I turn mine down quite often to reduuce background noise and turn up 
audio gain.
Give it a try.
73
Butch
WA0VJR
Node 3148
Wallace, ks.


On Fri, 2 Oct 2015, Frank Ventura wrote:

> Brings up a good question:
> When wouldn't someone want the RF gain all the way up?
> I usually just leave it turned on full.
> Frank
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]] =
> On Behalf Of Don Breda
> Sent: Thursday, October 1, 2015 8:48 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Help! TS590s no receive audio:
>
> Well I have been a ham for 46 years and have never ever been so embarrased!
>
> I never never touch the rf gain control but indeed it got turned all the wa=
> y down.
>
> Maybe it was the cat.
>
> Unbelievagle!
>
> Must have grabbed it by mistake thinking I adjusted the squelch.
>
> Holy S$$t.
>
> Thanks Steve you saved my bacon.
>
> Crawling back in to my hole for a long time.
>
> Don
>
>
>
> On 01-Oct-15 8:37 AM, Steve Forst wrote:
>> Don,
>>
>> I screwed up (not for the first time).   To switch between ant 1 and ant
>> 2 is the button just under the power button.  The one to it's left,=20
>> just under the pf a key is to  do the attenuator and rx ant.  A long=20
>> press on this button will  put the rx antenna rca jack on the rear in or =
> out.
>>
>> So maybe rx antenna selected by mistake, wrong ant 1 or 2 selected, or=20
>> rf gain turned down.  Or probably something else.
>>
>> Sorry for the error.
>>
>> 73, Steve KW3A
>>
>> On 10/1/2015 8:20 AM, Steve Forst wrote:
>>> Don,
>>>
>>> Two things to check:  RF gain (outer knob  around the volume control:,
>>> or wrong antenna selected.   A long press on the pre amp / antenna
>>> button will switch between ant 1 and ant 2.   Upper left of the radio,
>>> second button down on left side.  Just under the PF  A key.  Not sure=20
>>> a VFO reset (partial reset)  affects the antenna selection.  A full=20
>>> reset does.
>>>
>>>
>>> If it is the RF gain, any sort of reset won't  return the knob to   the
>>> correct position  Knob should be full clock wise for full gain.
>>>
>>>
>>> 73, Steve KW3A
>>>
>>> On 10/1/2015 8:06 AM, Don Breda wrote:
>>>> Wow! Don't know what I hit but all of a sudden, I have no receive=20
>>>> audio from the 590s.
>>>>
>>>> The external speaker is working because the speech synthesizer comes=20
>>>> through it nicely but can't hear anything from the receiver.
>>>>
>>>> It is as if the squelch was turned all the way up but it isn't.
>>>>
>>>> No matter what band or freq i go to or what memory I choose the=20
>>>> result is the same even when I am on the AM broadcast band.
>>>>
>>>> Tried a v f o reset but that did not solve the problem.
>>>>
>>>> Anyone run in to this before and know how to fix it.
>>>>
>>>> Looked through the manual but don't see an answer.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>>
>>>> Don
>>>>
>
>