[Elecraft] KXPA-100 to ICOM PW-1 amplifier

Josh Fiden josh at voodoolab.com
Tue Jul 29 21:54:45 EDT 2014


Just to clarify... use of ALC with the PW-1 is not to adjust drive 
power. That's a bad practice. You MUST use the ALC line because the amp 
uses this as a primary means of protection. Without ALC, a fault 
condition can damage the amp.

73,
Josh W6XU

On 7/29/2014 12:41 PM, Charlie T, K3ICH wrote:
> You better make sure you have a reliable ALC connection in there 
> somewhere because you'll smoke the PW-1 if you hit it with a hundred 
> watts.  They normally take about 35 -45 watts drive for full output. 



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