Steve, good call there.  JJRadio will also tell you if "drive amp" is turned 
on, although you'd have to think to look for it.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Dr. Ronald E. Milliman
Sent: Monday, September 08, 2014 3:24 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: TS-590 totally stops transmitting on 40 meters

Steve, I was reviewing all of the important messages I've saved from you and
several of the others here on the list concerning issues with the TS-590,
and I came to the same conclusion. If a long press on the drv/meter key
drops the power down to a milliwatt output to one of the rca jacks on the
rear for use by a transverter, which it does, and if that is band specific,
then, that is probably what happened. A long press isn't very long, like 1/2
seconds as I recall. I remember Tom and some others changed the time delay
on this button to the maximum of 1 second, which is what I need to do too.
If that issue is band specific, then, that is probably what must have
happened. I may try to
intentionally duplicate it to verify that is the problem.

Ron, K8HSY

-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Steve Forst
Sent: Monday, September 08, 2014 2:53 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: TS-590 totally stops transmitting on 40 meters

Ron,

Have you been using the pf keys as was mentioned earlier?  If so did you
perhaps  do a long press on the drv/meter key to change what the pf B key
reads?


While a short press on this key will toggle between meter functions, a long
press will activate the drive function which  puts a milliwatt output to one
of the rca jacks on the rear for use by a transverter.


If this is the case, another long press on the key will return to meter
mode.

I think this is band specific and you aren't the first one bitten by this,
if this is in fact what is happening.  A sighted ham would see something on
the display  but that doesn't help us much.

Maybe something else, but in view of  recent posts on the pf keys, this may
be it.

73, Steve KW3A

On 9/8/2014 3:44 PM, Dr. Ronald E. Milliman wrote:
> I have run into a very strange problem with my TS-590. It just totally
> stops transmitting on 40 meters. It works just fine on all of the
> other bands, but twice now, it has just stopped putting out any power
> on 40 meters. The receiver works just fine, but it will not transmit
> any power on 40. Again, it works just fine on all of the other bands;
> the problem is limited to just
> 40 meters. If I do a total reset back to factory defaults, it works
> just fine again. This has happened to me twice, and I have absolutely
> no idea what is triggering it. Do any of you have any ideas? Have any
> of you ever experienced anything similar with your TS-590?
>
>
>
> Ron, K8HSY
>
>
>