I would guess that this is for driving a transverter rather than an
amplifier.  

Lloyd Rasmussen, Kensington, Maryland
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> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of colin McDonald
> Sent: Monday, September 12, 2011 6:24 PM
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> 
> Is there no menu function to disable the drive feature of the radio?
> Seems that there should be a menu option to enable, or disable the "drive"
> feature?
> It's a very nice feature alright, but your right, it could cause some
> aggrevation if you are unaware of it.
> that's why you always, always RTFM from beginning to end.
> Another curiosity, is the drive level able to be set via the menus?  I
> don't
> know of many HF amps that only need a few milliwatts of drive...most need
> significantly more than that.
> So, again, I would guess that the drive level range could be independantly
> set from the menus.
> 
> 73
> Colin, V A6BS