I appreciate all of the input on the amps. Lots of good info and more info to think about. All of those mentioned are good products and since I have elecraft products now that adds to my decision. Again, thanks to everyone and I would like to close this thread. Lots of sub topics that people can open under those topics.
73's Rick NJ5W On Tuesday, July 24, 2018, Jim Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > On 7/24/2018 12:43 PM, Paul Baldock wrote: > >> The SPE manuals are specific in saying use ALC to control the power. >> > > In general, doing that is a recipe for high IMD, which means splatter and > clicks. > > ALC is fine as "belt and suspenders" protection for the amplifier's output > stage. There are also issues with poorly designed rigs that produce > overshoots at the beginning of TX when run below max output. W8JI has good > info about this on his website. AFAIK, Elecraft rigs do not have a serious > problem with this, although I do see a few dB when changing power on my K3. > > 73, Jim K9YC > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to [email protected] > ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
