[Amps] Dentron Clipperton-L Questions

[Tom W8JI]

> Anyway, to my questions. The manual gives absolutely NO 
> indication of
> HOW to set the ALC, only that it is "negative going, 
> adjustable from rear panel"
> I am driving it with a Yaesu FT-101E. Adjusting the pot on 
> the back of the
> amp causes the ALC indication on the FT-101E to go from 
> nearly nothing to
> lots and lots of action, with the same drive and output. I 
> can put a two
> tone input to the transmitter and adjust the ALC until the 
> power starts to
> drop off, but my YO-100 scope shows it flat-topping. How 
> do I know when the
> ALC pot on the amp is in the correct setting for my 
> transmitter?

The ALC system in the Dentron amps is terrible. It simply 
samples the cathode RF voltage, rectifies it with a power 
rectifier diode like a 1N4007, feeds a pot to the output.
I'd never use it. Unplug it and don't worry about it.

73 Tom