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Omni VI Model 563
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Mods, Fixes, & Additional Info
- Key Click Mod by W9AC
Related Links
- Comments on the Omni VI Series Filter by Ken Brown, N6KB
- Aux Antenna Comments by W4PA
- TRX Manager - Support for this package can be found here
Sales Information
Sales Brochure (1.45 MB)
Specifications
General
- Modes: USB, LSB, FSK or AFSK, FM built-in
- Frequency Range: All ham bands 160 through 10 meters. Twelve 500 KHz segments with 30 KHz overshoot at upper and lower band edges.
- Display: 7 digit to 10 Hz resolution, 0.56" LED, 2 secondary 0.3" displays for clock, memory chanhel and offset.
- Frequency Control: LO generated with a crystal oscillator mixed with a low noise 4.97 - 5.53 MHz phase locked loop.
- Offset Tuning: +/- 9.99 KHz, receive and transmit, Dual VFO's with Split mode.
- Memories: 100 duplex memories, battery backup, one scratch pad.
- PC Interface: Serial port operation of receive and transmit. Includes two line and RS-232 interface. Runs at 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, or 19200 baud.
- Frequency Accuracy: +/- 50 Hz @ 25 degrees C.
- Antenna: 50 ohm unbalanced.
- Remote Band Switching: Selects antenna or other station accessories.
- Power Required: 2 A receive, 20 A transmit @ 12-14 VDC.
- Construction: 20 G10 epoxy glass PC boards, most field replaceable. Extruded aluminum fron panel, alumninum chassis, texture painted top & bottom, snap up stainless stell bail.
- Dimensions: HWD 5.75" x 14.75" x 17" - 14.6 x 37.5 x 43.2 cm.
- Weight: 16 lbs - 7.25 kg.
Transmitter
- RF Output: 0 - 100 watts, ALC stablilized.
- DC Input: Maximum 250 watts @ 14VDC. 100% duty cycle for up to 20 minutes. Continuous duty with customer supplied air cooling of rear panel heat sink.
- Microphone Input: 200 - 50K Ohms, accepts microphones with 5 mV (-62dB) output. Polarizing voltage for electrets provided.
- Speech Processor: Adjustable compression level.
- T/R Switching: PTT or VOX on SSB, switchable FAST or SLOW QSK on CW, delay on SLOW is adjustable.
- Iambic Keyer: adjustable 8 - 40 WPM, type A or B, weight adjustable from keypad.
- CW Offset: programmable 400 - 990 Hz, DSP generated, sidetone automatically matches offset, volume adjustable independent of AF gain control.
- FSK Shift: 170 Hz.
- FM Deviation: +/- 5 KHz.
- Metering: Switchable to forward power, SWR, collector current or audio processing level on SSB.
- SSB Generation: Balanced modulator followed by 9 MHz, 8 pole crystal ladder filter.
- Carrier Suppression: 60 dB typical.
- Unwanted Sideband Suppression:60 dB typical at 1.5 KHz tone.
- Third Order Intermod:30 dB below two tone at 100 watts PEP.
- Spurious Output: Better than 45 dB below peak power output.
Receiver
- Sensitivity: 0.15 uV for 10 dB signal to noise ratio at 2.4 KHz bandwidth. In FM, 0.3 uV for 12 dB SINAD at 15 KHz bandwidth.
- Selectivity: Standard 16 pole filter, 20 to 24 poles cascaded depending on options selected.
Selected | Filter | -6 dB BW | -60 dB | Shape Factor |
---|---|---|---|---|
Standard | 2.4 KHz | 2.4 KHz | 4.50 KHz | 1.87:1 |
Optional | 1.8 KHz | 1.8 KHz | 3.40 KHz | 1.89:1 |
Optional | 500 Hz | 500 Hz | 1.40 KHz | 2.80:1 |
Optional | 250 Hz | 250 Hz | 850 Hz | 3.40:1 |
Standard | FM | 15 KHz | 30.0 KHz | 2.00:1 |
- Dynamic Range: 97 dB @ 2.4 KHz bandwidth at 20 KHz spacing, 100 dB+ with CW filters.
- Third Order Intercept: +10 dBm
- Noise Floor: -133 dBm @ 2.4 KHz bandwidth.
- Phase Noise: -122 dBc @ 1 KHz, -138dBc @ 20 KHz.
- S-Meter: Calibrated to 50 uV at S9.
- Attenuator: -20 dB.
- Passband Tuning: +/- 1.2 KHz.
- I-F Frequencies: 1st I-F 9 MHz, 2nd I-F 6.3 MHz (passband tuning IF), 2nd I-F for FM 455 KHz.
- Noise Blanker: adjustable threshold.
- Automatic DSP Notch Filter: Eliminates multiple heterodynes, notch depth automatically selected for each.
- Manual Notch Filter: 250 Hz to 2.2 KHz, greater than 50 dB.
- CW DSP Filter: Low pass audio filter selectable in 5 steps, 1400 Hz, 1200 Hz, 1000 Hz, 800 Hz, 600 Hz, or may be disengaged.
- Receive Recovery Time: less than 20 ms including split mode.
- Squelch Sensitivity: Less than 0.6 uV
- Image Rejection: >90 dB.
- Audio: 1.5 watts @ 4 ohms with less than 2% distortion, built-in speaker, separate fixed output 1 mw @ 600 ohms.
- Separate RX Antenna Input: 50 ohm phono jack, front panel selectable.