[TenTec] Omni VII questions

[Mike Cumbo]

AF around 30% with RF around 80%, that produces PLENTY of audio.

ND4S



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Winston" <jones_winston at bellsouth.net>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2019 10:02 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Omni VII questions


> 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
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> 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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