You got the thing in to CW mode, the top button in the group of buttons just 
to the left of the main tuning knob.  Jim WA6EKS


-----Original Message----- 
From: Richard Fiorello
Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2013 1:30 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: ts480 brain freeze

Hi;
I confess I'm not at all a c w operator.  Finally changed the plug on my
paddle and was investigating to see if I remembered much c w only to
discover that although I could hear a side tone the radio wasn't
transmitting.  Turned vox on and tried a few other changes which didn't
seem to help.  I bumped something on the front panel and magically cw
was actually transmitting.  Anyone know what might have been causing the
problem?
Thanks

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richard