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Somebody has set the final and/or driver gate-bias voltage by watching the wattmeter.

Not the current meter.

Hint: Turning those adjustments "higher" will show a little more power on the wattmeter. And cause a 100% to 200% overload current on the final and driver. Not a wise tradeoff.

Have you read the procedure to set bias current for the driver and final?

Needs to be turned back down to factory setting.

Preferably before the radio blows the face off the final MOSFET.

73

[QUOTE="nomadradio, post: 762370, member: 22"] Somebody has set the final and/or driver gate-bias voltage by watching the wattmeter. Not the current meter. Hint: Turning those adjustments "higher" will show a little more power on the wattmeter. And cause a 100% to 200% overload current on the final and driver. Not a wise tradeoff. Have you read the procedure to set bias current for the driver and final? Needs to be turned back down to factory setting. Preferably before the radio blows the face off the final MOSFET. 73 [/QUOTE]

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