[TenTec] Omni VII questions

[Winston]

To Mike ND4S:

What do you usually set your volume control on (%) for normal listening?
On loud signals (s9 and up), I can listen around 60-70%, but on weaker signals, I have to crank up to near end of range. It just seems like I don’t have enough audio gain.

73, Winston K4CWQ

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> On Feb 11, 2019, at 9:49 PM, Mike Schatzberg <md.schatzberg at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> You might check your AGC settings and see if you have enough gain for small signals. On my Orion II if the threshold is set too high it could cause too low an audio output with small signals. 
> 
> 73,
> 
> Mike
> W2AJI
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Feb 11, 2019, at 8:56 PM, Mike Cumbo <mcumbo at triad.rr.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hello Winston,
>> 
>> I can't answer question #1 but did some testing on question #2. I see little or no attenuation of audio with a NR setting of 5. With a setting of 9 there is some loss of audio but not much, not even enough to need to change the volume control setting. I am also using the 307 external speaker. My test was on 75 meter SSB.
>> 
>> Tnx, Mike Cumbo, ND4S
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Winston" <jones_winston at bellsouth.net>
>> To: <tentec at contesting.com>
>> Sent: Monday, February 11, 2019 6:32 PM
>> Subject: [TenTec] Omni VII questions
>> 
>> 
>>> I bought a used Omni VII two months ago and am really enjoying using it.
>>> 
>>> I have two questions that other Omni VII users might can answer:
>>> 
>>> 1. In the instruction manual, it says the speech processor is “RF compression.”
>>> Does that mean it’s the same type RF compressor used in the Ten Tec Model 715 processor?
>>> 
>>> 2. I use my Omni VII with the optional Model 307 external speaker. The receiver seems sensitive, but with the DSP on, even at lowest 1 setting, I have to turn up the AF volume control to nearly 100 percent to get adequate volume. (I also have a Jupiter and it fills the room with sound at settings around 30-40%.)
>>> Is there likely something wrong with my radio or does the Omni VII normally have low volume output?
>>> 
>>> Just hoping other Omni VII users can help me out.
>>> 
>>> 73, Winston K4CWQ
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
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