Contents - Kenwood TS-480HX Instruction Manual

TX Filter Bandwidth (SSB/ AM) ..................... 38
TX Equalizer (SSB/ FM/ AM) ......................... 38
TRANSMIT INHIBIT ........................................... 38
BUSY LOCKOUT .............................................. 38
CHANGING FREQUENCY WHILE
TRANSMITTING ................................................ 38
CW BREAK-IN ....................................................... 39
USING SEMI BREAK-IN OR
FULL BREAK-IN ................................................ 39
ELECTRONIC KEYER .......................................... 39
CHANGING KEYING SPEED ............................ 39
AUTO WEIGHTING ........................................... 39
Reverse Keying Weight Ratio ....................... 39
BUG KEY FUNCTION ....................................... 40
CW MESSAGE MEMORY ................................. 40
Storing CW Messages .................................. 40
Checking CW Messages without
Transmitting .................................................. 40
Transmitting CW Messages .......................... 40
Changing the Inter-message Interval Time .... 41
Changing the Sidetone Volume ..................... 41
Inset Keying .................................................. 41
FREQUENCY CORRECTION FOR CW ............ 41
AUTO CW TX IN SSB MODE ............................ 41
MIC UP/ DWN KEY PADDLE MODE ................. 41
SWAP DOT AND DASH PADDLE POSTION ..... 41
CHAPTER 9 SPECIALIZED COMMUNICATIONS
RADIO TELETYPE (RTTY) .................................... 42
AMTOR/ PacTOR/ CLOVER/ G-TOR/ PSK31 ........ 43
PACKET RADIO .................................................... 43
SLOW SCAN TV/ FACSIMILE ............................... 44
CHAPTER 10 REJECTING INTERFERENCE
IF FILTER .............................................................. 45
CHANGING THE IF FILTER BANDWIDTH ........ 45
SSB/ AM ....................................................... 45
CW/ FSK ...................................................... 45
FM ................................................................ 45
IF SHIFT (SSB/ CW/ FSK) ................................. 45
DSP FILTERS
CHANGING THE DSP FILTER BANDWIDTH .... 46
SSB/ FM/ AM ................................................ 46
CW/ FSK ...................................................... 46
BEAT CANCEL (SSB/ FM/ AM) .......................... 47
NOISE REDUCTION (ALL MODES) .................. 47
Setting the NR1 Level Adjustment ................. 47
Settign the NR2 Time Constant ..................... 47
NOISE BLANKER .................................................. 47
DIGITAL NOISE LIMITER (DNL) ............................ 47
DSP FILTER FOR DATA COMMUNICATION
(SSB/ FM) .............................................................. 48
DSP RX MONITOR ................................................ 48
PRE-AMPLIFIER ................................................... 49
ATTENUATOR ....................................................... 49
CW REVERSE ...................................................... 49
CHAPTER 11 MEMORY FEATURES
MEMORY CHANNELS .......................................... 50
STORING DATA IN MEMORY ........................... 50
Simplex Channels ......................................... 50
Split-Frequency Channels ............................. 51
MEMORY RECALL AND SCROLL .................... 51
Memory Recall .............................................. 51
Memory Scroll ............................................... 52
Temporary Frequency Changes .................... 52
MEMORY TRANSFER ...................................... 52
Memory ➡ VFO Transfer .............................. 52
Channel ➡ Channel Transfer ........................ 52
STORING FREQUENCY RANGES ................... 53
Confirming Start/End Frequencies ................ 53
Programmable VFO ...................................... 54
MEMORY CHANNEL LOCKOUT ....................... 54
ERASING MEMORY CHANNELS ..................... 54
MEMORY CHANNEL NAME ............................. 54
QUICK MEMORY .................................................. 55
STORING INTO QUICK MEMORY .................... 55
RECALLING QUICK MEMORY CHANNELS ..... 55
TEMPORARY FREQUENCY CHANGES .......... 55
QUICK MEMORY ➡ VFO TRANSFER .............. 55
CHAPTER 12 SCAN
NORMAL SCAN .................................................... 56
VFO SCAN ........................................................ 56
PROGRAM SCAN ............................................. 56
PROGRAM SCAN PARTIALLY SLOWED .......... 57
SCAN HOLD ..................................................... 57
MEMORY SCAN .................................................... 58
SCAN RESUME METHOD ................................ 58
ALL-CHANNEL SCAN ....................................... 58
GROUP SCAN .................................................. 59
Memory Group ............................................. 59
Scan Group Select ........................................ 59
Performing Group Scan ................................ 59
CHAPTER 13 OPERATOR CONVENIENCES
ANTENNAS ........................................................... 60
APO (Auto Power OFF) ......................................... 60
AUTOMATIC ANTENNA TUNER ........................... 60
PRESETTING ................................................... 61
EXTERNAL ANTENNA TUNER TYPE ............... 61
ATTENUATOR ....................................................... 61
AUTO MODE ......................................................... 61
BEEP FUNCTION .................................................. 62
DISPLAY ............................................................... 63
BRIGHTNESS ................................................... 63
KEY ILLUMINATION .......................................... 63
LINEAR AMPLIFIER CONTROL ............................ 63
LOCK FUNCTIONS ............................................... 63
FREQUENCY LOCK FUNCTION ...................... 63
TUNING CONTROL LOCK FUNCTION ............. 63
MICROPHONE PF KEYS ...................................... 64
PF KEY .................................................................. 64
RX DSP EQUALIZER ............................................ 64
EQUALIZING RECEIVING AUDIO ..................... 64
RX MONITOR ........................................................ 64

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