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What type of Amp are you using??

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  • Mike VE3CKO
    Mike VE3CKO Member ✭✭✭
    edited April 2019
  • mikeatthebeach .
    mikeatthebeach . Member ✭✭
    edited March 2019
    Let the Tubes warm up and glow red For USB CAT control Hi hi 73 Mike
  • Jon_KF2E
    Jon_KF2E Member ✭✭
    edited March 2019
  • Thomas Nicholson
    Thomas Nicholson Member
    edited March 2019
  • Lawrence Gray
    Lawrence Gray Member ✭✭
    edited March 2019
  • Bill -VA3WTB
    Bill -VA3WTB Member ✭✭✭
    edited March 2019
    Me? the old trusty AL-811 Ameritron. Many years.
    I plan to make a PGXL face for my amp,,Lol
  • Phil N3ZP
    Phil N3ZP Member ✭✭
    edited March 2019
    I forgot to note that the KPA500 is not CAT controlled. The amp switches bands almost instantly when I tune my Palstar AT500 manual antenna tuner.
  • jerry stern
    jerry stern Member ✭✭
    edited October 2019
    I am running my Flex 6700 with my Alpha 87a.  The Alpha has an RS-232 output and with an inexpensive RS-232 to USB adapter I can control it with DDUTIL v3.  Very cool as DDUTIL also has a setup tab to limit the Flex RF output automatically if amp is switched in and this can be individually adjusted by band and/or mode.
  • John Swink
    John Swink Member ✭✭
    edited April 2019
    6600 and SGC SG-500, hard wire PTT and band filters RF sensed.
  • KC2QMA_John
    KC2QMA_John Member ✭✭
    edited April 2020
  • Kevin J. Darrah
    Kevin J. Darrah Member ✭✭
    edited July 2019
    Using a modified Ameritron AL 1500 that I converted over too run a pair of 3CX1500A7's... 32 watts produces full legal limit.
  • Tom Carroll
    Tom Carroll Member
    edited March 2019
    Flex 6400 and ALS-600 by Ameritron.
  • Gayle Lawson
    Gayle Lawson Member
    edited March 2019
  • NC4AB
    NC4AB Member ✭✭
    edited March 2019
  • Kevin J. Darrah
    Kevin J. Darrah Member ✭✭
    edited March 2019
    Using w/ 6400 Sig Series
  • James Charlton
    James Charlton Member ✭✭
    edited January 2020
  • K2KXK
    K2KXK Member ✭✭
    edited January 2020
    ALS-1306.  Band switching through the USB port on the Flex 6300 works perfectly.  Also using an MFJ 998 tuner which prevents the amp keying until it tunes to an acceptable SWR.  As indicted above, you cannot monitor the amp remotely without some additional gear but that's not a problem for me.  A very cost effective setup imho.
  • Neal Pollack, N6YFM
    Neal Pollack, N6YFM Member ✭✭
    edited March 2019
  • Mike VE3CKO
    Mike VE3CKO Member ✭✭✭
    edited April 2019
  • Mike-VA3MW
    Mike-VA3MW Administrator, FlexRadio Employee, Community Manager, Super Elmer, Moderator admin
    edited March 2019
    Can either of you share the part number of your cables?

  • Mike-VA3MW
    Mike-VA3MW Administrator, FlexRadio Employee, Community Manager, Super Elmer, Moderator admin
    edited March 2019
    You should be done by now!  Call me if you have any questions rather than staring at the board for hours. LOL

  • Mike-VA3MW
    Mike-VA3MW Administrator, FlexRadio Employee, Community Manager, Super Elmer, Moderator admin
    edited March 2019
    Does the ARI-500 plug right into our RS232/USB cable?

  • John - AI4FR
    John - AI4FR Member ✭✭
    edited July 2019
  • Mike-VA3MW
    Mike-VA3MW Administrator, FlexRadio Employee, Community Manager, Super Elmer, Moderator admin
    edited March 2019
    Thanks for that... you read my mind.  That is where I was heading.

  • Dick B
    Dick B Member ✭✭
    edited March 2019
    I'm using a Tokyo Hy-Power HL-1.5KFX running in Kenwood mode via the Flex USB attach from my 6300.  The rest of my station (IC-756 Pro3, tuner, and coax switch) use CI-V but the THP amp is not a good player on the CI-V bus and causes many issues.  I have to switch the amp to Icom mode when using it with the Pro3.  I also use DDUtil to keep all of this stuff happy and working together.  **** KF5SA
  • Erik SM0JCA
    Erik SM0JCA Member ✭✭
    edited March 2020
    I have a Flex 6400 with Acom 1200S and automatic tuner 04AT. Amp is controlled with a homebrew cable and RS232/USB adapter (must be FTDI chip) plus PTT hardwire. Amp and tuner works seamlessly with 6400.
  • Dick B
    Dick B Member ✭✭
    edited March 2019
    BTW.  The entire station is fully automatic band-switching using either the 6300 or the Pro3.  
  • Mike KE4U
    Mike KE4U Member
    edited February 2020
    I successfully use an Elecraft KPA500 with CAT.
  • Brian Morgan VK7RR
    Brian Morgan VK7RR Member ✭✭
    edited March 2019
  • N4VLK
    N4VLK Member ✭✭
    edited March 2019
    ALS-1306 with CAT, Heathkit 220 no CAT

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