I use my K2/100 to drive an ALS-600 with the QSK-5 T/R box and I can't say enough good things about the QSK-5. It's a little pricey but it certainly does a great job and coupled with the no-tune solid state amp its a nifty combo.
No affiliation with Ameritron, etc., etc. Doug W6JD ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dale Boresz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 4:28 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Is it possible to connect a amp to the K2 > I've been using my K2/100 to drive my Ameritron AL-811H for a couple of > years, and it works great. > > > Later, when I built the KPA100, I used the high voltage output keying > line to drive the amp, and that worked fine as well. > > Still later, after getting tired of listening to the clanking of the > relay in the AL-811H, I bought the Ameritron QSK-5 QSK-T/R unit, and > that was the best solution of all. Not only is there no noise from the > relay in the amplifier, but the tubes in the amplifier are cut-off so no > plate current flows until just a couple of milliseconds before the rf is > delivered, and it returns to cutoff within a couple of milliseconds > after the rf has finished. So, the amp runs cooler, and is absolutely > quiet except for the almost inaudible 'tick' of the reed relay inside > the QSK-5 unit. > > _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
