Re: [TenTec] Argonaut V and an amplifier

[Ken Brown <ken.d.brown@hawaiiantel.net>]

Wow! I've misunderstood this for years. I thought the the ALC voltage 
was produced by the amplifier, and fed to the exciter to limit drive. I 
never knew that the exciter generated an ALC voltage to change the 
amplifier bias.
DE N6KB
> The ALC biases the RF to avoid clipping. In an amplifier, the exciter ALC 
> is applied as a bias to avoid the same thing. The Argo 
> does not provide ALC to an amp. If the amp can create an internal
> ALC by biasing, that should work.
> Most amps I know of use outside (EXCITER) ALC to do this.
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