The first run of Omni C's did not have hang AGC the it was added at some
point. I have one of the early C's and am blessed with non hang agc. I
believe the "hang" feature was an attempt to overcome some the overshoot
or popping on strong signals however it could cause you to miss some weak
signals if it was hanging while you are tuning across the band.
I've traced out the two circuits and there is considerable difference
between them.
If you have an Omni C, take a look inside at your capacitors. If you have
lots of those baby blue plastic capacitors then you have hang agc. If you
have the brown capacitors with stripes for value codes, then you have a
non hanger.
Steve N4LQ
-----Original Message-----
From: N1EU <n1eu@yahoo.com>
To: tentec@contesting.com
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 04:36:06 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [TenTec] Omni A/C AGC
> Would appreciate clarification on whether Ten-Tec
> changed the AGC circuitry between the Omni A and Omni
> C to introduce "hang" AGC in the Omni C. I notice
> that the Omni C advertisement touts this new
> "feature". The AGC in my Omni A is not of the "hang"
> variety.
>
> Tnx/73,
> Barry N1EU
>
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