Farhan,
I went to 6 then 7 but at 8 or 9 there was no increase of the power anymore. I left it at 7 and that gives me 17w in a 50 ohms dummy load. I can live with that.
I still have the problem that on every bands the power output in SSB is only 1 to 2 watts on every band. That is with a mike gain of 51.? Above that it starts distorting
very quickly and further increasing the gain it starts oscillating. Any suggestion?