Hi Microwave Group 

I’m new to the forum and looking for some advice on what I believe is called ALC Overrun. I am looking at purchasing an SG Labs 1296 transverter to get started on 23cms. All the advice is to use an IF radio with a max output power of 5W. I would like to use my Icom-7100 with the power turned down to 5W as the IF radio but I understand that some radios can momentarily output more power than set  thus damaging the transverter. Does the group have experience of this combo and/or is there a way for me to detect if the radio does output momentarily in excess of the set power. I have basic test equipment: dummy load, power meter, 50Mhz scope which I suspect will not detect any blip.