[TenTec] OMNI VII ??

[Carl Moreschi]

John,

When you are into the Omni VII firmware, 1.036 also does not send the CW 
sidetone when transmitting in remote mode.  Going back to 1.035 fixes it.

Nice to see you back into this.

Best 73,

Carl Moreschi N4PY
58 Hogwood Rd
Louisburg, NC 27549
www.n4py.com

On 2/3/2016 4:27 PM, John Henry wrote:
> Good Grief Rick,,
>
> The transmitter change was done because of YOU, hah, no, just kidding.
>
> It was done for two reasons. (well, three, depends upon how you look at it,
> could be 2, could be 3.... read on)
>
> To use the same 100W PA section on the Eagle and the OMNI-VII, higher qty
> purchasing, equating to more profit. Also more reliability and fewer
> components to stock, easier to debug problems since they both use the same,
> etc., etc. etc.
>
> Components,
>
> Going from bipolar to FET did bring it by design better TX IMD, something
> that people were asking for, It was only a dB away from your magical
> requirement number for TX IMD. BUT, funny thing was, even with TEN-TEC
> making the change, and identifying the improvement, well, there was no
> fanfare about it or no one claiming in discussion forums or presentations
> that followed it regarding TX IMD and it's evil that TEN-TEC listened and
> improved the airwaves when no one else at the time did, oh well......
>
> Anyway, gotta run, have an Eagle Firmware Update in beta test now, hoping
> to get it out this week or next.
> Fan Noise, and ALC action improvement.
> Then, an OMNI-VII firmware fix for the remote CW macro transmit losing
> characters issue, THEN back onto HRD for some digital mode work. ah,
> dontcha just love the smell of "bits flippin'" in the morning? lol, (ok,
> who recognizes that phrase...... I did take a bit of "author discretion" in
> changing two works, well....
>
> 73, KI4JPL
> John Henry
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