[Kenwood] TL-922A Plate current

Mon, 24 Jun 2002 10:09:32 +0000

Jim

The TL-922 does not draw any plate current UNTIL the PTT line is activated 
(i.e. grounded...usually by the transceiver driving it .....in your case by 
the TS-570)

Dave

At 09:36 PM 6/23/02 -0500, James Barham wrote:
>I recently purchased a 922 to go with my 570. I hooked it up for the first
>time yesterday.
>
>According to the manual it should show 100ma on CW and 200ma on the plate
>current in the operate position. I never saw the needle move off of zero
>when swithing between standby and operate..
>
>  Should you see any plate current if the 570 is not connected to the 922? In
>other words, does the 570 have to be connected via the 7-pin remote before
>you see any plate current?
>
>And does menu 39 on the 570 have anything to do with the plate current or is
>it just a relay?
>
>I ordered the remote 7 pin cable from Kenwood and the only leads it has are
>pin 4 (relay) and pin 6 (ALC).
>
>Thanks,
>
>James Barham KC5DSP
>EM-22
>
>
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