Wow,
Hang on to those issues of BTP! I've never read them but Bill Gerey and Tom
Fowle at the Smith-Kettlewell Eye Institute had nothing but great things to
say about them--evidently worth the read when they came out.

73

Ron Miller
N6MSA
Clearwater Florida

-----Original Message-----
From: Blind-Hams For blind ham radio operators
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Lloyd Rasmussen
Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 5:55 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: ts480

I read some of the stuff from mods.dk after doing a Google search for
Kenwood TS-480.  Are people saying that the peak output is not reaching 100
watts on a two-tone test or on steady-state vowels?
Even in a two-tone test of SSB equipment,  the average output power is half
the peak power.  In other words, are people trying to defy the laws of
physics?  Many meters don't read peak power properly, and solid-state
equipment in particular is peak-limited.

I still covet this rig, but there are questions from my wife such as "when
are we planning to buy new computers", "When are you going to get rid of all
that junk, including old equipment and BTP magazines in the basement?"  "How
much is it going to cost us to stop the leaks in the bathroom and re-roof
the house?And she is looking for work at the moment, so things may have to
wait.  Then my question comes up:
How long is this radio going to continue to be manufactured, accessories
available, etc.?

One of my mottos at work is "You've got questions?  We've got questions!"


On Sun, 21 Aug 2005 01:22:55 -0500, Howard Kaufman wrote:

>         I have been doing a bit of thinking=20 about the often
>reported low rf output on ssb on the kenwood ts480.
>I found a fix, but it requires going in to the=20 service menus.  I am
>not sure what it all means,=20 but appearently theese new radios have
>menu=20 adjustments for all kinds of hidden stuff.
>It requires a service manual which I can't find, at least for free.
>Here is the fix I found out about.  It is for the=20 HX model, but I
>assume if you devide the numbers by two, it will work.
>
Some people think that the devil is in the details.  Actually, God is in the
details.
Lloyd Rasmussen, Kensington, Maryland
home: <http://lras.home.sprynet.com/>
Work:  <http://www.loc.gov/nls/z3986>