[Elecraft] K3 and Expert Amp

[Richard Squire - HB9ANM]

Spot on, Jim!
I have NEVER used ALC with any PA. BTW, most ACOM amps for instance do not
have an ALC output - they must know why! Misuse of ALC is the cause of many
bad (not to say horrible) signals we hear on the bands...
It's so easy to reduce input power... And my K3/KPA500 combo does it
automatically.

73
Richard - HB9ANM


Jim Brown-10 wrote
> On 9/21/2012 9:37 AM, Gary Slagel wrote:
> It is NEVER a good idea to use ALC to set drive level to a power amp. 
> Doing so is a recipe for distortion, key clicks, and splatter. ALWAYS 
> control the amplifier output power by setting the POWER OUTPUT of the 
> transceiver so that the transceiver produces just enough output power to 
> get the desired power from the amplifier.






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