When you set the ALC on CW, this also sets the ALC for your peak SSB power. And you're right - you should adjust the ALC so it just comes on with the drive necessary to get your desired output.
That being said, I don't use ALC. My ALS-600 needs about 65 watts to drive it to full output. Rather than mess with adjusting the drive and/or connecting up ALC, I place a relay-switched 2dB attenuator in-line with the amplifier. The attenuator automatically goes in-line when I turn on the amplifier so I can just leave my K3 set for 100 watts all the time. The attenuator is inexpensive and easy to make, and works great. Any full power transmit spikes related to a transceiver's ALC not acting fast enough on the first dit or speech peak will obviously not be there as the transceiver output is already at full power. This attenuator is described in the "Articles" section of my website at ww.ad5x.com. Phil - AD5X ______________________________________________________________ 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
