[TenTec] In praise of older technology AM transmitwith TenTecrigs

[Bob McGraw - K4TAX]

It's easy, sell the Omni VI and buy an Omni VII.  Much better in all 
aspects.  Or if that's too many "George Washington's", then go for an Eagle 
with the 6 KHz filter for less $$.  Even has a better receiver and great 
audio for both TX and RX.

73
Bob, K4TAX


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian Carling" <bcarling at cfl.rr.com>
To: "R. Eric Sluder-W9WLW" <resluder at yahoo.com>; "Discussion of Ten-Tec 
Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2014 9:21 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] In praise of older technology AM transmitwith 
TenTecrigs


> Now if they just had a way to do AM on my Omni VI but that would be a huge 
> stretch !!
>
> Best regards - Bry Carling
>
>
>
>> On Feb 25, 2014, at 9:00 PM, "R. Eric Sluder-W9WLW" <resluder at yahoo.com> 
>> wrote:
>>
>> If this of any help, this is from the Ten-Tec website and found in the 
>> knowledge base:
>>
>> Tuning instructions for AM Operation with the Onmi VII
>>
>> Return to knowledge
>> base
>>    1. Set the power output to the desired level. Key the transceiver with 
>> the
>> microphone and the DSP will automatically set the
>> carrier to the proper level (this will initially take a few seconds). 
>> Peak
>> output of an AM transmitter is 4 times the level of the carrier, thus if 
>> the
>> power output is set for 100 watts, the carrier will be 25 watts, power 
>> output is
>> set for 50 watts then the carrier will be 12.5 watts etc…
>>    2. Speak into the microphone and adjust the microphone gain until the 
>> ALC LED flickers on voice peaks. If
>> the microphone gain is adjusted beyond the point where the ALC LED 
>> flickers on voice peaks, then
>> distortion can occur. It will be helpful to monitor the audio with the 
>> monitor
>> or an external receiver
>>    3. Adjust the transmit roll off and transmit equalizer using the 
>> monitor or an
>> external receiver for the most pleasing transmit audio. The microphone 
>> gain
>> might have to be readjusted for ALC after these controls
>> are set. Bandwidth is automatically set by the DSP. The
>> speech processor is not active on AM
>>
>> Eric
>> W9WLW
>>
>>
>>
>>> ________________________________
>>> From: Bob McGraw - K4TAX <RMcGraw at Blomand.net>
>>> To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec at contesting.com>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2014 4:49 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [TenTec] In praise of older technology AM transmit with 
>>> TenTecrigs
>>>
>>>
>>> While I haven't measured it in some time,  I seem to recall the info 
>>> that
>>> Barry stated is correct for the AM mode.
>>>
>>> 73
>>> Bob, K4TAX
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Barry N1EU" <barry.n1eu at gmail.com>
>>> To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2014 2:37 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [TenTec] In praise of older technology AM transmit with
>>> TenTecrigs
>>>
>>>
>>>> I might be wrong, but I believe the AM tx bw is fixed (3KHz audio,
>>>> 6KHz wide am signal) and the bw and roll off controls are ignored in
>>>> AM.
>>>>
>>>> 73, Barry N1EU
>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 8:03 PM, GARY HUBER <glhuber at msn.com> wrote:
>>>>> A TenTec 705 microphone into the OMNI-VII with the TX ROLL OFF set to 
>>>>> 150
>>>>> Hz
>>>>> and TX BW set
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