Pat:

Well, you, Steve, and Gary may very well be correct.

It was just so strange, and does not happen more than once every few months.

Anyway, we'll find out this week-end, hopefully.

Tom Behler: KB8TYJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pat Byrne" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2013 9:15 AM
Subject: Re: Strange TS590 Behavior


> Seems to me Tom that you have an antenna problem of some sort, from
> the coax connector on the back of the rig forward.  Is there a coax
> jumper from the rig to something that eventually feeds the various
> antennaes?  I think that a degradation in receive as well as SWR
> points at the antenna circuitry as the culprit, rather than software.
> Just my guess.
> Pat, K9JAUAt 07:12 PM 1/23/2013, you 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
>