"Are you speaking from experience or repeating some old wife?"
Hardly, operated many contests at N3ARK's during the days of the C and heard
it many times.
You just need to be on a quiet frequency or one with a weak signal and have
another station plop right down on the frequency and hit you with a 20, 40,
60
over signal.
If I remember correctly, the C did not use any RF for AGC action - was 100 %
audio, so takes a while for enough cycles of audio to get the AGC going. Is
a very brief pulse viz the gun shot.
There was a guy in MD who did a mod (added some RF to the AGC) to markedly
reduce the effect. He also modified some routing and grounding which
further improved a great quiet rig.
Call TT and ask them. Let me know what they say.
Although, at the time, they really didn't want to ackowledge / fix the
problem
or recommend the MD guy, i would hope that they would remember.
If you don't want to call, let me know and I will.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Hyder --N4NT--" <N4NT_Mike.Hyder@charter.net>
To: "Steve Baron - KB3MM" <SteveBaron@StarLinX.com>; <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 04:09
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Old Vs. New Technology
> You know, I used a stock Omni-C for years and never once experienced what
> you describe. Are you speaking from experience or repeating some old
wife?
>
> 73, Mike N4NT
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Baron - KB3MM" <SteveBaron@StarLinX.com>
> To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2004 10:27 AM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Old Vs. New Technology
>
>
> > When a very strong station comes on frequency, it takes a while for the
> > audio derived AGC to take hold. Result is it makes you feel like your
> ears
> > drums just exploded or a bomb went off in your head <gr>.
> >
> > There was some one in the Baltimore (?) area that had a good fix - also
> > fixed a few minor problms.
> > My recollection is that TT never really acknowleged the problem or
offered
> a
> > fix.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Steve Weber" <kd9bo@mac.com>
> > To: "Steve Baron - KB3MM" <SteveBaron@StarLinX.com>;
> <tentec@contesting.com>
> > Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2004 08:19
> > Subject: Re: [TenTec] Old Vs. New Technology
> >
> >
> > > Gun shot effect? Wazzat?
> > >
> > > At 5:16 AM +0000 2/22/04, Steve Baron - KB3MM wrote:
> > > >Well, the ole OMNI C was never easy on the eARS. remember the gun
shot
> > > >effect?
> > > >
> > > >----- Original Message -----
> > > >From: "Steve Weber" <kd9bo@mac.com>
> > > >To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> > > >Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2004 22:07
> > > >Subject: [TenTec] Old Vs. New Technology
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >> The recent discussion about the old Omni's started me thinking.
> > > >> (doesn't happen all that much, but that's a whole 'nother subject)
> > > >>
> > > >> How does an Omni B or C stack up against the present day
> > > >> almost-but-not-quite-top-of-the-line rigs such as the Jupiter?
I'm
> > > >> not talking about bells & whistles or even what is expected in a
rig
> > > >> these days such as multiple VFOs, general coverage, auto notch
etc.
> > > >> Just a rig that is user friendly, has a clean signal, can dig out
> the
> > > >> weak ones and is low noise and easy on the ears.
> > > >>
> > > >> Any thoughts?
> > > >> --
> > > >> Steve Weber
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> No trees were killed in the sending of this message. However
> > > > > a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.
> > > > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Steve Weber
> > >
>
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