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Re: TS590 Output Power again
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Tom Behler <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 10 Dec 2012 22:11:08 -0500
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    Phil:

My reflected power, according to the TW1 is 0 watts.

I'll try taking the output power reading in the CW mode, once I figure out 
how to get a continuous tone.  May be time to drag out the old straight key.

Tom Behler: KB8TYJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2012 9:45 PM
Subject: Re: TS590 Output Power again


> Tom,
>
> First, what's your reflected power.  Second, I don't own that radio but 
> your
> rig my be auto tuning the power down because you are testing it in the 
> RTTY
> mode which doesn't want to run at 100 watts continuous duty cycle.  That
> happens to me in the AM mode checking power out.  A CW carrier works the
> best.
>
> Phil.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2012 6:56 PM
> Subject: TS590 Output Power again
>
>
>> Hi, all.
>>
>> I know this issue has come up several times already in different forms. 
>> In
>> fact, I'm the one who brought it up once when I feared that my Astron 
>> RS35
>> power supply was beginning to fail.  So please bare with me as I raise 
>> the
>> question of TS590 output power again.
>>
>> It seems that my TS590 is intent on only putting out about 70 watts
>> output,
>> even when the power output control is set at 100 watts.  In fact,
>> interestingly, if I use the output power meter on the TS590, the output
>> power reading given when I go beyond the 50 watt setting constantly 
>> sticks
>> at 75 watts, whether I'm at a 55 watt setting, or a 100-watt setting.
>> Readings are similar with my TW1.
>>
>> I've done this testing with two different power supplies, and with both a
>> resonant antenna, and a dummy load.
>>
>> I'm taking my output power readings by setting the rig to RTTY mode, and
>> pushing the push-to-talk button on my Heil Gold Line mic.
>>
>> Am I doing something wrong here?
>>
>> Is there a better way to measure output power with the TS590?
>>
>> Thanks and 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>
>

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