Checking Cw Messages Without Transmitting; Transmitting Cw Messages; Changing The Inter-Message Interval Time; Changing The Cw Sidetone Volume - Kenwood TS-590S Instruction Manual

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Checking CW Messages without Transmitting

1 Press [CW/FSK (REV)] until you select CW
mode.
• "CW" appears.
2 If Break-in is ON, press [VOX (LEV)] to turn
VOX OFF.
3 Press [CH1 (REC)], [CH2 (REC)], [CH3
(REC)], or [RX/4 (REC)] to select the channel
to be played back.
• The message is played back.
• When Menu No. 56 is "oFF", press and
hold the current playback channel key to
repeatedly play back the message saved
to that key (a display such as "CP 1111"
appears for the channel key you pressed.).
To cancel the playback, press any channel
key or [CLR].
• To play back the messages stored in
the other channels in sequence, press
the corresponding channel keys during
playback. Up to 4 channels can be queued
at the same time. (Repeat playback,
by pressing and holding the keys, does
not work during consecutive message
playback.)
• While playing back the messages, you can
also adjust the keyer speed by pressing
[KEY (DELAY)] and turning the MULTI/CH
control.
• To interrupt playback, press [CLR].
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Transmitting CW Messages

Messages can be transmitted using Semi Break-in/
Full Break-in or manual TX/ RX switching.
1 Press [CW/FSK (REV)] until you select CW
mode.
• "CW" appears.
2 To use Semi Break-in/ Full Break-in, press
[VOX (LEV)].
• " " appears.
• If you are not using Semi Break-in/ Full
Break-in, press [SEND].
3 Press [CH1 (REC)], [CH2 (REC)], [CH3
(REC)], or [RX/4 (REC)] select the channel to
be played back.
• The message is played back and transmitted
automatically.
• To transmit the messages stored in
the other channels in sequence, press
the corresponding channel keys during
playback. Up to 4 channels can be queued
at the same time.
• While playing back the messages, you can
also adjust the keyer speed by pressing
[KEY (DELAY)] and turning the MULTI/CH
control.
• To cancel transmission, press [CLR].
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Changing the Inter-message Interval Time

For the message playback repeat, access Menu
No. 56 and select "on". You can also change the
interval playback time of the message. Access
Menu No. 57 and select the time in the range of 0
to 60 seconds, in steps of 1 second.
Note: Menu Nos. 56 and 57 settings are shared with the
voice communication modes when the optional VGS-1 is
installed.
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Changing the CW Sidetone Volume

Turning the AF control does not change the CW
sidetone playback volume. To change the CW
sidetone volume, access Menu No. 04 and select
"oFF", or "1" to "9". The default is "5".
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Insert Keying

If you operate a CW keyer manually while playing
back a recorded CW message, the transceiver
stops playing back the message. However, during
contests or regular QSOs, you may sometimes
want to insert a different number or message at a
certain point in the recorded message.
In this case, first record the CW message as
usual {page 34}, without the additional number or
message you want to insert. Then, access Menu
No. 33 and select "on".
Now, if you operate a CW keyer while you play
back a recorded message, the transceiver pauses
the playback of the recorded message, instead
of stopping it. When you finish sending the
number or message with the keyer, the transceiver
resumes playback of the message.

FREQUENCY CORRECTION FOR CW

If you operate both SSB and CW modes, you would
sometimes use SSB mode (USB or LSB) just to
watch and listen to CW signals. It is fine just to
monitor those CW signals but you have experienced
that changing the mode from SSB to CW results in
losing the target CW signal. This is because the
frequency on the display always shows the true carrier
frequency for all modes. If you want the transceiver to
shift the reception frequency to trace the receiving CW
signal when changing the mode from SSB (USB or
LSB) to CW, switch this function ON. The transceiver
shifts the reception frequency when changing the
mode from SSB to CW, so you can still hear the target
signal and instantly transmit the signal in CW without
adjusting the frequency.
1 Press [MENU], then press [Q-M.IN]/ [Q-MR] or
turn the MULTI/CH control to select Menu No. 42.
2 Press [M.IN] to select "on".
3 Press [MENU] to exit Menu mode.
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