Kenwood TS-990S Instruction Manual page 10

RX ANTENNA ...................................................................................4-21
DRIVE OUTPUT (DRV) .....................................................................4-21
INTERNAL ANTENNA TUNER .........................................................4-21
SECURING THE MATCHING TO THE ANTENNA .................................4-21
PRESET ................................................................................................4-22
CHANGING THE ANTENNA BEHAVIOR FOR RECEPTION ................4-22
TRANSMIT HOLD AFTER ANTENNA TUNING COMPLETES .............4-23
CONFIGURING THE STEREO HEADPHONES OUTPUT ...............4-23
CONFIGURING THE MIX BALANCE OF THE STEREO HEADPHONES
OUTPUT ................................................................................................4-23
5 ASSISTING YOUR SMOOTH QSO
SIMPLEX OPERATION ....................................................................... 5-1
SPLIT OPERATION ............................................................................ 5-1
FINDING THE TX FREQUENCY BY ROTATING THE TUNING CONTROL (S) ..5-1
DIRECTLY ENTERING THE FREQUENCY SPLIT SPECIFIED BY A DXER .5-1
ROTATE THE TUNING (M) CONTROL TO SEARCH FOR THE TRANSMIT
FREQUENCY. ..........................................................................................5-2
SEARCHING WITH TF-SET ENABLED FOR THE TRANSMIT
FREQUENCY DURING RECEPTION ................................................. 5-2
SIMULTANEOUS MAIN BAND AND SUB BAND RECEPTION ......... 5-3
FREQUENCY TRACKING ................................................................... 5-3
AGC (AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL) ............................................... 5-4
SELECTING THE AGC TIME CONSTANT...............................................5-4
CHANGING THE AGC TIME CONSTANT ...............................................5-4
COPYING THE AGC TIME CONSTANT CONFIGURATIONS .................5-5
DISABLING THE AGC .............................................................................5-5
RX DSP EQUALIZER .......................................................................... 5-6
SWITCHING THE RX DSP EQUALIZER ON OR OFF ....................... 5-6
SELECTING THE EQUALIZER CHARACTERISTICS .............................5-6
CUSTOMIZING THE EQUALIZER ...........................................................5-6
COPYING CUSTOMIZED EQUALIZER DATA .........................................5-7
WRITING RX DSP EQUALIZER DATA TO A USB FLASH DRIVE ...........5-8
READING RX DSP EQUALIZER DATA FROM A USB FLASH DRIVE .....5-8
PREAMP ............................................................................................. 5-9
RX MONITOR ...................................................................................... 5-9
EMERGENCY CALL (K-TYPE ONLY) ...............................................5-10
SWL MODE .......................................................................................5-10
SWITCHING THE BAND WHILE IN SWL MODE ...................................5-11
AUDIO SOURCE LINES FOR TX AUDIO .........................................5-11
DATA MODE CONFIGURATION .......................................................5-12
TRANSMISSION BY THE PTT SWITCH, SS PIN AND SEND ...............5-12
TRANSMISSION WITH DATA PTT OR DATA SEND .............................5-12
RIT/XIT FUNCTIONS (FINE-TUNING FUNCTIONS FOR TRANSMIT
AND RECEIVE FREQUENCIES) ......................................................5-13
RIT (FINE-TUNING OF RECEIVE FREQUENCIES) ..............................5-13
XIT (FINE-TUNING OF TRANSMIT FREQUENCIES) ............................5-13
CONFIGURING THE CARRIER LEVEL ...........................................5-13
ADJUSTING THE MICROPHONE GAIN ..........................................5-14
OPERATION IN CW MODE ..............................................................5-14
CW BREAK-IN ..................................................................................5-15
FULL BREAK-IN ....................................................................................5-15
SEMI BREAK-IN ....................................................................................5-15
ADJUSTING THE SIDETONE AND PITCH FREQUENCY ...............5-16
ADJUSTING THE SIDETONE VOLUME ................................................5-16
CW RISE TIME ..................................................................................5-16
AUTO ZERO-IN (CW AUTO TUNE) ..................................................5-17
CARRIER FREQUENCY OFFSET WHEN CHANGING FROM SSB
MODE TO CW MODE .......................................................................5-17
AUTOMATICALLY CHANGING MODE FROM SSB FOR CW
TRANSMISSION ...............................................................................5-18
ELECTRONIC KEYER ......................................................................5-18
SELECTING THE KEYER TYPE FOR THE PADDLE JACK ...................5-18
SELECTING THE KEYER TYPE FOR THE KEY JACK ..........................5-19
MICROPHONE PADDLE MODE ...........................................................5-19
ADJUSTING THE KEYING SPEED .......................................................5-19
CHANGING THE WEIGHTING ..............................................................5-20
WEIGHT REVERSE ..............................................................................5-20
REVERSING THE DOT AND DASH KEYING ........................................5-21
OPERATING MODES OF ELECTRONIC KEYER .................................5-21
CW MESSAGE MEMORY .................................................................5-22
CHANGING THE ENTRY METHOD OF CW MESSAGES.....................5-22
STORING CW MESSAGES WITH TEXT ENTRY ..................................5-22
MANIPULATING THE PADDLE TO STORE CW MESSAGES ...............5-23
