Bob,

Do you have the built-in tuner in yours?  a friend of mine had a similar 
problem and they believe it was tuner-related.  hRO replaced the rig for him 
but this is now the fourth unit I've heard of that exhibited problems. 
seems kenwood may have some QC issues.  Lou WA3MIX
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Sikkila" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, January 24, 2011 8:09 AM
Subject: Kenwood TS590S problem


> Hi all, the other day my 590 suddenly dropped power to 16 watts. It =
> would put out less than 16 watts, but no more. My swr was 1.0 to 1. This =
> condition existed on all bands. I checked obvious things such as split =
> frequency off and antenna tuner off. I finally decided to do a vfo reset =
> rather than a full reset. It worked and the 590 is at full power again. =
> I have no idea why this happened and wonder if any one else has =
> experienced a sudden loss of power with the 590.=20
>
> 73, Bob K8MXC