Ron,

One more thought from the dark recesses of my  foggy brain:

Does the auto tuner work?   It has to put out some RF to find a match.

73, Steve KW3A

On 8/1/2015 7:00 PM, Steve Forst wrote:
> Ron,
>
> So how are you keying the rig?   It would seem that your ptt is working,
> but if using a microphone, are you sure the mic is good?
>
> If in  CW mode and using  the front panel "send" buttonthe   and
> anything is plugged into either of the rear key jacks, it will  go into
> transmit  (RX mutes), but no  power is transmitted.
>
> Before packing it up I would disconnect everything from the radio except
> the 12 vdc and the coax to the dummy load.   No key, keyer, microphone,
> computer, or anything else connected.    Put it in FSK (RTTY mode) and
> press the front panel  "send" button.
>
> If you have any doubts about the power supply, reduce power to 10 watts
> or so and see if anything comes out the coax .
>
> Since you can hear stuff, I'll assume  you are on the right antenna
> port.   Port 1 has a single bump and port 2 has 2 bumps next to it.
>
> Since you did a reset, I'll also assume that you didn't get into split
> mode by accident and have the TX VFO out of band, where it won't TX.
>
> You're not sending it anywhere on Sunday, so you have another day of
> head scratching.
>
> Good luck, Steve KW3A
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> On 8/1/2015 6:32 PM, Dr. Ronald E. Milliman wrote:
>> Well, I have checked and double checked absolutely everything, and I just
>> cannot get this TS-590 transmit to put out one single watt. I checked
>> everything anyone of you suggested and have gone completely through the
>> manual checking everything that could remotely be a possible problem. I
>> double checked the power supply, and it is putting out exactly 13.8 volts,
>> and it is a 28 amp supply which is more than sufficient. I connected it up
>> to a dummy load just to see what would happen, and nothing changed. The
>> receiver mutes and the receive/transmit light changes from green to red when
>> in transmit like it should. So, regretfully, it looks like this transceiver
>> is headed back to R&L Electronics or wherever I have to send it to be
>> repaired. I have owned several Kenwood transceivers over the years, and I've
>> loved them all, but this is the first one I have ever had any problems with.
>>
>>
>> Ron, K8HSY
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