Table Of Contents - Kenwood TS-590S Instruction Manual

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
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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