The emitted spectrum from a hand keyed TS-2000 on 14 MHz at full power, nominal 100W. The serial number is 50600050.

Keying waveform from a hand keyed TS-2000 on 14 MHz at a power level of 100W. This is the first key-down transition. Note that the ALC is designed well enough to work properly at this power level. There is a small overshoot, about 0.5 dB (12% in power) but the ALC loop does not saturate or oscillate so the spectrum is not broadened by the ALC. At low power the ALC produces a noticeable spectral broadening because the ALC release time constant is too fast in relation to the amount of gain reduction the ALC then has to produce. If you use this rig with a power amplifier, run it at full power and use an attenuator to reduce the drive level if your power amplifier needs less power. A run of lossy (thin) coaxial cable can be used as an attenuator. Another alternative is to reduce the TS-2000 transmit gain with a fixed DC voltage on the ALC input. The serial number is 50600050.

Keying waveform from a hand keyed TS-2000 on 14 MHz at a power level of 100W. This is the second key-down transition in a string of dots. This is an example of a perfect keying waveform. The serial number is 50600050.

Keying waveform from a hand keyed TS-2000 on 14 MHz at a power level of 100W. This is the key-up waveform. The serial number is 50600050.