Howard,

I've never put much faith in the "whistle test."  If you really want 
to find out what your 480 does on SSB, use a tone source such as an 
audio signal generator operating at a known output, preferably one 
that represents 100% modulation.  Also, consider that your ALC may be 
set up to limit the radio so it doesn't overmodulate, which may mean 
that it's operating at a reduced power level.  You might want to 
check the specs in the manual to see how SSB power output is determined.

Steve

On Wednesday 11/8/06 15:31 Colin McDonald wrote:
>If your tests are fool proof, then you have a problem with your power
>amplifier in the radio.
>A 60 to 65 per cent drop in power indicates fairly conclusively that its an
>internal issue and the radio will need repairs.
>The stated output is 100 watts...now if you see 90, or 105, that's within
>reasonable range, but a 65 per cent reduction is obviously a repair problem.
>If your testing methods are not in fact fool proof however, you may be
>skewing your results in some way or other and there may well be nothing
>wrong with the power section of the rig.
>If you can get near to full power out of the rig on CW, then its in the way
>you are testing the SSB side...since the tone is created internally and is
>fed directly in instead of passing through the audio filters and being input
>through a microphone.
>Yes, i don't own a TS480, but bassed on what you said, others experiencing
>the same problems are either not testing properly, or all 480's are garbage
>for ssb power output.
>73
>Colin, V A6BKX
>
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>From: "Howard Kaufman" <[log in to unmask]>
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>Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 1:12 PM
>Subject: Re: ts480 output
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> > Yes, I would like to know what other ts480 owners find.
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