Kenwood TS-590S instruction manual 217176, Chapter

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THANK YOU	............................................................	i
FEATURES		i
NOTICE TO THE USER		i
BEFORE STARTING		i
MARKET CODES		i
WRITING CONVENTIONS FOLLOWED		ii
SUPPLIED ACCESSORIES		ii
PRECAUTIONS		iii
CONTENTS		iv
CHAPTER 1	INSTALLATION
ANTENNA CONNECTION		1
GROUND CONNECTION		1
LIGHTNING PROTECTION		1
DC POWER SUPPLY CONNECTION		1
UTILIZING THE BAIL		2
REPLACING FUSES		2
ACCESSORY CONNECTIONS		2
FRONT PANEL		2
Headphones (PHONES)		2
Microphone (MIC)		2
REAR PANEL		2
External Speaker (EXT.SP)		2
Keys for CW (PADDLE and KEY)		2
CHAPTER 2	GETTING ACQUAINTED
FRONT PANEL		4
LCD DISPLAY		7
REAR PANEL		9
MICROPHONE		9
CHAPTER 3	OPERATING BASICS
SWITCHING POWER ON/ OFF		10
ADJUSTING THE VOLUME		10
AF (AUDIO FREQUENCY) GAIN		10
RF (RADIO FREQUENCY) GAIN		10
SELECTING VFO A OR VFO B		10
SELECTING A BAND		11
SELECTING A MODE		11
ADJUSTING THE SQUELCH		12
TUNING A FREQUENCY		12
MULTI-FUNCTION METER		12
TRANSMITTING		13
SELECTING TRANSMISSION POWER		13
MICROPHONE GAIN		13
CHAPTER 4	MENU SETUP
WHAT IS A MENU?		14
MENU A/ MENU B		14
MENU ACCESS		14
QUICK MENU		14
PROGRAMMING THE QUICK MENU		14
USING THE QUICK MENU		14
MENU CONFIGURATION		15
CHARACTER ENTRY		20
CHAPTER 5	BASIC COMMUNICATIONS
SSB TRANSMISSION		21
FM TRANSMISSION		21
AM TRANSMISSION		22
NARROW BANDWIDTH FOR FM		22
CW TRANSMISSION		22
AUTO ZERO-BEAT		23

TX SIDETONE/ RX PITCH FREQUENCY		23
CARRIER LEVEL		23
POWER ON MESSAGE		23
CHAPTER 6	ENHANCED COMMUNICATIONS
SPLIT-FREQUENCY OPERATION		24
TF-SET (TRANSMISSION FREQUENCY SET) 24
FM REPEATER OPERATION		25
TRANSMITTING A TONE		25
Activating the Tone Function		26
Selecting a Tone Frequency		26
TONE FREQUENCY ID SCAN		26
FM CTCSS OPERATION		26
CTCSS FREQUENCY ID SCAN		27
CROSS TONE		27
CHAPTER 7	COMMUNICATING AIDS
RECEPTION	.........................................................	28
SELECTING YOUR FREQUENCY		28
Direct Frequency Entry		28
Frequency Entry History		28
Using the MHz key		28
Quick QSY		28
Fine Tuning		29
Tuning Control Adjustment Rate		29
Equalizing VFO Frequencies (A=B)		29
RIT (RECEIVE INCREMENTAL TUNING)		29
AGC (AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL)		29
AGC Time Constant Adjustment		29
TRANSMISSION		30
VOX (VOICE-OPERATED TRANSMISSION)...		30
Microphone Input Level		30
Delay Time		30
Anti-VOX Adjustment		30
Data VOX		30
Data VOX Delay Time		31
USB/ ACC2 VOX Gain		31
SPEECH PROCESSOR		31
peech Processor Effect		31
XIT (TRANSMIT INCREMENTAL TUNING)		31
CUSTOMIZING TRANSMISSION SIGNAL
CHARACTERISTICS		32
TX Filter Bandwidth (SSB/ AM)		32
TX Filter Bandwidth (LSB-DATA/ USB-DATA). 32
TX Equalizer (SSB/ AM/ FM)		32
TRANSMIT INHIBIT		32
BUSY LOCKOUT		32
CHANGING FREQUENCY WHILE
TRANSMITTING		32
CW BREAK-IN		33
USING SEMI BREAK-IN OR FULL BREAK-IN		33
ELECTRONIC KEYER		33
ELECTRONIC KEYER MODE		33
CHANGING KEYING SPEED		33
Invalid Break-In Operation		33
RISE TIME OF CW		34
AUTO WEIGHTING		34
Reverse Keying Weight Ratio		34
BUG KEY FUNCTION		34
CW MESSAGE MEMORY		34
Storing CW Messages		34
Checking CW Messages without
Transmitting		35

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