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Re: [TenTec] Omni VII questions

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Subject: Re: [TenTec] Omni VII questions
From: Winston <jones_winston@bellsouth.net>
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Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2019 22:02:46 -0500
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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@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@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@bellsouth.net>
>> To: <tentec@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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