[Amps] IC-706 and ALS-500M

[Joe Giacobello]

I would like to use an IC-706 to drive an ALS-500M.  Pin 3 of the 706 
accessory socket goes to ground on transmit, but it apparently can only 
sink 20mA.  The ALS-500M manual says that the T/R switching circuit 
supplies less than 100 mA on transmit, but does not specify the exact 
current.  It sounds like that in order to switch the amp into transmit 
from the 706 I'm going to have to use a relay in between the 706's pin 3 
and the 500M in order to handle the current.  I wonder if anyone else 
has used these two units together and what they have done?

73, Joe