At 10:44 AM 2/10/1999 -0600, Roy Koeppe wrote:
>
>Tony,
>
>I don't have that info anymore. But put your VOM on say 5 amp scale, DC, and
>use it to pull up the amp's relays with. See if it kicks up violently at
>first, and then read the holding current. At any rate, it is way too high
>for a direct connection to rig. Make a solid state relay driver or pull the
>amp up an alternative way.
I'm not familiar with this amp, but the problem on an SB-220 was solved
very nicely with a 220-ohm 1/2 watt resistor in series with the relay
control line. Alternatively, a transistor switch keyed by, say, 12 volts
from the transceiver is very easy to build in.
73, Pete N4ZR
Loud is good
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