The gain control circuit in the Drake may not have enough range to reduce the output enough. You are quite right, in that you DO NOT want to overdrive the amplifier. There are various ways to reduce the output of the transmitter, and some amplifiers have internal options for high/low drive level.
73 -Jim NU0C On Tue, 12 Feb 2013 12:28:42 -0600, Woody wrote: >Just asking a question on this subject, I have a Ten Tec Titan 425 and with 35 >watts drive I get 1500 watts out, I didn't think you could cut the output down >on the Drake that much with the gain and still have sufficient audio output. >I would think that with the normal output from the Drake you would have the >Titan jumping off the desk, without the ALC. But of course I have never tried >to hook my Drakes up to one. -- The universe we're in will reach absolute zero in three hours. Safe is relative. - Idris, "The Doctor's Wife" _______________________________________________ Drakelist mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.zerobeat.net/mailman/listinfo/drakelist
