>
>> Is this phenomena peculiar only to Icom rigs, or do Yaesu and Kenwood do
>> it also?
>>
>> Funny, these rigs - slow attack on ALC, too fast a rise on the rising edge
>> of the keying waveform...........somebody has reversed priorities!
>> 73
>> Peter G3RZP
>
>Well Peter, I sure notice it on FT-1000MP's. I had a loaner FT-
>1000MP here, and it spiked on leading edge....although nothing
>like some rigs.
>
>My FT-1000D, ICOM 751A's, and an IC-781 do NOT spike. Some
>Kenwoods are phenomenal in spiking. My T4XC's all spike to 200
>watts before dropping to the lock-down output of 120 watts!
>
>Using a 775DSP here, I had constant tuner arcing troubles
>because my PA would follow the overshoot. The PA would output a
>pulse of 7 kW ....
[chortle]
- Rich..., 805.386.3734, www.vcnet.com/measures.
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