[1000mp] Mark V power on 10 meters

[Tom Rauch]

> My new Mark V puts out 225watts or so on 10 meters even though the
> meter on the radio says 200. The other bands are ok compared to my
> external wattmeter into a dummy load. Is there an adjustment for 10
> meters only or is this one of those Mark V abnormalties?

What type of external meter are you using for a reference and what 
is the tolerance of that meter?

Maybe the FT1000MKV meter is right, and your reference meter is 
wrong. Probably it is a bit of both. 

10% error isn't much when measuring RF power!!
73, Tom W8JI
W8JI@contesting.com