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]> To: <[log in to unmask]> 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