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

Fri, 28 Dec 2001 10:01:31 -0700

Gents

I'm an unabashed, unsophisticated user of my 1000MP.

Is there anything wrong with merely reducing the output as required 
to drive a linear (in my case, an Alpha), by  turning down the output 
control on the front panel?

What am I missing here, except a careful reading of the manual?
(that too, is about to change, hi).

de/smitty/w6cs

>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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