Wrap the fuse with Reynolds aluminum foil. Don't use plastic-wrap, that
won't work. Insert the fuse, then rotate all knobs for max out.

Jump the screen drop resistor and you'll get about 190 Bird watts out with
good swing.

I'd install a Christmas Tree in place of the 6X4 rectifier for more output.

Wrap the final tubes with a layer of Teflon plumber's tape. In case the
glass shatters during tune-up, the shards won't get into the bandswitch.

Replace all caps in the speech amp with Vitamin Q's for better sonic
clarity.

Good Luck


"Gary" wrote in message
...
I bought a TS-830 from a ham friend that buys estates etc. He couldn't
get more than 30 watts out of the '830. I tried it and by putting the
drive control at a low level then dipping the plates and adjusting the
load control and finally increasing the drive control I was able to
get 100 watts out. Then the rig went dead. I checked the fuse on the
back and it was blown. It was a 3 amp fuse but right underneath the
fuse holder in white lettering it said 6A I'm wondering if the '830
should have a 6 amp fuse instead of the 3 amp fuse that was in there ?

Also I noticed that even when the plates were dipped correctly that
the plate current meter at 100 W out was almost pinned to the max,
maybe it needs neutralization ?

Thanks in advance.

Gary