[1000mp] FL-7000 question

[Vidi & Hester]

Hi Craig
Thank you for putting me in the picture.  I bought a used 4 button model a
week ago and am still getting used to operate it. Had a problem with the PSU
which only gave 15V to the transistors. The previous owner knew about it and
warned me.  I found a lug on the passing xistors lightly touching the heat
sink, under that small bundle of wires, bent them up and problem solved.  I
am very  impressed with the way this piece of gear is constructed. I had to
re align the various settings and had a little problem setting the ALC part.
The ALC pot at the back of the amp and the trim pot under the cover seem to
interact and I don't know where to set the one on the rear.  I did however
manage to get a combination of the internal and external settings so that I
do not overdrive the amp.  My initial impressions are very good.  I bought
it unseen from a guy 1200km north of here but am very happy.  I use it in
combination with a FT1000MP and the auto band switching is superb.  However
I find that if I manually set the tuner to get rid of that last little SWR,
that setting is not remembered by the amplifier 'brain'.
What power do you get from yours?  If I push this one I get 700 out as
measured on an external Bird watt meter but limit it to about 600 max.
73
Vidi, ZS1EL