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Larry Naumann All Messages By This Member #2778 I have a new TX-500 and I was just doing some power output measurements. My power supply is 12.6 volts dc. I am using a good 50 ohm non inductive dummy load and an Elecraft W1 wattmeter that is pretty accurate. Here is what my radio is putting out in CW mode. BAND. ? ? ? ? ? 100%. ? ? ? ?50%. ? ? ? ? ?30% 80m. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?15w. ? ? ? ? ? 8w. ? ? ? ? ? ?5w 40m. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?15w. ? ? ? ? ?10w. ? ? ? ? ? 5w 30m. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?14w. ? ? ? ? ? 10w. ? ? ? ? ?5w 20m. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?15w. ? ? ? ? ? 10w. ? ? ? ? ?5w 15m. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?15w. ? ? ? ? ? 10w ? ? ? ? ? 6w 10m. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?12w. ? ? ? ? ? ? 8w. ? ? ? ? ?5w This is a lot higher than stated power outputs. I don’t have a problem with this as long as it is normal for this radio. Has anyone else done any testing of their power output levels? Larry ?n0sa
John All Messages By This Member #2779 开云体育 This is range pretty normal. ?I’m around 14w on most bands @100% with the latest firmware 1.14.10 toggle quoted message Show quoted text On Oct 15, 2022, at 12:05 PM, Larry Naumann <n0sa@...> wrote: ? I have a new TX-500 and I was just doing some power output measurements. My power supply is 12.6 volts dc. I am using a good 50 ohm non inductive dummy load and an Elecraft W1 wattmeter that is pretty accurate. Here is what my radio is putting out in CW mode. BAND. ? ? ? ? ? 100%. ? ? ? ?50%. ? ? ? ? ?30% 80m. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?15w. ? ? ? ? ? 8w. ? ? ? ? ? ?5w 40m. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?15w. ? ? ? ? ?10w. ? ? ? ? ? 5w 30m. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?14w. ? ? ? ? ? 10w. ? ? ? ? ?5w 20m. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?15w. ? ? ? ? ? 10w. ? ? ? ? ?5w 15m. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?15w. ? ? ? ? ? 10w ? ? ? ? ? 6w 10m. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?12w. ? ? ? ? ? ? 8w. ? ? ? ? ?5w This is a lot higher than stated power outputs. I don’t have a problem with this as long as it is normal for this radio. Has anyone else done any testing of their power output levels? Larry ?n0sa
Lou N9LTW All Messages By This Member #2780 Larry I get about the same power output on my TX-500 also. I've had no issues with mine so far. Lou
Larry Naumann All Messages By This Member #2781 Thanks for the replies, that is what I was hoping for, I like to do my SOTA/ POTA ops at around 10 watts so 50% is good. So far I really like this radio. I only operate CW and it seems to work very well. I notice that to get an S9 signal to read S9 I need to have the Preamp on. A bit different from some radios but once you know what you are dealing with it all works well. The panadapter display is surprisingly easy to read and very useful. Simple but works great. This is a well built and well thought out radio. Larry n0sa
Lou N9LTW All Messages By This Member #2784 Larry I get about the same readings on my TX-500 also. Lou

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