>You do not need ALC with some of the latest rigs as driver. If a linear
>needs,say, 50 watts you just program the output to 50 watts in the menu
and
>thats it. Any comments?
>
>Yes. You sometimes get the dreaded transient spike at initial TX,
regardless
>of the power setting in the menu - e.g the IC706.
And FT990 and .. and...
In practice, it's likely that the menu power setting simply sets a reference
level in the ALC system so you retain all of the dynamic problems.
Steve
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