User's Manual

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11 P rotection Circuit
1.8MHz AUT-CIV ANT-A
PROT CROWBAR
Protection Sign
11-C Protection / Slight Fault
Sign Status
PROT lamp glows.
Message is displayed
Main DC P. Supply (Vdd)
On
AC Magnet Relay ON
RF Path Thru
FAN
Control Circuit ON
Reset
Switch “OPERATE/STBY” off and on.
List of PROT
Prot. LCD Sign Description Re-adjust ALC
Over Out
put Power
PROT OVER POWER RF output power exceeded 1,500W Re-adjust ALC
Inhibit Freq. PROT INHIBIT FREQ CB band freq.(26,000
27,999MHz)
detected
Check x-ceiver
Reflected
Power
PROT OVER Pr Power reflection from antenna
exceeded 150W
Check antenna
Over
Current
PROT OVER CURRENT FET drain current (Id) exceeded 70A Check antenna
Re-adjust ALC
Over
Dissipation
PROT OVER Ploss FET drain dissipation (Pd) exceeded
2,000W
Tj Over PROT OVER Tj FET junction temperature exceeded
190
Over Drive PROT OVER DRIVE RF drive power exceeded 150W Readjust ALC,
decrease RF drive
from X-ceiverf
Unbalance PROT COMB HEAT PA combiner temperature exceeded
70
Check antenna
SWR
Contact factory
Crowbar PROT CROWBAR Crowbar prot. Circuit switched on See below
Band Mis-
set
PROT BAND MIS-SET Band set incorrect., PA failed Check band setting
Contact factory
P
OWER OPER.
M
ETER
P
r
VD ALC
O
FF STBY
BAND
AUTO
M
AN’L
ON AIR
FAN
ID
P
ROT
P
f/kW
HF SOLID STATE LINEAR AMPLIFIER HL-
2
500FX
MAN’L
1.8
3
.5
7
10
1
4
1
8/21
24/28
5
0
Pr/VD/ID/A
L
C
O
UTPUT
H
I
L
O
A
NT
A
B
ID
Another group of protection circuits are provided to shut down the transmission when the other faults
occur within the amp.