[AMPS] ALC - an elementary question

[Pete Smith]

I don't use ALC on my TS-930--SB-220 conbination, because at full blat my
TS-930 won't overdrive the 220.  That leads me to conclude that as long as
I run the 930 cleanly, the 220 won't add any additional distortion.

But Tom's recent posting about his TS-450/SB-200 combination had me
reviewing what (I think) I know.  It seems to me that the 450 would be
capable of overdriving a single 3-500 and maybe even the 572s in the
SB-200.  Certainly, an FT-1000D could do so.  That being said, ALC seems
like a good idea, in theory, but I wonder -- how can inter-unit ALC work
with an amplifier and a transceiver that weren't designed to work together
in the first place?  What assurance could you have that the transceiver ALC
circuit was supplying the right voltage at the right time?


 

73,  Pete Smith N4ZR
In wild, wonderful, fairly rare WEST Virginia

NSI# 1,000,048	NQRPI# 1,000,004

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