> No. no. Not that type of ALC. The tones were set to just give full output
> with the ALC off. There is an internal ALC that controls the gain of the
> transmitter. It is not compression as it is low pass filtered and working
> on the envelope of the signal. Yes these ALCs can and do give overshoot
> problems, but not in a steady state test.
...and a steady-state two-tone test or noise notch test does
nothing to show how bad IMD is from poor supply regulation.
73, Tom W8JI
w8ji@contesting.com
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