Steve:
Lots of snow and ice here, and I thought of that as a possible culprit.
Also, lots of wind, but last night, the winds were dead calm.
It was actually windier again this morning when the rig worked fine.
This week-end, I'm going to do my usual monthly check of all cables and
jumpers.
As for what I was doing when things when fluky, that's the problem. I can't
exactly remember, although I know I was working with my laptop just to be
sure my N3FJP CW sending, rig interface, and the USB connection to the TS590
were all functioning.
I'll let you know what more I find out as I go here.
Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Forst" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 9:46 PM
Subject: Re: Strange TS590 Behavior
> Tom,
>
> So how has the WX been in Michigan? Snow or ice on the antennas? Gusty
> winds that make something intermittent?
>
> What adjustments were you making when things went flukey?
>
> Have you checked all the usual suspects (cables, connectors, etc.)?
>
> If you are getting low RX and odd swr on TX, my guess is that it is
> external to the radio, especially since a reset didn't fix it. Since it
> happens on different antennas, maybe something between rig/amp/swr
> meter/tuner. Next time this happens, try going direct to a dummy load
> with a known good coax from radio to dummy load, bypassing all the
> other junk, and see if swr is still bad.
>
> 73, Steve KW3A
>
>
> On 1/23/2013 8:12 PM, Tom Behler wrote:
>> Hello everyone.
>>
>> This quiry is to all of you TS590 owners out there.
>>
>> Several times now, I have noticed something really strange with my TS590,
>> the cause of which I can't exactly pinpoint. In fact, it happened again
>> last night.
>>
>> I was making some adjustments to my TS590, and suddenly, the receive
>> sensitivity of the rig dropped. In addition, I started getting some very
>> weird SWR readings and output power readings as I went through the bands,
>> and switched various antennas in and out.
>>
>> Since I had the ARCP590 software, and all of my memories and settings
>> saved
>> for ready reference, I did a full re-set of the rig, hoping it would
>> correct
>> the problem.
>>
>> When I was done with the re-set, the rig was still acting very strangely.
>>
>> So, I simply turned it off, and went to bed.
>>
>> This morning, I turned the rig back on, and everything was fine, as if
>> nothing ever happened.
>>
>> My theory is that something is tripping some sort of circuit protection
>> system in the rig, and that, once the rig is idle, things somehow re-set
>> themselves.
>>
>> Again, I can't say for sure what I was doing that created the problem to
>> begin with, but it didn't seem to be anything too significant.
>>
>> I'm just curious as to whether anyone else has had this sort of thing
>> happen
>> to them.
>>
>> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>
>>
>>
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