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Re: [Amps] re interfacing IC-706 to alpha 9500

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Subject: Re: [Amps] re interfacing IC-706 to alpha 9500
From: John Bodine <john.bodine@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2019 13:16:49 -0500
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Fern,

   It may be unnecessary but certainly prudent to use an amplifier
interface box such as an Ameritron ARB-704. It can prevent a lot of
heartbreak.

On Wed, Nov 13, 2019 at 1:10 PM Jim Thomson <jim.thom@telus.net> wrote:

> Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2019 20:52:37 -0700
> From: "Fern Rivard" <crc@cyberlink.ca>
> To: "Amplifiers" <Amps@contesting.com>
> Subject: [Amps] re interfacing IC-706 to alpha 9500
>
> <I want to interface my Icom IC-706 M II G to my alpha 9500 amplifier.
> <I have the OPC-599 adapter cable c/w an eight pin male plug to into the
> ACC2
> <connector.
> <Which option should I use on ACC2,  pin #3 Hsend or pin #6 Vsend and can
> I
> <safely use that without anything else in line?
> <73 from Fern  VE7GZ
>
> ##  To  get  around the  overshoot / spike  problem,  try  this method.
> 9V  battery  wired to  the  far  ends  of a 1 megohm pot.   Wiper of  pot
> goes  to  ALC  input  on  ICOM.  Wiper  then  will have  0-9  vdc
> applied to the  ALC jack.   Wiper  must  be  negative,  so  negative  of
> battery  to top  of  pot.... and  positive  of  battery to  bottom  of
> pot.
>
> ##  Positive  of  battery  /  bottom  of  pot  also  bonds to  chassis of
> radio.
>
> ##  easy  to  do  with  just the  usual   male RCA  connector on a length
> of  cable,
> like  58-u...  or  174-u .   Power  consumption is  zilch.
>
> ##  set  PO  on  radio  to   say  70-100  watts.    Tweak  1 meg  pot
> for  desired
> PO....  like  50  watts.  Scream  all  u  want,    it  wont  exceed  50
> watts.   It  cant.
> You  have  already developed the  ALC  vdc...externally....and  its
> applied
> continuously.  No  spikes,  no  overshoots.  End  of  issue.
>
> Jim   VE7RF
>
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Later,
        John Bodine/WU2E
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