Tom,

So how has the WX been in Michigan?  Snow or ice on the antennas?  Gusty 
winds that  make something intermittent?

What adjustments were you making when things went flukey?

Have you checked all the usual suspects (cables, connectors, etc.)?

If you are getting low RX and odd swr on TX, my guess is that it is 
external to the radio, especially since a reset didn't fix it.  Since it 
happens on different antennas, maybe something between  rig/amp/swr 
meter/tuner.  Next time this happens, try going direct to a dummy load 
with a known good coax  from radio to dummy load, bypassing all the 
other junk, and see if swr is still bad.

73, Steve KW3A


On 1/23/2013 8:12 PM, Tom Behler wrote:
> Hello everyone.
>
> This quiry is to all of you TS590 owners out there.
>
> Several times now, I have noticed something really strange with my TS590,
> the cause of which I can't exactly pinpoint.  In fact, it happened again
> last night.
>
> I was making some adjustments to my TS590, and suddenly, the receive
> sensitivity of the rig dropped.  In addition, I started getting some very
> weird SWR readings and output power readings as I went through the bands,
> and switched various antennas in and out.
>
> Since I had the ARCP590 software, and all of my memories and settings saved
> for ready reference, I did a full re-set of the rig, hoping it would correct
> the problem.
>
> When I was done with the re-set, the rig was still acting very strangely.
>
> So, I simply turned it off, and went to bed.
>
> This morning, I turned the rig back on, and everything was fine, as if
> nothing ever happened.
>
> My theory is that something is tripping some sort of circuit protection
> system in the rig, and that, once the rig is idle, things somehow re-set
> themselves.
>
> Again, I can't say for sure what I was doing that created the problem to
> begin with, but it didn't seem to be anything too significant.
>
> I'm just curious as to whether anyone else has had this sort of thing happen
> to them.
>
> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>
>
>