I believe it will. I key my own amplifier with that relay. It's a half way
decent size. Unless your amplifier pulls some excessive current, I don't
see why not. They relay was put into the FT-1000D for this purpose. Of
course, as another poster stated check things out to be sure. But I really
think you'll be OK. The drawback is that that relay is noisy!
There is also another line coming out of the FT-1000D that can possibly be
used to switch a PA if (and it's a big if) the current on the control line
is low enough. I think it's on the "band data" jack. If the MLA2500 draws
little current this would be the way to go as you'll be able to get by w/o
the clickity-clack of the relay.
73,
Jon
NA9D
on 6/21/01 5:46 PM, Tom Martin at tmartin@chartermi.net wrote:
>
> I'm sorry if this has been covered before, but I'm tired of searching
> the archives. I would like to know if the relay in the 1000MP can
> handle the linear switching for the MLA2500. I had a 920 before and I
> keyed the linear without any problems. I am not interested in QSK, so
> the transistor switching isn't needed.
>
> Thanks es 73, Tom W8JWN
>
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