5 SOFTWARE: ENHANCING OPERATING PLEASURE
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Just like the TS-480S, TS-590S employs double function keys to activate different functions by
holding down a key. This is meant to make operation easier than in the system requiring one to push
a function key first before hitting another key to invoke the desired function.
Since for most of the keys, functions related to the original functions of the keys are assigned, they
can be used intuitively.
Examples: NB key and variable NB level, the NOTCH key and NOTCH WIDTH selection, etc.
Additionally, the hold time to activate another function can be switched in three stages. By default
about 0.5 seconds is selected, but you can switch between about 0.2 seconds, and about 1 second
as necessary.
The transceivers in the previous generations were equipped with an electronic keyer in which dots
and dashes are always memorized for output. On the TS-590S, we have employed an electronic
keyer which allows a user to select either of the conventional keyers, which is called “Mode B”, or a
newly adopted “Mode A” which has different memory timings. If you experience the problem of
producing an extra dot or dash in “Mode B”, try “Mode A” and you may find you are able to send more
accurately with greater ease.
On the transceivers in the previous generations, after a user chose and set a pitch frequency, they
then manually changed the shift frequency, but on the TS-590S, when the pitch frequency is changed
on the menu, the shift frequency is also altered accordingly.
The transceiver can be configured to display a maximum of 8 characters (alphanumeric characters and
some symbols) on the 13-segment display on the right side of the display screen during the powerup.
As the factory default, the string “KENWOOD” is set to be displayed.
Figure 5-4 Power-on Message