of signal WINDOWS 8 is allowing to come out of the laptop.
>>> 
>>> I am trying to find if there is some level that is pulled down but everything I see is at 100%
>>> 
>>> So far so good. I don't want to get 100 watts out and I think that I probably don't want any
>>> ALC action while running digital modes. The speech processor actually helps  alittle in my
>>> case.
>>> 
>>>> On 12 Aug 2014 at 23:12, Bob McGraw - K4TAX wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> The Omni VII does not have low gain.  But it seems yours has a defective
>>>> LINE INPUT.  I can run mine at 25% and raising the level up on the c