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Omni V Model 562
Reviews
- A review is available on the ARRL Members Only Web site
Related Links
Mods & Tips
- N4PY Omni V.9 Firmware Documentation (Note - Does not apply to V.9 Version 2)
- Omni V Birdie Removal by VE7TK
- IF/AF Board Mods by W3TS
Sales Information
The Omni V was manufactured from 1989-1991
Specifications
General
- Frequency Range: Transmit and receive on all ham bands from 160 through 10 meters in their entirety. Twelve 500 kHz segments plus 30 KHz overshoot at upper and lower band edges.
- Frequency Control: LO generated from a crystal oscillator mixed with a low noise 5.0 - 5.5 MHz phase locked loop.
- Frequency Stability: Worst case, 1 PPM per degree C at 29.999 MHz.
- Frequency Accuracy: +/- 100 Hz @ 25 degrees C.
- Antenna Impedance: 50 ohm, unbalanced.
- Printed Circuit Boards: G-10 epoxy glass.
- Power Required: Receive = 1.5 A, Transmit = 20 A, 12-14 Vdc.
- 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
- Modes: USB and LSB (J3E), CW (A1A), FSK (F1A), Optional FM.
- DC Power Input: 200 watts maximum.
- RF Output: ALC stabilized, adjustable from 20 watts to 100 watts (50 Ohm load) with front panel RF OUT control.
- Microphone Impedance: 200 Ohms to 50K Ohms. Bias voltage for electret mic is provided in front panel connector.
- CW Sidetone: Internally generated with rear panel level and tone adjustments, independent of front panel audio level control.
- SSB Generation: 9 MHz, 8 pole crystal ladder filter, balanced modulator.
- Carrier Suppression: Greater than 60 dB.
- Unwanted Sideband Suppression: Greater than 60 dB at 1.5 kHz AF input.
- Harmonic Emissions: Greater than 45 dB below peak power output.
- Third Order Intermod Products: -30 dB from two tone at 100 watts PEP.
- Metering: Switchable forward power, SWR, collector current or audio processing level on SSB.
- CW Offset: 600 Hz
- FSK Shift: 170 Hz
Receiver
- Modes: LSB, USB, CW, and FSK. FM with optional board.
- Sensitivity: 0.15 uV for 10 dB signal to noise ratio at 2.4 KHz bandwidth. With FM option, 0.3 uV for 12 dB SINAD at 15 KHz bandwidth.
- Selectivity:
Filter | -6 dB BW | -60 dB | Shape Factor | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Standard | 2.4 kHz | 2.4 kHz | 3.36 kHz | 1.87:1 |
Optional | 1.8 kHz | 1.8 kHz | 2.90 kHz | 1.60:1 |
Optional | 500 Hz | 500 Hz | 1.40 KHz | 2.80:1 |
Optional | 250 Hz | 250 Hz | 850 Hz | 3.40:1 |
Optional | FM | 15 kHz | 30.0 kHz | 2.00:1 |
- Attenuator: -20 dB.
- I-F Frequencies: 1st I-F 9 MHz, passband tuning I-F 6.3 MHz.
- Image Rejection: >100 dB.
- Noise Blanker: Switchable on/off with width adjustment.
- Dynamic Range: 97 dB, measured with standard 2.4 kHz filter at 20 kHz spacing, 100 dB+ with CW filters.
- Third Order Intercept: +10 dBm
- Noise Floor: -133 dBm @ 2.4 KHz bandwidth.
- Squelch Sensitivity: Less than 0.6 uV
- Receiver Recovery Time: Less than 30 ms.
- Passband Tuning I-F Shift: +/- 2.3 kHz.
- Audio Output: Speaker, 1.5 watts @ 8 ohms. Fixed level 1 mw @ 600 Ohms.
- Notch Filter: 250 Hz to 2.2 KHz, greater than 50 dB notch depth.
- Audio Bandpass Filter: 4 pole, variable center frequency 220 Hz to 1.7 kHz, 35% bandwidth @ -6 dB.
- Tone Control: Variable 15 dB roll-off @ 5 kHz.
- Phase Noise Performance fo the OMNI V: -127 dBc/Hz @ 250 Hz offset from carrier, -146 dBc/Hz @ 5 kHz offset from carrier.