[1000mp] Question about FT1000MP RF output rising during FT-8

[James]

May well be normal for low, continuous output power to change as radio 
warms up.  On the "200 watt" rig I run 50 watts of a digital signal and 
have not seen the output power change significantly as radio gets warm 
and fan comes on.  What you are seeing is probably not a problem.  Mac   
N8TT

------ Original Message ------
From: "J Bowen" <sydbowen at gmail.com>
To: 1000mp at mailman.qth.net
Sent: 8/22/2020 6:31:30 PM
Subject: Re: [1000mp] Question about FT1000MP RF output rising during 
FT-8

>Kinda like I'm sitting here right now, just sat down and started a JT-9
>transmission. The first one showed 15 watts. The next one showed 20 watts.
>
>Jason Bowen, KB5VXX
>
>On Mon, Aug 17, 2020, 22:45 J Bowen <sydbowen at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>  So everyone, I have a question. I have noticed that my FT1000MP RF output
>>  starts out a bit low and rises as I transmit on FT-8. I have it setup to
>>  transmit 25 watts with the remember power settings set on the WSJT
>>  software. Well the next day when starting to transmit the RF output is
>>  close to 20/22 watts, and as I transmit the output rises to a bit over 25
>>  watts with me not touching any of the previous day's settings. If I crank
>>  the transmit audio power slider up on the WSJT software to push it up to 25
>>  watts, then I wind up having to pull it back down just a tad to keep it at
>>  25 watts. I also have to bump the audio level slider up a few db on
>>  10meters. It seems like I'm getting increasing gain somewhere as the
>>  transmit section warms up. Any idea what I have going on, or if something
>>  bad is fixing to happen to my radio? Thanks all. 73!
>>
>>  Jason Bowen, KB5VXX
>>
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