Kenwood TS-870S instruction manual Front Panel, Getting Acquainted, e r ty u i o, 0 !1!2 !3

3 GETTING ACQUAINTED

FRONT PANEL

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DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSOR

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	ATT
ANT	DOWN	UP
VOX	FULL/SEMI	AIP
				HF TRANSCEIVER
AT TUNE	THRU/AUTO		METER	PROC	MONI
SEND		AGC	KEY SPEED	PROC	MONI
				4	6
				2	8
PHONES
	SLOW		FAST
		OFF		0	1 0
MIC		CAR	DELAY	MIC	PWR
		4	6	4	6
	2		8	2	8
		0	1 0	0	1 0

	TS-870		ON AIR
1	CH 1	6	M.IN
2	CH 2	7	ENTER
			M>VFO
3	CH 3	8	SCAN
4	CH 4	9	CLR

5REC 0 F.LOCK

QUICK MEMO

FINE

M.IN MR

AT TUNE

MODE

TF-SET LSB /USB

CW/— R

FSK /— R

FM/AM

1MHzDOWN

A=B MENU

RXTX

A

B

M.CH

UP

AUTO	BEAT
NOTCH	CANCEL	N.R.		TX EQ.
LO/WIDTH FILTER			HI/SHIFT
RIT	XIT	CLEAR		NB
RIT/XIT			AF	RF
			4	6
		2		8
			0	1 0
M.CH/VFO.CH			NB	SQL
			4	6
		2		8
			0	1 0

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q (POWER) switch

Press and hold down briefly to switch the transceiver power ON. Press again to switch OFF the power {page 19}.

wATT DOWN/UP buttons

Press either button to step up or down through the available receive signal attenuator selections. The attenuator is OFF when all three selections of 6, 12, and 18 dB are not lit {page 53}.

eANT button

Press to select Antenna 1 or Antenna 2 that are connected to their respective antenna connectors on the Rear Panel {pages 2, 63}.

rVOX button

In the voice modes, press to switch the Voice-Operated Transmit function ON or OFF {page 45}. In CW mode, switches the Break-in function ON or OFF {page 31}.

tFULL/SEMI button

In CW mode, press to select Full or Semi Break-in operation which affects the transmit/receive recovery time after sending stops {page 31}.

yAIP button

Press to switch the Advanced Intercept Point function ON or OFF. When activated, the AIP function reduces interference caused by the presence of very strong signals. The function lowers the receive sensitivity by about 10 dB, and the default is ON when frequencies below 7490 kHz are selected {page 53}.

uAT TUNE button

After enabling the internal antenna tuner via the THRU/AUTO button, press to activate the tuner. The tuner will attempt to match the transceiver with the antenna system {page 49}.

iSEND button

Press to switch the transceiver between receive and transmit {page 23}.

oPHONES jack

Connect headphones to this jack. Inserting a plug into this jack automatically mutes the audio from the speaker {page 4}.

!0THRU/AUTO button

Press to enable the internal antenna tuner. This button does not start the tuning action (see u). The tuner can be configured so that it is only in-line while transmitting, or it can be in-line while both transmitting and receiving {page 49}.

!1METER button

Press to switch between the available functions on the Front Panel meter {page 22}.

!2PROC button

In SSB or AM mode, press to switch the Speech Processor ON or OFF {pages 23, 46}.

!3MONI button

Press to switch the Transmit Monitor function ON or OFF so you can monitor your transmitted signal {page 46}.

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