[Morrow] MB-565 transmitter question

[Bob DeVarney W1ICW]

Never mind, I just figured it out.. I cannot have the key plugged in 
when working AM... duh !

On 4/23/2016 3:34 PM, Bob DeVarney W1ICW wrote:
> Can someone who has one and has used ti recently contact me offline? I 
> have some questions about how they operate on AM.. I've just finished 
> restoring mine and am trying to determine if what I'm seeing is normal 
> or not.
>
> With the rear panel switch in the cw position, and with the rig 
> properly tuned up, I have approximately 50 watts output on all the 
> bands. This is with 2 mA of grid current .
>
> When I switch the rear panel switch to phone position, I see almost 
> 100 watts key down, but when using the microphone with the bias 
> properly set to 40 mA, I only see 5 watts output with no modulation. 
> I'm wondering if this is normal.. I suspect not. I would expect 
> somewhere in the 30-40 watts out range with no modulation not 5. I 
> also do not see any grid current indicated when using the microphone.. 
> not sure if I should see any or not.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Bob W1ICW


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