Howard:

I think I found an external speaker jack on the main radio unit behind a 
little door on the front.

Haven't tried it yet, but is sure feels like a speaker jack to me.  There 
are also some jacks that appear to be mini-din-type jacks in that little 
panel as well.

As for the auto-tuner issue, I'll just leave the tuner on, then.

And, I still have your phone number in case I need to call with more 
questions.

Don't worry:  I'm not ignoring you;  it's just been a busy day here.

73 from Tom Behler:   Kb8TYJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Howard Kaufman" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 25, 2007 2:03 PM
Subject: Re: TS480 update and some questions


> That jack is stereo, if you plug a mono plug in to it, you will make a
> short.  I think the output might be down so you don't blast your ears off.
> I run my audio in to an amp and equalizer, then in to a speaker.  You 
> press
> the automatic tuner button, until the clicking stops.  Then the antenna is
> tuned.  If you then bypass the tuner, nothing is being tuned and you are
> driving the radio in to a miss match.  The more clicks you hear, the more
> difficult the radio is finding the load to tune.  You get an acceptable
> match at 3/1 or less, so even if your tuner excepts a match, that doesn't
> seem to avoid the possibility of the output power being backed off.  That
> along with that 15 watts loss is why I don't like the internal tuner.