NAMING THE CW MESSAGES (WITH PADDLE KEYING ONLY) .........5-24
Index
SELECTING THE CHANNEL NUMBER TO SAVE THE CONTEST
NUMBER FORMAT (TEXT ENTRY ONLY) ............................................5-24
SELECTING THE CONTEST NUMBER FORMAT (TEXT ENTRY ONLY) ..5-25
CONFIGURING THE FIRST CONTEST NUMBER (TEXT ENTRY ONLY) .5-25
DECREMENTING THE CONTEST NUMBER (TEXT ENTRY ONLY) ....5-26
PLAYING AND TRANSMITTING A CW MESSAGE .........................5-27
INTERRUPTING THE KEYING ..............................................................5-27
DELETING CW MESSAGES .................................................................5-28
ADJUSTING THE MICROPHONE GAIN FOR FM MODE OPERATION ....5-28
FM NARROW OPERATION ..............................................................5-29
REDUCING THE DEFLECTIONS OF THE S-METER FOR USE IN FM-
MODE ................................................................................................5-29
FM REPEATER OPERATION ...........................................................5-30
CONFIGURING THE TONE FREQUENCY ............................................5-30
SELECTING THE TONE ........................................................................5-31
USING THE SCAN TO SEARCH FOR THE TONE FREQUENCY .........5-31
CTCSS OPERATION (FM MODE) ....................................................5-32
CONFIGURING THE CTCSS TONE FREQUENCY ...............................5-33
SELECTING THE CTCSS TONE ...........................................................5-33
USING THE SCAN TO SEARCH FOR THE CTCSS TONE FREQUENCY.....5-34
SELECTING THE CROSS TONE ..........................................................5-34
RTTY OPERATION ...........................................................................5-35
OPENING THE RTTY ENCODE/DECODE SCREEN ............................5-35
OPERATIONS ON THE RTTY ENCODE/DECODE SCREEN ...............5-35
SELECTING MAIN BAND AND SUB BAND FOR RECEPTION (FSK) 5-36
SAVING THE CONTENTS OF RTTY COMMUNICATION ................5-36
SELECTING THE FILE FORMAT AT THE TIME OF SAVING DATA .......5-37
ADJUSTING THE RTTY THRESHOLD LEVEL OF RTTY DECODING 5-37
DISPLAYING THE SCOPE TO CHECK RTTY TUNING ...................5-38
FFT SCOPE ...........................................................................................5-38
AVERAGING THE WAVEFORM IN THE FFT SCOPE ............................5-38
WATERFALL ..........................................................................................5-38
X-Y SCOPE (SUB-SCREEN) .................................................................5-38
USING THE USB KEYBOARD TO TRANSMIT A TEXT STRING ....5-39
TRANSMITTING THE ENTERED TEXT STRING AS ENTERED ..........5-39
STORING TEMPORARILY AND TRANSMITTING THE TEXT STRING IN
THE BUFFER ........................................................................................5-39
UTILIZING AN RTTY MESSAGE MEMORY .....................................5-40
STORING MESSAGES ..........................................................................5-40
CONFIGURING THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION
FOR THE RTTY MESSAGE MEMORY .............................................5-41
CONFIGURING THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION
USING THE RTTY MESSAGE MEMORY .........................................5-42
CONFIGURATION FOR RTTY ENCODING AND DECODING ........5-42
ENABLING THE UOS (UNSHIFT ON SPACE) ......................................5-42
CONFIGURING THE NEWLINE CODE .................................................5-43
DIDDLE OPERATION ............................................................................5-43
ENABLING THE ENCODE UOS ............................................................5-44
SENDING THE NEWLINE CODE AT THE START AND END OF
TRANSMISSION ...................................................................................5-44
DISPLAYING THE TIME STAMP ............................................................5-45
SELECTING THE TIMESTAMP TIME ....................................................5-45
RTTY PARAMETERS ........................................................................5-46
CONFIGURING THE MARK FREQUENCY ...........................................5-46
CONFIGURING THE RTTY SHIFT WIDTH ............................................5-46
REVERSING THE FREQUENCY IN RTTY MODE ............................5-47
CONFIGURING THE POLARITY FOR ACC 2 KEYING ...................5-47
USING AN EXTERNAL DEVICE FOR RTTY MODE OPERATION ..5-47
AUDIO PEAK FILTER .......................................................................5-48
PSK OPERATION .............................................................................5-48
OPENING THE PSK ENCODE/DECODE SCREEN .........................5-48
SELECTING MAIN BAND AND SUB BAND FOR RECEPTION (PSK) 5-49
SAVING THE CONTENTS OF PSK COMMUNICATION ..................5-50
SELECTS THE FILE FORMAT AT THE TIME OF SAVING DATA ...........5-51
ADJUSTING THE RTTY THRESHOLD LEVEL OF PSK DECODING ..5-51
DISPLAYING THE SCOPE TO CHECK PSK TUNING .....................5-52
FFT SCOPE ...........................................................................................5-52
AVERAGING THE WAVEFORM IN THE FFT SCOPE ............................5-52
WATERFALL ..........................................................................................5-52
VECTOR SCOPE (SUB-SCREEN) ........................................................5-52
AFC (AUTOMATIC FREQUENCY CONTROL) .................................5-53
CONFIGURING THE AFC TUNING RANGE ....................................5-54
NET ...................................................................................................5-54
SELECTING BPSK OR QPSK ..........................................................5-55
SELECTING PSK31 OR PSK63 .......................................................5-55
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