Re: [TenTec] FS: Ten-Tec Omni VII w/ auto-tuner (588AT)

[Carl Moreschi <n4py2@earthlink.net>]

There is no ALC feedback connection from the amplifier to the Orion. 
The Orion does its own ALC based on holding whatever power output it is 
set for.
Carl Moreschi N4PY
121 Little Bell Dr.
Hays, NC 28635
www.n4py.com

On 12/6/2011 9:24 AM, Glenn AE0Q wrote:
>    I see that the O-II has an internal ALC adjustment, do you mean it does
> not have external ALC input for amplifier connections?  On Alpha amps we
> removed the ALC output about 10 years ago.  The ALC voltage feedback from
> an amp only happens when when it is overdriven and by then it is too late,
> the radio should have been adjusted correctly in the first place.
>    If the ALC voltage from the amp is set too high, the radio can't drive it
> to full output.
>
>    Too many problems with ops mal-adjusting the ALC feedback from amps lead
> to our removing it completely from new production amplifier models.
>
> 73 - Glenn AE0Q
>
> On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 4:05 AM,<amsctalx@comcast.net>  wrote:
>
> > (snip)  It may simply come down to which one works better with my
> > Quadra...I'm not wild about the lack of ALC on the O-II.