kenwood ts-50

thinking of buying one of these..anybody here had one?..are they easy to do an out of band transmit adjustment?

Remove the bottom cover of the TS-50

Locate the PLL board -- it is the pc board on top of the main board, it has a shield on it's right side.

Locate the only non-surface mounted component on the PLL board -- look near the rear left-hand side of the pll board (front of radio facing you) and remove the very obvious diode. You can't miss, there is only one there.

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Simon

thanks simon not got the radio yet but thinking about it.would i have to do a cpu reset after diode removal?

The CPU should auto reset with this radio, but there is no harm in doing it for sure

Simon

I used one with the auto ATU on Windmills on the Air. Loved it.
My wife just sat down & used it, no take me through every thing with this rig. It was just this does this, that does that & off she went.
We worked a Danish station who was using a Kilowatt. He gave our 100 watts a 5 & 8 we gave him 5 & 9. The QSO was long & easy. This rig certainly punches beyond it's weight.

Got one here and it has the BEST set of ears and can hear a lot more than with some of the other radios that were here, really am super delighted with mine