I outsmarted myself.
I have a coax switch, to switch the antenna between different radios.  I 
decided to use the valiant and the ts480 as an A.M. phone station.
Rather than switch everything around, I kept everything in the same position 
with the rf going through the antenna relay.
I discovered this morning, that I had 43 watts output on 12 meters.  When I 
switched the relay out and switched the antenna output on the 480, I had 77 
watts out.
This being fascinating, I switched the connector cables, and again, when the 
relay was in line, their was 43 watts out.
I wonder if I used the transmit side of the relay, if this would disapear?
The other discovery of the morning, is that a 6 meter ringo will tune on 10, 
and out perform a 40 meter double extended zepp.
Now for football!
H T Kaufman MSW LCSW
Adaptive Technology Instructor