Thanks for your responses to my earlier question. It sounds like I don't want to use ALC to control power output on the Expert Amp. One more question for the Expert amp users though. I'd suppose, if I did use the ALC connection, when I hit the half power button on the amp it would just cut back the power level on the K3 to generate a 500W output from the amp. So, If I'm not using the ALC connection does this make the SPE full/half power button useless? I know this might be a better discussion for the SPE yahoo group but I've been trying for a couple days to get into that group and my membership is still pending. Thanks much for any input.
Gary Slagel KT0A ________________________________ From: Gary Slagel <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 21, 2012 10:37 AM Subject: K3 and Expert Amp I'm looking at the SPE Expert Amp 1K-FA. The SPE amps both recommend using an ALC connection to automatically control the radio's output power thus preventing amplifier overdrive. I talked to an SPE rep and I understood him to say that I couldn't use the ALC connection with a K3 and there was an alternative way to allow the SPE to control the K3 output power by manually configuring the SPE to set the K3 output power on a band by band basis. I looked at the SPE manual and it outlines a method to set up a flex-radio that does not have the ALC connection but doesn't talk about the K3. I assume the k3 setup would be the same as for the flex-radio. Does anyone have experience with setting this up with the K3 and SPE 1K-FA. Or, experience using the K3 ext ALC with and SPE? Thanks, Gary Slagel KT0A ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
