[Kenwood] TS 140s Power Adjust

[Robert Rode]

...Tim, u still up  ??? think u sed something about starting at 100 watts ?
 hate to be a pest..


On Sun, Mar 16, 2014 at 10:02 PM, Tim <tim at ke4ke.com> wrote:

>  No it was not my idea. I did this back around 1989 when we moved to
> Alaska. I read about it somewhere. I do remember that it was -9 volts to
> the pot and then to the ALC input. Actually that is probably all it was.
> The positive end of the battery goes to ground. It is possible there was
> another resistor to limit the voltage to the ALC, but I don't remember.
>
> Tim
> KE4KE
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> On 03/16/2014 09:59 PM, Robert Rode wrote:
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> ...Tim, if you find that diagram, I sure wud like a copy,..Mine is about
>  stuck full power..same thing, would like to run maybe qrp and at least
> about 50 watts or so,.. was this your idea ?  thanks  W9ESX?Robert
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> On Sun, Mar 16, 2014 at 9:40 PM, Tim <tim at ke4ke.com> wrote:
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>> Yes!
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>> Several years ago I had a TS-140s and I used a 9 volt battery and a
>> potentiometer, maybe 5 or 10k? into the ALC input. It worked great. See
>> what you can find on a search. I did find one thing, but have yet to find
>> the diagram. I may have it in a file somewhere.
>>
>>
>> Tim
>> KE4KE
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>> On 03/16/2014 08:58 PM, JD Hill wrote:
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>>> Hello, I imagine this has been thoroughly discussed at some point, but I
>>> am using a TS-140S as my main station, and I like to run mostly QRP levels
>>> 3-5 watts. My question is: Is there any way whatsoever to control the power
>>> output with or (modified) slide control? As I recall, it is a dual 1 k
>>> potentiometer, but they make lousy controls for this use.
>>>
>>> Thank you and 73,
>>>
>>> Jimmy D. Hill,  W9JDH
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