Table Of Contents - Kenwood TS-480HX Instruction Manual

CONTENTS
NOTICE TO USER
BEFORE STARTING
THANK YOU ............................................................. i
FEATURES ............................................................... i
SUPPLIED ACCESSORIES ..................................... i
MODELS COVERED BY THIS MANUAL ................. ii
MARKET CODES .................................................... ii
WRITING CONVENTIONS FOLLOWED ................. ii
PRECAUTIONS ....................................................... iii
CONTENTS ............................................................ iv
CHAPTER 1 INSTALLATION
MOBILE INSTALLATION ......................................... 1
INSTALLATION EXAMPLE .................................. 1
REMOTE CONTROL PANEL INSTALLATION ..... 1
DC POWER CABLE CONNECTION.................... 2
ANTENNA CONNECTION ................................... 2
IGNITION NOISE ................................................ 2
FIXED STATION INSTALLATION ............................. 3
REMOTE CONTROL PANEL INSTALLATION .... 3
DC POWER SUPPLY CONNECTION ................. 3
ANTENNA CONNECTION ................................... 4
GROUND CONNECTION .................................... 4
LIGHTNING PROTECTION ................................. 4
PORTABLE BRACKET (E-TYPE ONLY) .................. 5
FUSES .................................................................... 5
PANEL AND MICROPHONE
CONNECTION .................................................... 6
PANEL AND MICROPHONE CONNECTION
USING PG-4Z (OPTION) ..................................... 6
ACCESSORY CONNECTIONS
TX/ RX UNIT
Micropohone (MIC) ......................................... 7
External Speaker (EXT.SP) ............................. 7
Keys for CW (PADDLE and KEY) ................... 7
REMOTE CONTROL PANEL
Headphones (PHONES) ................................. 7
CHAPTER 2 YOUR FIRST QSO
RECEPTION ............................................................ 8
TRANSMISSION ..................................................... 9
CHAPTER 3 GETTING ACQUAINTED
REMOTE CONTROL PANEL ................................. 10
LCD DISPLAY ....................................................... 13
TX/ RX UNIT .......................................................... 15
REMOTE CONTROL PANEL (REAR) .................... 17
MICROPHONE ...................................................... 17
CHAPTER 4 OPERATING BASICS
SWITCHING POWER ON/OFF ............................. 18
ADJUSTING VOLUME .......................................... 18
AF (AUDIO FREQUENCY) GAIN....................... 18
RF (RADIO FREQUENCY) GAIN ...................... 18
SELECTING VFO A OR VFO B ............................. 18
SELECTING A BAND ............................................ 19
SELECTING A MODE ............................................ 19
ADJUSTING SQUELCH ........................................ 19
SELECTING A FREQUENCY ................................ 19
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MULTI-FUNCTION METER ................................... 20
TRANSMITTING .................................................... 20
SELECTING TRANSMISSION POWER ............ 20
MICROPHONE GAIN ........................................ 21
CHAPTER 5 MENU SETUP
WHAT IS A MENU? ................................................ 22
MENU A/ MENU B ................................................. 22
MENU ACCESS .................................................... 22
QUICK MENU ........................................................ 22
PROGRAMMING THE QUICK MENU ............... 22
USING THE QUICK MENU ............................... 22
MENU CONFIGURATION ..................................... 23
ALPHABETICAL FUNCTION LIST ......................... 26
CHAPTER 6 BASIC COMMUNICATIONS
SSB TRANSMISSION ........................................... 27
FM TRANSMISSION ............................................. 27
AM TRANSMISSION ............................................. 28
NARROW BANDWIDTH FOR FM ......................... 28
NARROW BANDWIDTH FOR AM ......................... 28
CW TRANSMISSION ............................................ 29
AUTO ZERO-BEAT ........................................... 29
TX SIDETONE/ RX PITCH FREQUENCY ......... 29
CHAPTER 7 ENHANCED COMMUNICATIONS
SPLIT-FREQUENCY OPERATION ........................ 30
TF-SET
(TRANSMISSION FREQUENCY SET) .............. 30
FM REPEATER OPERATION ................................ 31
TRANSMITTING A TONE .................................. 32
Activating the Tone Function ......................... 32
Selecting a Tone Frequency .......................... 32
TONE FREQ. ID SCAN ..................................... 32
FM CTCSS OPERATION ....................................... 33
CTCSS FREQ. ID SCAN ................................... 33
CHAPTER 8 COMMUNICATING AIDS
RECEPTION .......................................................... 34
SELECTING YOUR FREQUENCY .................... 34
Direct Frequency Entry ................................. 34
Using the MHz key ........................................ 34
Quick QSY .................................................... 34
Configuring the Tuning control as
MULTI control (FM) ....................................... 34
Fine Tuning ................................................... 35
Tuning control adjustment rate ...................... 35
Equalizing VFO Frequencies (A=B) .............. 35
RIT (RECEIVE INCREMENTAL TUNING) ..... 35
AGC (AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL) ............... 35
TRANSMISSION ................................................... 36
VOX (VOICE-OPERATED TRANSMIT) ............. 36
Microphone Input Level ................................. 36
Delay Time ................................................... 36
Anti-VOX Adjustment .................................... 36
VOX Source ................................................. 36
SPEECH PROCESSOR .................................... 37
XIT (TRANSMIT INCREMENTAL TUNING) ....... 37
CUSTOMIZING TRANSMISSION SIGNAL
CHARACTERISTICS ......................................... 38