[TenTec] Omni VII spur noise in transit

[MadScientist]

Thank you, you confirmed what I had suspected.

I was a bit surprised by the reverse direction of the pot…

Also, I believe the element in my TT 708 mike is bad, so that needs work too.

73,

Gary

> On Apr 9, 2019, at 4:11 AM, Vic Klein via TenTec <tentec at contesting.com> wrote:
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> That noise happens with too much audio. If the ALC light is coming on a lot
> or if running mic gain to high or (in my experience) if using the speech
> processor. Back off and it should clean up. Also, the panel control for mic
> gain apparently starts after a mic preamp stage so it may already be too
> high for the particular mic you are using. Adjusting the hardware mic gain
> accessible from under the front panel may be needed. As memory serves, it
> adjusts "backwards" so clockwise is lower.
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> =Vic=
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> WA4THR
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> Mon, 8 Apr 2019 21:12:26 -0500
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> I am not intimately familiar with the Omni VII so its quirks are not on the 
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> front page of my RAM.
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> 
> I understand them generally well enough to repair them but I have a question
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> about the radio in TX.
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> Is it common for this model to exhibit slight buckshot sound in the speaker
> on 
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> voice peaks? 
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> I heard a radio do that long ago and it was considered "normal" for that
> model 
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> but one would have thought Ten Tec would have worked t his out by the time
> the 
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> Omni VII was designed.
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> If this is not normal, then I have more work to do...
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> Gary
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