Kenwood TS-870S User Manual - Page 16

Front Panel

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3 GETTING ACQUAINTED FRONT PANEL qw e r ty u i o ANT ATT DOWN UP VOX FULL/SEMI AIP AT TUNE THRU/AUTO SEND AGC METER HF TRANSCEIVER PROC MONI KEY SPEED PROC 4 MONI 6 TS-870 1 CH 1 6 M.IN ON AIR 2 CH 2 7 M>VFO ENTER PHONES MIC SLOW OFF CAR 4 2 0 2 FAST 0 DELAY MIC 6 4 8 2 10 0 8 3 CH 3 8 SCAN 10 PWR 6 8 10 4 CH 4 9 CLR 5 REC 0 F.LOCK QUICK MEMO M.IN MR FINE !0 !1 !2 !3 q (POWER) switch Press and hold down briefly to switch the transceiver power ON. Press again to switch OFF the power {page 19}. w ATT DOWN/UP buttons Press either button to step up or down through the available receive signal attenuator selections. The attenuator is OFF when all three selections of 6, 12, and 18 dB are not lit {page 53}. e ANT button Press to select Antenna 1 or Antenna 2 that are connected to their respective antenna connectors on the Rear Panel {pages 2, 63}. r VOX button In the voice modes, press to switch the Voice-Operated Transmit function ON or OFF {page 45}. In CW mode, switches the Break-in function ON or OFF {page 31}. t FULL/SEMI button In CW mode, press to select Full or Semi Break-in operation which affects the transmit/receive recovery time after sending stops {page 31}. y AIP button Press to switch the Advanced Intercept Point function ON or OFF. When activated, the AIP function reduces interference caused by the presence of very strong signals. The function lowers the receive sensitivity by about 10 dB, and the default is ON when frequencies below 7490 kHz are selected {page 53}. DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSOR AUTO NOTCH BEAT CANCEL N.R. TX EQ. LO/WIDTH FILTER HI/SHIFT AT TUNE TF-SET 1MHz MODE LSB /USB CW/- R FSK /- R FM/AM DOWN A=B MENU RX TX A B M.CH UP RIT XIT CLEAR NB RIT/XIT AF 4 2 RF 6 8 M.CH/VFO.CH 0 NB 4 2 10 SQL 6 8 0 10 u AT TUNE button After enabling the internal antenna tuner via the THRU/AUTO button, press to activate the tuner. The tuner will attempt to match the transceiver with the antenna system {page 49}. i SEND button Press to switch the transceiver between receive and transmit {page 23}. o PHONES jack Connect headphones to this jack. Inserting a plug into this jack automatically mutes the audio from the speaker {page 4}. !0 THRU/AUTO button Press to enable the internal antenna tuner. This button does not start the tuning action (see u). The tuner can be configured so that it is only in-line while transmitting, or it can be in-line while both transmitting and receiving {page 49}. !1 METER button Press to switch between the available functions on the Front Panel meter {page 22}. !2 PROC button In SSB or AM mode, press to switch the Speech Processor ON or OFF {pages 23, 46}. !3 MONI button Press to switch the Transmit Monitor function ON or OFF so you can monitor your transmitted signal {page 46}. 10

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10
3
GETTING ACQUAINTED
FRONT PANEL
q
(POWER) switch
Press and hold down briefly to switch the transceiver
power ON.
Press again to switch OFF the power
{page 19}.
w
ATT DOWN/UP
buttons
Press either button to step up or down through the
available receive signal attenuator selections.
The
attenuator is OFF when all three selections of 6, 12, and
18 dB are not lit {page 53}.
e
ANT
button
Press to select Antenna 1 or Antenna 2 that are
connected to their respective antenna connectors on the
Rear Panel {pages 2, 63}.
r
VOX
button
In the voice modes, press to switch the Voice-Operated
Transmit function ON or OFF {page 45}.
In CW mode,
switches the Break-in function ON or OFF {page 31}.
t
FULL/SEMI
button
In CW mode, press to select Full or Semi Break-in
operation which affects the transmit/receive recovery
time after sending stops {page 31}.
y
AIP
button
Press to switch
the Advanced Intercept Point function
ON or OFF.
When activated, the AIP function reduces
interference caused by the presence of very strong
signals.
The function lowers the receive sensitivity by
about 10 dB, and the default is ON when frequencies
below 7490 kHz are selected {page 53}.
u
AT TUNE
button
After enabling the internal antenna tuner via the
THRU/AUTO
button, press to activate the tuner.
The
tuner will attempt to match the transceiver with the
antenna system {page 49}.
i
SEND
button
Press to switch the transceiver between receive and
transmit {page 23}.
o
PHONES
jack
Connect headphones to this jack.
Inserting a plug into
this jack automatically mutes the audio from the speaker
{page 4}.
!
0
THRU/AUTO
button
Press to enable the internal antenna tuner.
This button
does not start the tuning action (see
u
).
The tuner can
be configured so that it is only in-line while transmitting,
or it can be in-line while both transmitting and receiving
{page 49}.
!
1
METER
button
Press to switch between the available functions on the
Front Panel meter {page 22}.
!
2
PROC
button
In SSB or AM mode, press to switch the Speech
Processor ON or OFF {pages 23, 46}.
!
3
MONI
button
Press to switch the Transmit Monitor function ON or
OFF so you can monitor your transmitted signal
{page 46}.
5
0
4
9
3
8
2
7
1
6
RX
TX
OFF
CAR
DELAY
AGC
KEY SPEED
METER
PROC
MONI
0
2
4
6
8
10
0
2
4
6
8
10
AUTO
NOTCH
BEAT
CANCEL
N.R.
TX
EQ.
LO/WIDTH
FILTER
HI/SHIFT
MIC
ATT
ANT
DOWN
UP
VOX
FULL/SEMI
AT TUNE
SEND
THRU/AUTO
AIP
PHONES
PROC
MONI
MIC
PWR
AF
RF
NB
SQL
M.IN
REC
F.LOCK
CH
4
CLR
CH
3
SCAN
CH
2
M>VFO
CH
1
M.IN
ENTER
TF-SET
MODE
LSB
/USB
FSK
/— R
CW/— R
FM/AM
FINE
1MHz
DOWN
UP
A=B
MENU
RIT
RIT/XIT
M.CH/VFO.CH
XIT
CLEAR
NB
A
B
M.CH
QUICK MEMO
MR
SLOW
FAST
0
2
4
6
8
10
0
2
4
6
8
10
0
2
4
6
8
10
DIGITAL
SIGNAL
PROCESSOR
HF TRANSCEIVER
TS-870
ON AIR
AT TUNE
q
w
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0
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2
!
1
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