Selecting A Waterfall Display Type; Tracking Speed/Density Level Of X-Y Scope; Transmitting Character Strings Using Usb Keyboard; Transmitting The Input Character String Immediately - Kenwood TS-890S Instruction Manual

Selecting a Waterfall Display Type

Configure in Menu [2-17] "Waterfall when Tuning
(RTTY/PSK Audio Scope)"
Setting Value Straight (default)/ Follow
Straight: Uses a straight line to show transition in the level of
the target signal displayed on the waterfall when the RX
frequency is altered.
Follow: Tracks and displays the latest FFT scope level at the
portion where the waterfall starts flowing when the RX
frequency is altered.

Tracking Speed/Density Level of X-Y Scope

Switch between the speed and density of the X-Y scope.
Press F6 [XY LEV.].
Pressing F6 [XY LEV.] each time switches the level. The
tracking speed is displayed on the X-Y scope display.
Setting Value Lv1/ Lv2 (default)/ Lv3
.

Transmitting Character Strings Using USB Keyboard

A commercially available USB keyboard can be used to input and
transmit character strings.

Transmitting the Input Character String Immediately

1 Connect the USB keyboard to
2 Press F3 [DECODE] to display the RTTY
communication screen.
3 Press [F12] on the USB keyboard to enter the TX
mode.
The [BUSY/TX] LED lights up in red, and <<
displayed in the status bar.
4 Enter a character string using the USB keyboard.
• The input character string is displayed in the character string
buffer and transmitted immediately.
• In the character string buffer, the color of the individual
characters change successively once they are transmitted.
• Characters that have been transmitted appear successively
in the TX/RX details display area.
5 Press [F12] on the USB keyboard to end
transmission.
If there remain characters in the character string buffer
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that are not transmitted when [F12] is pressed in step 5,
<< >> is displayed in the status bar. After
transmission of all the character strings is complete, the
transceiver switches to the RX mode and the light of the
[BUSY/TX] LED and <<
1 Connect the USB keyboard to
2 Press F3 [DECODE] to display the RTTY
3 Enter a character string using the USB keyboard.
4 Press [F12] on the USB keyboard to send out the
5 Press [F12] on the USB keyboard to end
(USB-A).
>> is
>> display go off.
COMMUNICATING AIDS 5
Temporarily Placing Character Strings in the
Character String Buffer before Transmission
communication screen.
The input character string is displayed and temporarily placed
in the character string buffer.
character string.
• Character strings that are stored in the character string
buffer are sent out by this transceiver.
• Upon entering the TX mode, the [BUSY/TX] LED lights up in
red, and << >> is displayed in the status bar.
• In the character string buffer, the color of the individual
characters change successively once they are transmitted.
Character strings that have been transmitted appear
successively in the TX/RX details display area.
transmission.
If there remain characters in the character string buffer
●
that are not transmitted when [F12] is pressed in step 5,
<< >> is displayed in the status bar. After
transmission of all the character strings is complete, the
transceiver switches to the RX mode and the light of the
[BUSY/TX] LED and <<
Pressing [ESC] while transmission of the character
●
strings is in progress switches this transceiver to the RX
mode. Transmission of the character strings stops, and
character strings in the character string buffer that are
not yet transmitted are cleared.
Time stamp and frequency information can be added to
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the TX or RX data that is displayed in the TX details
display area. Refer to
(5-28).
Sending a character string using the USB keyboard
●
while the TX/RX display is paused by pressing F3
[PAUSE] cancels the paused state.
The character strings that can be placed temporarily in
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the character string buffer can contain a maximum of
4300 characters.
Alphanumeric characters and symbols that can be input
●
using a USB keyboard are as follows.
A B C D E F
O P Q R S T
2 3 4 5 6 7
( ) . , - ?
(USB-A).
>> display go off.
"Displaying a Time Stamp"
G H I J K L
U V W X Y Z
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Line
: ; / Space
Break
M N
0 1
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