If you key down and check the ALC, it will probably say"over", meaning
it is off the scale. you can reduce carrier down to 20-25 and get
the ALC down lower in the scale of the meter. Output power won't start
to drop until you get below 20-25 setting. It's covered in the manual,
but most people don't mess with it (or don't read that page).
Before the ALC/spike mod from Kenwood, this was used by many as a
work-around to kill that spike on CW/FSK modes.
73, Steve KW3A
On 11/15/2014 6:36 PM, Jim Gammon wrote:
> What is the deal about setting carrier level? I have never had that
> before getting my 590. There's of course, the power level so how
> does that work in conjunction with the carrier level. I think mine
> is set at 50 percent. Jim WA6EKS
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