[Elecraft] ALC: issues raised almost 2 month ago + answer from Elecraft

[Don Wilhelm]

Jerry and all,

OTOH, I would be quite uncomfortable purchasing a modern SS amplifier 
that did not implement protection from excessive SWR without depending 
on the exciter to throttle back the power.

To my mind, depending on some external device (the exciter) to protect 
the amp is a recipe for failure and represents faulty design decisions 
from the amplifier designers.

73,
Don W3FPR

Jerry Flanders wrote:
>
> I repeat -  my concern is amplifier safety, not a substitute for a 
> mike gain control. Sooner or later, the antenna will fail, but we 
> don't know when,  and we probably cannot manually cut back drive 
> quickly enough to protect those expensive SS finals when it occurs.
>