I have both an Omni V and a Corsair II. The Omni has the N4PY upgrade.
The receive audio in the Corsair II sounds much clearer to my badly
shot up ears. I have been able to copy weak CW stations much easier on
that radio, than on the Omni V. The Omni has been back to Ten Tec
service and has been properly aligned, and I asked them to check out the
audio to see if perhaps the caps on the audio board had dried out
causing the audio to lack clarity. From what they could tell, it was
working fine. The audio filter in the Omni is pretty much useless. I
had much better performance ignoring it and using my outboard Autek
audio filter instead. The audio filter in the Corsair II seems to work
much better. Both radios use the speaker built into the Ten Tec power
supply, so that much is a constant. While the Omni V is much more
sophisticated, and has a greater array of features, I find it much less
pleasant to use, and currently it is sitting here on a chair, while the
Corsair II and external VFO are fired up on the operating desk. I
suspect that others have had different experiences with the two
different rigs, but I much prefer the older PTO tuned radio.
Your mileage may vary...
73,
Steve WA9JML
yash@aol.com wrote:
Using the external speaker from my old 920 ...sp-8? tried several and they all sound bad with this OMNI-V.
thanks
dale wt4t
-----Original Message-----
From: Denton <denton@oregontrail.net>
To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 8:39 pm
Subject: Re: [TenTec] poor harsh audio on OMNI-V
I have had very good luck using external speakers with both my omni vi and
vii with external speakers...if I put the speakers at desk top level
underneath and at the back of a shelf on top of the desk...sounds very much
natural to my ears.
----- Original Message -----
From: <yash@aol.com>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 6:29 PM
Subject: [TenTec] poor harsh audio on OMNI-V
Hi
???? Just sold my Corsair II line.
Always enjoyed the audio quality,very easy to listen to. Bought a
really nice OMNI-V ,with the 9.2 chip and ALL the filters. The
audio...on a separate speaker... sounds Tinny and harsh. Not as bad on
160 and 80? ,but up the bands, has that tinny,harsh sound. 160 and 80
are ...ok but..no where near the quality of the corsair II. the 2.4khz
filter sounds closed in,constricted, ? and 1.8 even worse, hard to
copy. Iam new to Ten Tec and the ONMI-V soI haven't been able to
compare with another omni-V rig.
?? Seems like there is no bottom end in the receive audio,like a filter
was cutting at 200-300hz. I noticed in the reviews of the rig ,all the
comments on audio seemed very good.Anybody have any Ideas where to
look? or some thoughts on the problem.
thanks for any help on this.
dale wt4t
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