Hi Howard; I thought you had the 480sat. Sounds like quite the adventure to raise the output. Rich ----- Original Message ----- From: "Howard Kaufman" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 2:22 AM Subject: ts480 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. my new TS-480 did only give 140 W on SSB but fine on FM and CW with easy change on service menu it give now full=20 200W on SSB and I find out it can easy do 300W on 80 but it can kill the output transistors,,, This is how to : Insert the adjustment plug PART #W05-0611-00 into=20 the DATA jack on the main unit. ( shorting terminals 3 and 6 should do the same=20 thing ). While turning the radio on, hold down the [MIC] key and the [NR] key.=20 Then remove the adjustment plug from the DATA jack when the MENU No#. appears. go to menu 24 write down the number you have , I change that=20 number to 198 , you can try to change it up and down and save menu and try SSB , how much it will do. I higher the output until I got 200W out on SSB=20 (around 220W on service menu) radio can go all the way to 300 W on 80 meter but that=20 will kill the output transistor soon. To save your new setting, go to MENU # 76 and=20 press the up or down arrow button. To EXIT the service menu, press the [MTR] key. so good news is that kenwood have lots of power=20 but bad news is that somthing is wrong on some of the kenwoods so there can not go to full power on SSB =A9 Copyright mods.dk 1996 - 2005