I honestly like my Omni 7 MUCH better with the correction of the AGC. I was
getting a tad perturbed that it had this flaw and was about to sell it.
I'm much happier now with the radio and it's a keeper.
Eric
W9WLw
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> On Jul 4, 2014, at 9:31 AM, David and Dianne on Comcast <dhhdeh@comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> Back in May, Ten Tec announced the release of firmware Version 1.036 for the
> Omni VII. Among a number of revisions contained as outlined here by John
> Henry on May 28th was "Improved handling of QRN/impulse type noise so it
> wouldn't prematurely load up AGC."
>
> I do not recall reading any reactions to this aspect of the 1.036 revision
> release on this reflector or the Omni VII Yahoo group.
>
> Last fall I posted here that this AGC issue needed priority improvement as
> last summer's QRN here had made the Omni VII's receiver's AGC very
> susceptible to QRN initiated swamping. I sold my Omni VII late last fall
> primarily because of this issue when it appeared that no resolution was soon
> to be forthcoming.
>
> So, as we are again in QRN season here in MA, I am interested what
> improvement in this QRN swamping AGC issue has been realized in V1.036?
>
> Ten Tec's new Omni VII pricing has me thinking again as I really liked the
> Omni VII...but in contrast to my Corsair II, Omni V.9 and my K3, the Omni
> VII's QRN swamping issue as it stood last year was not acceptable here. Has
> this been fixed?
>
> Appreciate any of your feedback on or off the reflector.
>
> 73 de N1LQ-Dave
>
>
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