Yes, I will try that. Maybe it took a bump in shipping.
Bry Carling
http://www.af4k.com
http://alltheaboveband.com
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From: "Cecil" <chacuff@cableone.net>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
Subject: [TenTec] A-Meter Calibration in 3.033xa
Date: Tue, Apr 9, 2013 9:42 am
Alignment/meter calibration would be my first thoughts...
Cecil
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On Apr 9, 2013, at 8:37 AM, "bcarling@cfl.rr.com" <bcarling@cfl.rr.com> wrote:
> The S meter on my Omni 6 plus never goes above S 7.
> Any ideas what causes it?
>
>
> Bry Carling
> http://www.af4k.com
> http://alltheaboveband.com
>
>
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> From: "Cecil" <chacuff@cableone.net>
> To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
> Subject: [TenTec] A-Meter Calibration in 3.033xa
> Date: Tue, Apr 9, 2013 9:30 am
>
>
> I think it's kind of nice to have some S meter reading when I'm running with
> the AGC off and managing the RF gain manually...
>
> Cecil
> K5DL
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Apr 9, 2013, at 7:55 AM, Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
>> Oh, I wouldn't be quite that harsh. I am curious, though, about why TT chose
>> to do it this way.
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Kim N5OP
>>
>> "People that make music together cannot be enemies, at least as long as the
>> music lasts." -- Paul Hindemith
>>
>> On Apr 8, 2013, at 23:16, Dave Heil <k8mn@frontiernet.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Ahaaaa! So when the S-meter doesn't reflect the AGC action, what we have
>>> is an undocumented FEATURE. ;-)
>>>
>>> 73,
>>>
>>> Dave Heil K8MN
>>>
>>> On 4/8/2013 13 17, Kim Elmore wrote:
>>>> I just did a careful by-ear test and Barry is absolutely correct: the
>>>> AGC *DOES,* indeed, behave exactly as it should under 3.033xa. As has
>>>> been pointed out here and, apparently earlier, the S-meter does *NOT*
>>>> follow the AGC action and instead acts as if the AGC were set to "fast"
>>>> in earlier firmware versions.
>>>>
>>>> 73,
>>>>
>>>> Kim N%OP
>>>
>>>
>>>
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