>I suppose one way to improve matters would be to make the ALC closer to AGC,
My fix is to make the amplifier harder to drive - so that the transceiver
can't overdrive it.
>with a fairly high gain, and a voltage delay. The older rigs with 6146s which
>derived ALC from the onset of grid current were a lot worse than a properly
>designed system would be - theyr eally did shut the door too late.
>However, to
>get it to work well, you would have to design the whole system from a
>knowledge
>of the gain control characteristics of the exciter in terms of power against
>volts and its phase shift against frequency, and making a 'universal'
>amplifier
>ALC is probably not on.
>
>Maybe somebody knows how repeatable modern rigs are in their output power/ALC
>voltage characteristics?
>
cheers, Peter
- Rich..., 805.386.3734, www.vcnet.com/measures.
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