Kenwood TS-990S Instruction Manual page 11

CHANGING THE TRANSMIT METER .............................. 4-19
METER PEAK-VALUE HOLD ............................................ 4-19
ANALOG METER RESPONSE SPEED ............................ 4-19
STORING THE ANTENNA NAME ....................................... 4-20
CHANGING THE ANTENNA ............................................... 4-20
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
CONFIGURING THE STEREO HEADPHONES OUTPUT .. 4-23
5 ASSISTING YOUR SMOOTH QSO
SIMPLEX OPERATION .......................................................... 5-1
SPLIT OPERATION ............................................................... 5-1
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
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
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 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
REVERSEING 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
Index
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
CTCSS OPERATION (FM MODE) ....................................... 5-32
CONFIGURING THE CTCSS TONE FREQUENCY........... 5-33
SELECTING THE CTCSS TONE ....................................... 5-33
SELECTING THE CROSS TONE ...................................... 5-34
RTTY OPERATION .............................................................. 5-35
OPENING 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
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
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
ENABLLING THE ENCODE UOS ..................................... 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
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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