Thanks for the responses. >From what I can gather, on a K3, manually adjust power out, (set it in the menu) Use ALC as a backup protector.
Call it a day. This AMP makes a KW without much drive ( nowhere near 65w in) 73 All the best Dean K2WW On Fri, Jul 17, 2020, 11:26 Charlie T <pin...@erols.com> wrote: > I always felt that the ALC control into an SS amp is the amp's last resort > to being over-driven (= damaged?). > Yes, for normal operation, set your radio at a lower power to drive the amp > to the desired level, which does NOT activate the ALC. > However, if you do something "un-smart", the ALC will hopefully protect the > amp's input. > > Just to make this plain, do NOT run your 100/200 watt radio at max output > and depend on the ALC connection to cut it back. > > 73, Charlie k3ICH > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to dean.k...@gmail.com > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
