[ICOM] ICOM's on AM

[Patrick A. Thompson Sr.]

I've heard it suggested that you might use a fixed ALC voltage level 
derived from a nine volt battery (or other good supply) using a voltage 
divider. I have not done this myself.

Pat
wa4tuk

Ed Purvis wrote:
>    I have asked this question more than once with
> little response. Will try again.
>    Is there an ICOM HF rig that does not have the
> full output power spike on AM. My scope shows a
> 100 watt spike when the carrier is set to recco-
> mended level (20watts). This is not good for us-
> ing an amplifier.
>     If I need to consider another brand of radio,
> please let me know what has worked well. Just
> want casual AM operation when too lazy to fire
> up the tube stuff.
>      Thanks for all the other great info from
> this site.
>     (746PRO, 706MKII)
>                              Ed
> 
>                        
> 
> Ed Purvis WA4NJY
>         Amateur radio since
>          1963, tube-type most
>          of the time.
> 
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