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TK840 power settings numerical value

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Hello Radio Reference,

First post here, thank you for having me. My question is, does anyone know what the numerical value on the power setting adjustment is in relation to actual output in watts? It shows a numeric value of 1 all the way up to 256, all in increments of 1. I presume 256 is full 25 watt output? I need to find the setting for a 10 watt drive output but don't have a meter. Any insight would be appreciated.

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You will need a wattmeter AND a dummy load to measure the transmitter power. The 1 to 256 is a setting in the alignment section of the radio's 'code plug'. This is used by the radio's processor to set the power control for that particular radio and power amplifier.

The numbers do NOT correlate to transmit power, each radio can be different, that is why there IS a alignment procedure.
 
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