[Premium-Rx] Can I open the audio output of the 6790 repeatedly to mute without damage?

[Al Klase]

YES!

The audio output is an LM377 dual amplifier of the sort designed for car 
radios.  It is stabilized with a lot of feedback, and could care less 
whether it does ore doesn't have a load.

Al

On 1/5/2012 11:24 PM, Ka9p at aol.com wrote:
> Every couple of years I want to put one of the 6790's outboard of a
> transceiver but haven't found an honest to goodness mute mod.
>
> Does anyone know of one, or will it survive me just breaking the audio
> output with a relay (assuming the AGC recovers) or will I need to make then
> break a load in place of the speaker to protect the output?
>
> I'd guess it's robust given the rest of the design but thought it better to
>   ask than to do the experiment.
>
> Thanks, Scott
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