Thanks, Phil My luck is not as good as yours. Before I started worrying about ALC, I smoked an output circuit on an AL1200 because of an intermittent in the antenna coax connector. Made me gunshy. I intend to keep this expensive Quadra healthy.
Jerry W4UK At 14:50 8/16/2006, philip gentile wrote: >i run an ameritron AL80A and a commander with no alc at all. never >had any trouble, never smoked an amp, even with ice and leaves on the antenna. > >phil AB2JL > >----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Wachsmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "'Jerry Flanders'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> >Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 10:23 AM >Subject: Re: [Flexradio] ALC for use with QRO external amp? > > >>Jerry, >> >>Unfortunately, there is not a hardware ALC input on the SDR-1000. We do >>have quite a few people using amplifiers with our rig though. Maybe others >>could pipe up and tell you how they have their ALC setup (assuming their >>amps have that option). >> >> >>Eric Wachsmann >>FlexRadio Systems >> >>>-----Original Message----- >>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >> radio.biz] On Behalf Of Jerry Flanders >>>Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 8:31 AM >>>To: [email protected] >>>Subject: [Flexradio] ALC for use with QRO external amp? >>> >>>I am considering using an SDR1000 as driver for my Quadra amp. >>> >>>In looking over the SDR1000 docs, I can't find a way to hook up my >>>Quadra's ALC control line to the SDR1000. >>> >>>My present setup uses a 756PRO, which provides an ALC input jack so >>>that an external amp can make the 756PRO cut the drive in case of a >>>disaster in the antenna, etc, which might otherwise let the smoke out >>>of the amp. >>> >>>I see ALC referred to in the SDR1000 docs, but apparently only as an >>>internal control signal. As far as I can see, that ALC is not used >>>with a QRO external amp. Is there any provision for external ALC control?? >>> >>>Jerry W4UK >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>FlexRadio mailing list >>[email protected] >>http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz >>Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ >>FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com _______________________________________________ FlexRadio mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com
