Hello Joe -
Pleased you came to a successful conclusion to the chirp problem. Anyhow,
the 1.02 works for me, even though Paul says he can hear a slight chirp. I
checked several methods, my 120 meg scope via an RF take-off; using the FM
button so there is no CW audio heard from the OMNI, monitored by my Paragon
II, etc. I cannot hear any chirp. Wish you the best, Joe, and hope we can
hear each other in a CW QSO soon. Not all OMNI 6+ have identical keying
characteristics, so many probably have no sign of a slight chirp whereas
other do.
There was no mention of a "myth" when the tech at T-T told me the 1.02 was
better than the 1.03. He was right in my case. I assume those who say they
can hear a chirp do not have their AVC turned off. and the RF turned down
somewhat.
73 - Don, ve1bn@eastlink.ca
----- Original Message -----
From: "N4YG" <n4yg@comcast.net>
To: "TenTec Discussion" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2008 6:01 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] OMNI VI Chirp Report
> Well the matter of alleged chirp in my OMNI VI+ has finally reached a
> happy ending. You may be interested in my assessment of the whole matter.
>
> I hope I will not offend anyone, however I am not sure that there ever was
> a chirp problem. I have installed the Logic Firmware Version 1.02. A local
> station who had also listened to the version 1.03 said he could tell not
> difference. More than one station listened to my cw with the 1.03 chip
> installed and said the tone was perfect, and these are seasoned CW op whom
> I respect. After installing the 1.02 chip I listened to my signal over the
> internet as received in Salt Lake City. The tone was perfect in my opinion
> and therefore I am keeping the 1.02 chip in the radio. Maybe one of these
> days I will put the 1.03 back in and compare the two. But for now, being
> very satisfied with my OMNI VI+, I am just going to enjoy using it.
>
> I know that some of you, perhaps many of you, think there is a problem
> with chirp in the OMNI VI+. I respect your opinion, but there are some
> very respectable hams out there who do not agree. I contacted Ten Tec and
> the person I talked to called it the OMNI VI chirp myth.
>
> As I said, I respect the opinion of all, but more than that I appreciate
> all of your comments. They were all helpful.
>
> Joe, N4YG
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