[1000mp] FT-1000MP Typical Maximum Power?

[Jeff Maass]

I just swapped in a second FT-1000MP (98-era) that I purchased 
used a few months ago, but which I have never used until now. I 
discovered that it showed 147 watts output on 160 meters, where
my other (97-era) 'MP maxed out just above the rated 100W!

With menu item 4-0 set to '100' watts, the max output is 147 watts.
With menu item 4-0 set to '50' watts, the max output is 80 watts. 
With menu item 4-0 set to '10' watts, the max output is 14 watts.

1) Is there a known problem that this is a symptom of?

2) Is there a user adjustment that the previous owner might have
     made to juice the output? (He's out of town, and I'll check with 
     him later).

My amplifier requires only 50 watts to make legal-limit output, and
I normally operate my primary 'MP with 4-0 set to '50', so throttling
back the drive will be natural for me. I'd still like to determine 
whether there is a problem building to a failure!

73,
 Jeff Maass       jmaass@columbus.rr.com     Located near Columbus Ohio
         USPSA # L-1192       NROI/CRO    Amateur Radio K8ND
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