Hi John.

That is correct about the TS520S.  Kenwood designed it that way so that you 
could remove one tube and get the rig to fall within the old Novice power 
limit.

73, de Lou K2LKK



At 09:05 AM 3/20/2008 -0400, you wrote:
>That's true with *some* of them. I think the TS-520 you can do that, and
>some others I know but I know not all.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Shaun Oliver" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 4:24 AM
>Subject: a curley question about valve transceivers.
>
>
> > Hi, I've heard it said that if one removes one of the finals from an
> > amateur transceiver, one is able to cut the maximum output power down to
> > aprox 30 watts pep. firstly, is this correct?
> > and if it is, does it matter which final you remove, and secondly, if
> > it's not correct, which I highly suspect is the case, would it just
> > render the transceiver inoperable until the valve was replaced?
> > thanks in advance.
> >
> > --
> > Shaun
> > web sites:
> > http://www.myspace.com/blindmanshaunoliver
> > http://blindman.homelinux.org/~blindman/
> > skype: brailledude
> >
>
>
>
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