[AMPS] IMDs

Tom Rauch W8JI@contesting.com
Mon, 6 Mar 2000 12:08:21 -0500


> No. no. Not that type of ALC. The tones were set to just give full output
> with the ALC off. There is an internal ALC that controls the gain of the
> transmitter. It is not compression as it is low pass filtered and working
> on the envelope of the signal. Yes these ALCs can and do give overshoot
> problems, but not in a steady state test.

...and a steady-state two-tone test or noise notch test does 
nothing to show how bad IMD is from poor supply regulation.

  
73, Tom W8JI
w8ji@contesting.com

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