Kenwood TS-590S User Manual - Page 6

CONTENTS THANK YOU i FEATURES i NOTICE TO THE USER i BEFORE STARTING i MARKET CODES i WRITING CONVENTIONS FOLLOWED ii SUPPLIED ACCESSORIES ii PRECAUTIONS iii CONTENTS iv CHAPTER 1 INSTALLATION ANTENNA CONNECTION 1 GROUND CONNECTION 1 LIGHTNING PROTECTION 1 DC POWER SUPPLY CONNECTION 1 UTILIZING THE BAIL 2 REPLACING FUSES 2 ACCESSORY CONNECTIONS 2 FRONT PANEL 2 Headphones (PHONES 2 Microphone (MIC 2 REAR PANEL 2 External Speaker (EXT.SP 2 Keys for CW (PADDLE and KEY 2 CHAPTER 2 GETTING ACQUAINTED FRONT PANEL 4 LCD DISPLAY 7 REAR PANEL 9 MICROPHONE 9 CHAPTER 3 OPERATING BASICS SWITCHING POWER ON/ OFF 10 ADJUSTING THE VOLUME 10 AF (AUDIO FREQUENCY) GAIN 10 RF (RADIO FREQUENCY) GAIN 10 SELECTING VFO A OR VFO B 10 SELECTING A BAND 11 SELECTING A MODE 11 ADJUSTING THE SQUELCH 12 TUNING A FREQUENCY 12 MULTI-FUNCTION METER 12 TRANSMITTING 13 SELECTING TRANSMISSION POWER 13 MICROPHONE GAIN 13 CHAPTER 4 MENU SETUP WHAT IS A MENU 14 MENU A/ MENU B 14 MENU ACCESS 14 QUICK MENU 14 PROGRAMMING THE QUICK MENU 14 USING THE QUICK MENU 14 MENU CONFIGURATION 15 CHARACTER ENTRY 20 CHAPTER 5 BASIC COMMUNICATIONS SSB TRANSMISSION 21 FM TRANSMISSION 21 AM TRANSMISSION 22 NARROW BANDWIDTH FOR FM 22 CW TRANSMISSION 22 AUTO ZERO-BEAT 23 iv TX SIDETONE/ RX PITCH FREQUENCY ........ 23 CARRIER LEVEL 23 POWER ON MESSAGE 23 CHAPTER 6 ENHANCED COMMUNICATIONS SPLIT-FREQUENCY OPERATION 24 TF-SET (TRANSMISSION FREQUENCY SET) 24 FM REPEATER OPERATION 25 TRANSMITTING A TONE 25 Activating the Tone Function 26 Selecting a Tone Frequency 26 TONE FREQUENCY ID SCAN 26 FM CTCSS OPERATION 26 CTCSS FREQUENCY ID SCAN 27 CROSS TONE 27 CHAPTER 7 COMMUNICATING AIDS RECEPTION 28 SELECTING YOUR FREQUENCY 28 Direct Frequency Entry 28 Frequency Entry History 28 Using the MHz key 28 Quick QSY 28 Fine Tuning 29 Tuning Control Adjustment Rate 29 Equalizing VFO Frequencies (A=B 29 RIT (RECEIVE INCREMENTAL TUNING 29 AGC (AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL 29 AGC Time Constant Adjustment 29 TRANSMISSION 30 VOX (VOICE-OPERATED TRANSMISSION)... 30 Microphone Input Level 30 Delay Time 30 Anti-VOX Adjustment 30 Data VOX 30 Data VOX Delay Time 31 USB/ ACC2 VOX Gain 31 SPEECH PROCESSOR 31 peech Processor Effect 31 XIT (TRANSMIT INCREMENTAL TUNING) ..... 31 CUSTOMIZING TRANSMISSION SIGNAL CHARACTERISTICS 32 TX Filter Bandwidth (SSB/ AM 32 TX Filter Bandwidth (LSB-DATA/ USB-DATA). 32 TX Equalizer (SSB/ AM/ FM 32 TRANSMIT INHIBIT 32 BUSY LOCKOUT 32 CHANGING FREQUENCY WHILE TRANSMITTING 32 CW BREAK-IN 33 USING SEMI BREAK-IN OR FULL BREAK-IN..... 33 ELECTRONIC KEYER 33 ELECTRONIC KEYER MODE 33 CHANGING KEYING SPEED 33 Invalid Break-In Operation 33 RISE TIME OF CW 34 AUTO WEIGHTING 34 Reverse Keying Weight Ratio 34 BUG KEY FUNCTION 34 CW MESSAGE MEMORY 34 Storing CW Messages 34 Checking CW Messages without Transmitting 35