Howard,

As for the 480 menu's:  "You're a braver man than I am Gunga Din."

My understanding is that the menu's don't talk.   I think there is also 
a full reset involved in the process, so you should back up  the radio 
using the Kenwood software first.

I also think  some of these menu's have no "default" setting and are 
spicific to a particular radio.    You should make a note of  anything 
you are going to change, so you can get back to it if needed.

I would hope you have something more accurate than the TW-1 for 
measuring power.   I wouldn't tinker in the service menu's based  on the 
TW-1 readings.

Don't know if you have ever heard of Cliff at Avid, who is a well known 
  Kenwood  service guy, but here is a link to a post he made regarding 
service menu settings.    This post came up in the middle of a long 
thread, but  you may find his  words of interest:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TS-480/message/5874


73, Steve KW3A




On 3/20/2013 7:15 AM, Howard Kaufman wrote:
> I am rethinking my decision about that.
> I was concerned that it is more likely for a web mail account to get hacked.
> Can't be worse than this I guess.
> Did anybody answer my magic jack question?
>
> Another question, A friend and I are going to venture in to the ts-480
> service menus to see if we can reset the power output levels on the radio.
> By slim chance, does anybody know if theese menus will talk?
> Has anybody ever ventured in there?
>
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