[Icom] IC756 and Yaesu Quadra amp - Band Data Interface design?

[Jerry Flanders]

Thanks, Dana. that article is also at:

http://krasnodar.online.ru/hamradio/w7ds.htm

I have some reading to do.

73

Jerry W4UK

At 07:26 AM 2/19/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>On Feb 18,  9:40pm, Jerry Flanders wrote:
>
>} I am getting a Yaesu Quadra amp to use with my IC-756PRO exciter. I know
>} they can be used together, and lots of guys are doing so. BUT - I have not
>} heard of anyone making up a band data interface to go between them to set
>} the quadra to the band the PRO is on automatically. It appears that most of
>} the guys let the quadra count the freq to set it up, and others set the
>} quadra manually.
>}
>} It appears that a LM3914 in dot mode and a set of diodes in a matrix is
>} most of what is needed for a true band-data interface. Has anyone tried to
>} set this up?
>}
>} Jerry W4UK
>}
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>You know the old saying; "Great minds think alike".
>The following article might be very interesting for you.
>
>         Automatic Amplifier Selection for the ICOM IC-746,
>         IC-736 and IC-706MKII Transceivers
>                 Hewitt, Paul, WD7S
>                 May, 2000, QST, p.33