[Elecraft] Help needed connecting Alpha 86 amp to K3

iain macdonnell - N6ML ar at dseven.org
Sat Jan 28 13:39:01 EST 2012


On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 10:34 AM, Robert Fanfant <rfanfant at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> My Alpha 86 has three RCA jacks:1) Relay2) ALC3) Key out What connections need to be made to the K3? -rob

K3 "KEY OUT" to Alpha "RELAY". That's all (apart from RF, of course!).
Some may recommend using ALC, but it should only be as an overdrive
protection mechanism, if used at all. Keep the drive level down so the
Alpha is operating within (mainly grid-current) specs, and all will be
well.

    ~iain / N6ML


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