Richard:

Check your power supply voltage if you can.

I have found that with the TS480, and especially the 590, if the voltage is
even slightly lower than 13 volts, the rig folds back, and output power
drops significantly.

Also, are you using a TW1 to measure your power?  If so, I have found the
TW1 to be rather inaccurate, especially on the lower bands.

The SWR/power meter on my TS590 seems to do a much better job of telling me
what's really going on.



Tom Behler: KB8TYJ


-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Richard Fiorello
Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2014 2:13 PM
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Subject: ts480 stumped

Hi;
Dusted off the ts480 because things have been busy for the past month and
I'm stumped.  My swr is around 2/1 but the forward power is only 20 wats.  I
have the level at 100% and don't know of any reason that there would be a
problem with the final.  The transmit and receive are using the same vfo.
Can't think of what else to check.  If its an antenna issue its going to
wait to decent weather but I'm wondering if there is something I've
overlooked.
Thanks
Richard