I had a GLA-1000 that I attempted to use with my Omni VI. Keying was no
problem, since the VI contains a relay to use with older amps. I suspect
the Jupiter has no such relay, requiring the external interface.
My problem was that the GLA-1000 lacks a tuned input circuit. It was
designed for exciters with tube finals, so input from the exciter is
through a capacitor. This presented varying impedances (not 50 ohm) to
the output of the Omni VI causing it to cut back its power. I could only
get full power out of the amp by using a small tuner between it and the
Omni VI. This had to be adjusted differently on each band. That was too
much hassle, so I sold the amp.
You also have to be very, very careful tuning it. Drive a GLA-1000 out
of resonance for 10 seconds and the tubes are destroyed. It was a "great
little amp" when it was produced, but I'll never own another one. Good luck!
Jim N4AL
Dave Tipton wrote:
Ok, so I'm a total novice at running anything other than a barefoot rig. I was
at the Weatherford, TX hamfest yesterday and picked up a Dentron GLA-1000 amp
with some extra tubes, yadda yadda yadda.
As I was reading through the manual, on how to hook up a amp to my jupiter, I saw a strong word of caution about using older tube amps and their relay circuits... What I decided, was, instead of being sorry, I'd be safe.. I'd build a relay circuit that when the Jupiter amp connection closes, I'd key the amp. Seems reasonable right? I know there is a low amount of power coming out of the jupiter, enough to key the relay? I don't know.. (PArt 1 of the question)
Part 2 -
I started looking around on the web to see if there was anything out there that might
provide additional functionality, etc. (Why?? I have NO idea) Now I'm seeing that
there are tons of "Delay" circuits out there that hold the amp keyed down for a
few extra seconds.
Anyone care to elaborate on this? Can I just wire up a relay, get the power for the relay from the output on the Jupiter, and then when I unkey, it comes back and I hear receive noise again?!?! I'm so confused...
Last part of the question...
Can I reliably tune my antenna (Not using the internal auto tuner) and then
bring my amp in line? (I picked up a 3KW tuner to go with this. A dentron
MT-2000A) What I'm thinking, is put the amp in standby mode, tune my
longwire/dipole/etc, then bring the amp in line, tune up the amp and in theory
this should prevent me from blowing up my amp. Since I don't have a 500 Watt
Dummy load, it's the best I can do for the moment.
Sorry if this seems a little off topic, I know some of it is directly related to the reflector, but I appreciate help on the other sections too.
Thanks,
Dave - A newbie at 20 years, once again
W3DMT
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