my 570 isn't like that, it loses maybe 10 watts on 10 meters so it's only 
putting out 90.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, July 14, 2006 1:21 AM
Subject: Re: ldg tw1


>I noticed that my TS570 would drop to around 40 watts on 10M...can't
> remember if the ts2000 drops as well, i am thinking it does, but i can't
> remember by how much.
> The cause of that is of course the tuning of the rig...it is likely peaked
> for 20Meters and as you get closer to the limits of the HF part of the
> radio, the power will begin to reduce...you may notice 160 has a power 
> drop
> close to the band edge as well.
> this seems to be a fault with almost every HF radio out there.
> There is another interesting issue, and that is frequency stability....the
> FT897 is about 10 hertz off
> on the 2M ssb band, but dead on for the rest of the HF portion...which
> means that in order to insure stability on the HF bands, there is a small
> sacrifice for other bands.
> 73
> Colin, V A6BKX
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> From: "Howard Kaufman" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2006 7:03 PM
> Subject: ldg tw1
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>> Thanks!  Found the buttons, that helps, but it sure isn't as
>> sensative as the old VCO.  Maybe I will keep that in line as well,
>> who knows.  By the way, my output on the ts480 drops to 56 watts on
>> ten meters.  Anybody notice this?
>>
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