[Flexradio] using a tokyo-hipower 100 watt amp with the 1500

2014-12-23 Thread wt4t
Picked up the tokyo hi-power HL-100bdx today. Had any one used this combo? From what I have read many guys seem to use the RF sence for keying the amp, and seem to think it works just fine. How about keying the amp with the PTT line from the 1500. Worth the effort? Happy to hear any thoughts

Re: [Flexradio] using a tokyo-hipower 100 watt amp with the 1500

2014-12-23 Thread Greg Jurrens
Dale: I worked with a friend to connect one of these to his 1500. We used Pin 3 on the DB-9 connector and hard keyed the amp. This allows you to strictly control the amp keying sequence so that the amp is fully keyed before you start modulating the output. His just works. ARL SIXTY ONE es 73

Re: [Flexradio] using a tokyo-hipower 100 watt amp with the 1500

2014-12-23 Thread Michael Babineau
Dale : I use the HL-45B with my Flex-1500 and there is no option for RF-sensing with the HL-45B so it must be hard keyed via the PTT line on the Flexwire I/O interface. FWIW, I read in a forum somewhere that Tokyo High Power recommended a 10ms Delay between triggering PTT and application of