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

Thu, 27 Dec 2001 21:07:17 -0600

Jeff
Way back when, I mean a couple of years ago, I vaguely remember someone
saying there was a way to crank the output up.
As I wasn't interested I didn't read it to carefully.

I'm like you, and have my output set to 50 watts max.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Maass" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2001 8:46 PM
Subject: [1000mp] FT-1000MP Typical Maximum Power?

>
> 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       [email protected]     Located near Columbus Ohio
>          USPSA # L-1192       NROI/CRO    Amateur Radio K8ND
>     Maass' IPSC Resources Page:  http://home.columbus.rr.com/jmaass
> Circleville USPSA/IPSC: http://home.columbus.rr.com/jmaass/pcsiipsc.htm
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