Hi Marshall --
The 'scope in my test was set to trigger as soon as RF was detected, so it
should catch what you described. The digital scope has a memory that captures
a single-sweep snapshot showing both before and after the trigger point, so it
should catch any key-down spike. I did a couple of tests with as fast as 500
nanosecond sweep, where you could see the individual cycles at 14.2 MHz, and
saw no signs of a spike.
I suspect the 7300 (and probably 7610) behave differently in this regard than
the older Icom rigs. I'd love to test any of the other rigs if I could get my
hands on them.
73,
John
On Oct 4, 2018, 8:33 PM, at 8:33 PM, Marshall-K5QE <k5qe@k5qe.com> wrote:
>Hello John and other VHF Contesters.....I may be completely lost here,
>but I thought that the "ICOM spike" occurred when PTT was pushed just
>at
>the first of a transmission......The overshoot was in the first few
>milliseconds of TX, not at key-up. The causes are poor design and have
>
>been around for years. There have been several different "work
>arounds", but that is what they are. They are not fixes.
>
>I use the transverter port on my Pro2s and Pro3s to run my
>transverters. Those ports are supposed to be -20dbm.....1/100th of a
>milliwatt. You cant hurt anything with that, so even if there is a
>spike, it is so low that no harm is done.
>
>I am also not an instrumentation guy, so it would be nice to see how
>this spike is measured. You would have to have a very fast scope to
>see
>the spike, but certainly there are such instruments running around.
>
>If I am completely lost on this, here is the chance for the real
>experts
>to beat me up......HI.
>
>73 Marshall K5QE
>
>On 10/4/2018 12:19 PM, John Ackermann N8UR wrote:
>> This may be old news, but I wanted to see if my IC-7300 had the
>key-up
>> power spike that's been reported on other Icom rigs when the power
>> output is turned down. The short answer is that I don't see any sign
>
>> of overshoot, so this rig should be safe to use with amplifiers or
>> transverters that want the wick turned down. (Of course, you can
>> still blow things up by forgetting to turn the power down...)
>>
>> Details and pretty screenshots at https://blog.febo.com/?p=321
>>
>> 73,
>> John
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