Selecting A Band; Selecting A Mode - Kenwood TS-590S Instruction Manual

SELECTING A BAND

Press [1.8 (1)] ~ [50 (0)] or [GENE] to select your
desired band.
• Press each key to cycle through the 3 default
settings as shown in the table below.
• Each setting can be modified with your personal
preference for frequency and mode. After
modifying the setting, pressing the key again will
save that setting.
Frequency
Type Range
Key
(MHz)
K
1.62 ~ 2
[1.8 (1)]
E
K
[3.5 (2)] 3 ~ 4
E
K
[7 (3)] 6.5 ~ 7.5
E
All 10 ~ 10.5
[10 (4)]
[14 (5)] All 13.5 ~ 14.5
All 18 ~ 19
[18 (6)]
All 20.5 ~ 21.5
[21 (7)]
All 24 ~ 25
[24 (8)]
All 27.5 ~ 30
[28 (9)]
K
50 ~ 54
[50 (0)]
E
K
[GENE] 0.03 ~ 60
E
Default Setting (MHz)/
Mode
1 2 3
1.8/ 1.82/ 1.84/
CW CW CW
1.83/ 1.84/ 1.81/
CW CW CW
3.8/
LSB
3.5/ 3.7/
LSB LSB
3.79/
LSB
7.1/ 7.2/
LSB LSB
7.0/
LSB
7.05/ 7.1/
LSB LSB
10.1/ 10.12/ 10.14/
CW CW CW
14.0/ 14.1/ 14.2/
USB USB USB
18.068/ 18.11/ 18.15/
USB USB USB
21.0/ 21.15/ 21.3/
USB USB USB
24.89/ 24.93/ 24.95/
USB USB USB
28/ 28.3/ 29/
USB USB FM
50.125/
USB
50/ 51/
USB FM
50.15/
USB
5.3305/
USB
0.1357/ 5.4035/
CW USB
5.2585/
USB

SELECTING A MODE

Press one of the following keys to select your desired
mode set: [LSB/USB], [CW/FSK (REV)], or [FM/AM
(FM-N)].
[LSB/USB]
Press to select LSB or USB mode. Press again to
toggle between LSB and USB mode.
While in LSB mode, press [DATA] to toggle between
LSB and LSB-DATA mode. Likewise, while in USB
mode press [DATA] to toggle between USB and USB-
DATA mode.
Additionally, while in LSB-DATA or USB-DATA mode,
you can press [LSB/USB] to toggle between LSB-
DATA and USB-DATA mode.
[CW/FSK (REV)]
Press to select CW or FSK mode. Press again to
toggle between CW and FSK mode.
While in CW mode, press and hold [CW/FSK (REV)]
to toggle between CW and CW-R mode. Likewise,
while in FSK mode press and hold [CW/FSK (REV] to
toggle between FSK and FSK-R mode.
Additionally, while in CW-R or FSK-R mode, you can
press [CW/FSK (REV)] to toggle between CW-R and
FSK-R mode.
[FM/AM (FM-N)]
Press to select FM or AM mode. Press again to
toggle between FM and AM mode.
While in FM mode, press and hold [FM/AM (FM-N)]
to toggle between FM and FM-NAR mode, or press
[DATA] to toggle between FM and FM-DATA mode.
Additionally, while in FM-NAR mode, press [DATA] to
toggle between FM-NAR and FM-NAR-DATA mode
and while in FM-DATA mode, press and hold [FM/AM
(FM-N)] to toggle between FM-DATA and FM-NAR-
DATA mode.
Access Menu No. 23 then press [M.IN] to select "on"
to turn the Auto Mode selection ON. When it is ON,
" " appears. As a default, if you change the
frequency above or below 9.5 MHz, the transceiver
automatically switches modes; LSB for frequencies
under 9.5 MHz and USB for frequencies 9.5 MHz and
over. You can further add the frequency borders to the
Auto Mode selection {page 51}.
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