Jim R wrote:
> Tom > Yes, I have the 998 and also the smaller 993B. They both work > similarly. You can put them in the continuously armed mode so in the presence > of RF, it always tunes, or you can manually arm it in which case tune must be > manually activated and deactivated on the 5000. Currently, there is no way to > interface it to deactivate the tune function when minimum SWR is achieved > with the 5000 as it will with Icom, Yaesu and Kenwoods. Interesting. I don't have one (yet) but had been told the 5000a would emulate the Kenwood > For me, the autotune mode is annoying since the tuner seems to needlessly > activate tuning cycles while you are using SSB phone so I stick to the manual > arming mode. I purchased the 998 when I purchased my Tokyo HY-Power 1KW amp. > The keying line passes through the 998 then to the amp. The 998 disables amp > keying when the SWR is outside preset limits. > I have a big problem using this amp with the 5000 because the 5000 does > not have an ALC output and the amp protection circuits are very fast acting, > I cannot drive the amp very hard, because the peaks keep tripping the amp > overdrive protection. I can minimize this with careful mic gain, compression > and companding settings, but absence of ALC on the 5000, is a glaring > omission in my opinion. > > Do any of the gurus know if ALC will ever be implemented possible via a > future flexwire device? > > Jim > K5HY > > > >> Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 23:14:49 -0500 >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [Flexradio] MFJ external automatic antenna tuners >> >> Is there anyone here with experience with the Flex 5000a and the MFJ >> "Full Legal Limit" tuner - MFJ-998 ? >> >> Or one of the similar products that handles a little less than full >> "legal limit" power? >> >> http://www.mfjenterprises.com/ >> >> -- >> >> >> Regards, TOM BLACKWELL, PO Box 25403, Dallas, Texas 75225 >> >> >> -- Regards, TOM BLACKWELL, PO Box 25403, Dallas, Texas 75225 N5GAR. ARRL SM - NTX. http://www.arrl.net/sections/NTX.html _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List [email protected] http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
