I spoke with Gary Barbour at the Tentec hamfest and he said the performance
of the Omni VII would be better than the Omni VI and not quite as good as
the Orion II.
I particularly liked the human factoring on the radio. It was easy to
figure out how to use. A manual didn't seem necessary.
The radio that was being used was a prototype. I would not infer any
perfomance issues because we were just using a prototype and not a finished
product.
Carl Moreschi N4PY
121 Little Bell Drive
Bell Mountain
Hays, NC 28635
----- Original Message -----
From: "radiomike_58" <mjbates@skypoint.com>
To: <Ten-Tec-Omni-VII@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 6:42 PM
Subject: [Ten-Tec-Omni-VII] Re: Digest Number 26
> Just curious if any more information about the close in dynamic range
> performance of the rig was observed, or discussed at the hamfest. Also
> curious regarding any more details on the design were revealed.
>
> I hope that the issues below will be ironed out between now and
> launch, or soon thereafter. I am curious how the receiver sounds on
> sideband, and as a general coverage receiver. I also wish that Ten-Tec
> would provide some more detail(anxiously awaiting) with regard to
> detail on close in performance, and the receiver architecture in some
> more detail.
>
> What has been shown indicates that the receiver is probably quite
> good, but not enough to determine if my speculation is correct. I hope
> that the performance is a notch better than other mid grade rigs,
> regarding close in performance, as indicated in the announcement on
> the Ten-Tec website.
>
> Thanks in advance for sharing,
>
> 73,
>
> Mike Bates KA0KLQ
>
> --- In Ten-Tec-Omni-VII@yahoogroups.com, "toby423p" <toby423@...> wrote:
> >
> >
> > I would agree the screen is very nice and the menus operate nicely
> > and smoothly.
> >
> > Received audio was crisp on SSB and CW, and no noticible raspiness
> > in the received cw note like some have reported with the Jupiter. In
> > fact the cw note was very sharp and crisp.
> >
> > Problems noted with a 45 minute quick perusal of the rig include the
> > following:
> >
> > 1. Significant loss of received audio when the BW is narrowed down
> > from 500hz to 200hz when listening to a cw note. This was also a
> > problem with the initial release of 2.0 BETA firmware of the Orion 1.
> >
> > 2. When running QSK there are significant key clicks in the speaker,
> > and the RF gain has to be run down to about 55 before the key clicks
> > subsided. Apparently a TX/RX timing issue which needs to be fixed.
> >
> > 3. Noise bursts.....at times the rig would produce a "noise burst"
> > when turning the BW encoder up and down when in CW mode. On one
> > occasion I heard a squeal like sound which I could not reproduce
> > later. The "noise burst" was not unlike that which occured in the
> > Orion 1 with 1.372 firmware, and which was fixed with BETA 1.373b3.
> > Remember, this was all noticed while in CW mode.
> >
> > These units are early units and reminded me of when the Orion 2 was
> > first put on display at the last hamfest. and also when the first
> > Orion was put on display earlier. There were obvious rough spots
> > which have been fixed with later upgrades. The Omni 7 will be not
> > different, and will need some more work before it is released.
> >
> > Toby W4CAk
> >
> >
> >
> > 2.
> >
> > --- In Ten-Tec-Omni-VII@yahoogroups.com, "Sonny" <n4jdb@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Ten-Tec-Omni-VIIFrom first impressions the radio looks great. I sat
> > down and gave a good once over. Best thing I see is the menu screen
> > that is impressive. Everything settable on the rig is right there on
> > the screen that should make it easy to operate and setup.
> > >
> > > I am saving my money.
> > >
> > > 73
> > >
> > > Sonny N4JDB
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Ten-Tec-Omni-VII@yahoogroups.com
> > > To: Ten-Tec-Omni-VII@yahoogroups.com
> > > Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2006 4:22 AM
> > > Subject: [Ten-Tec-Omni-VII] Digest Number 26
> > >
> > >
> > > Ten-Tec-Omni-VII
> > > Messages In This Digest (2 Messages)
> > > 1a. TenTec Hamfest From: n3nd
> > > 1b. Re: TenTec Hamfest From: Rhett Isley
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> > > Posted by: "n3nd" N3ND@ n3nd
> > > Fri Sep 29, 2006 12:29 pm (PST)
> > > Let's get some posts here from users at the TenTec hamfest.
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> > > 1b. Re: TenTec Hamfest
> > > Posted by: "Rhett Isley" kb4hg@ kb4hg
> > > Fri Sep 29, 2006 8:38 pm (PST)
> > > The radio is physically very attractive, deeper than wide, with
> > an
> > > attractive well designed front panel, well marked knobs, and an
> > very
> > > easily viewed large color screen.
> > > Impressions from my first 10 minute test run; the radio sounds
> > good on
> > > phone and great on CW, is very easy to operate, DSP filtering
> > works as
> > > expected, and the menus are very easily accessed and
> > straightforward to
> > > deal with.
> > > The notch remains outside of the AGC loop (audio notch instead
> > of the
> > > desired RF notch) which is a concern for some users. This is
> > the same
> > > notch layout as in the Jupiter, Orion I, and Orion II.
> > > Overall, I personally liked what I saw and heard and look
> > forward to the
> > > technical presentation tomorrow morning by Gary and John.
> > >
> > > 73,
> > > Rhett, KB4HG
> > >
> > >
> > **********************************************************************
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> > > n3nd wrote:
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> > > > Let's get some posts here from users at the TenTec hamfest.
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