Dave,
Glad all is well. My gut feeling was the vox/break-in button, and even
though you said it was set right, I figured I'd mention it anyway.
Welcome your radio back to the land of the living.
73, Steve KW3A
On 11/22/2014 12:16 AM, Dave Basden wrote:
> Hi Jim, Steve,
>
> It's time for me to eat my own words! I should have learned by now
> not to trust my memory. For months now I have been using the antenna
> tuner on-off button thinking it was the QSK on-off button. I shutter
> to think how many times I have supposedly gone off line using that
> button while reprogramming the keyer memories in the TS-590. Somehow
> I must have pressed the real QSK on-off button to the off
> position. That's apparently the default setting, so when I did a
> system reset, it defaulted to QSK off. I feel extremely
> foolish. Thanks for your suggestions though!
>
> 73,
>
> Dave, W7OQ
>
> At 06:48 PM 11/21/2014, you wrote:
>> Dave,
>>
>> Are you hearing any clicks from the t/r relays? Is this on all
>> bands? If only on a single band, be sure drv isn't active.
>>
>> Are you sure there is no problem with the paddles? Do you have another
>> set of paddles or a straight key? If nothing else, an audio cable
>> plugged into the straight key jack and then short tip to ground and see
>> if you get output. Or do the same with a 1/4 stereo cable plugged into
>> the paddle jack an ground tip or ring to ground.
>>
>> When you say the QSK button is set right, I assume you mean the
>> vox/break-in button.
>>
>> If you unplug paddles and straight key, does the "send" button on the
>> front panel give output while in CW mode?
>>
>>
>>
>> 73, Steve KW3A
>>
>>
>>
>> On 11/21/2014 8:50 PM, Dave Basden wrote:
>>> For the last several days I haven't been able to make contacts on
>>> CW. I finally checked and am getting no output according to my
>>> talking SWR meter. The sidetone is behaving normally in response to
>>> my paddles. Yes, the button for QSK is in the on position. In fact
>>> I have done a full reset with no change. I appear to be getting
>>> output on SSB. Both VFO A and VFO B are set within the band, so it's
>>> not that I am trying to transmit outside the ban. I'm about ready to
>>> ship the TS-590 off to the repair station, but thought I would ask
>>> for your ideas first. Any suggestions are welcome.
>>>
>>> 73,
>>>
>>> Dave, W7OQ
>>>
>>>
>>>
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