Contents - Kenwood TS-590SG Instruction Manual

Reverse Keying Weight Ratio ...................................36
BUG KEY FUNCTION .....................................................36
CW MESSAGE MEMORY ...............................................36
Storing CW Messages .............................................36
Checking CW Messages without Transmitting .........37
Transmitting CW Messages .....................................37
Erasing a CW Message ............................................37
Changing the Inter-message Interval Time ..............37
Changing the CW Sidetone Volume .........................37
Insert Keying ...........................................................37
FREQUENCY CORRECTION FOR CW ................................38
AUTO CW TX IN SSB MODE ..........................................38
MIC UP/ DWN KEY PADDLE MODE ...............................38
SWAP DOT AND DASH PADDLE POSITIONS ................38
CW MORSE DECODER .....................................................38
CHAPTER 8 DATA COMMUNICATIONS
RADIO TELETYPE (RTTY) .................................................39
PHASE-SHIFT KEYING 31 BAUD (PSK31) ........................39
CHAPTER 9 REJECTING INTERFERENCE
DSP FILTERS ....................................................................40
CHANGING THE DSP FILTER BANDWIDTH ...................40
Filter control in SSB/ SSB-DATA mode (High/Low and
Width/Shift) .............................................................40
SSB/ FM/ AM Mode (High cut / Low cut) .................40
CW/ FSK Mode (Width/Shift) ...................................40
SSB Data Mode (Width/Shift) ..................................40
IF Filter A and B .......................................................41
AUTO NOTCH FILTER (SSB) ..........................................41
Auto Notch Tracking Speed......................................41
MANUAL NOTCH FILTER (SSB/ CW/ FSK) ....................41
Notch Filter Bandwidth ............................................41
BEAT CANCEL (SSB/ AM) ..............................................41
NOISE REDUCTION (ALL MODES) ................................41
Setting the NR1 Level Adjustment ...........................42
Setting the NR2 Time Constant ................................42
NOISE BLANKER ..............................................................42
PRE-AMPLIFIER ...............................................................42
ATTENUATOR ...................................................................42
CW REVERSE (RECEPTION)42 .............................................
ERASING QUICK MEMORY CHANNELS ........................47
CHAPTER 10 MEMORY FEATURES
MEMORY CHANNELS .......................................................43
STORING DATA IN MEMORY ........................................43
Simplex Channels ....................................................43
Split-Frequency Channels ........................................43
MEMORY RECALL AND SCROLL ..................................44
Memory Recall ........................................................44
Memory Scroll .........................................................44
Temporary Frequency Changes ................................44
MEMORY TRANSFER ....................................................44
nMemory á VFO Transfer .........................................44
Channel á Channel Transfer .....................................44
STORING FREQUENCY RANGES ...................................45
Confirming Start/ End Frequencies ..........................46
Programmable VFO .................................................46
MEMORY CHANNEL LOCKOUT .....................................46
ERASING MEMORY CHANNELS ....................................46
MEMORY CHANNEL NAME ...........................................46
QUICK MEMORY ...............................................................46
NUMBER OF QUICK MEMORY CHANNELS ...................47
STORING INTO QUICK MEMORY ..................................47
RECALLING QUICK MEMORY CHANNELS ....................47
TEMPORARY FREQUENCY CHANGES ...........................47
QUICK MEMORY Á VFO TRANSFER ..............................47
ERASING QUICK MEMORY CHANNELS ........................47
CHAPTER 11 SCAN
NORMAL SCAN ................................................................48
VFO SCAN .....................................................................48
PROGRAM SCAN ..........................................................48
PROGRAM SCAN PARTIALLY SLOWED ........................49
SCAN HOLD ..................................................................50
MEMORY SCAN ................................................................50
SCAN RESUME..............................................................50
ALL-CHANNEL SCAN ....................................................50
GROUP SCAN ................................................................51
Memory Group ........................................................51
Scan Group Select ...................................................51
Performing Group Scan ...........................................51
QUICK MEMORY SCAN ....................................................51
CHAPTER 12 OPERATOR CONVENIENCES
ANTENNAS .......................................................................52
ANT 1/ ANT 2 ................................................................52
RX ANT..........................................................................52
DRV ...............................................................................52
Select to the Drive output or RX ANT output ..........52
APO (Auto Power OFF) .....................................................52
AUTOMATIC ANTENNA TUNER .........................................52
PRESETTING .................................................................53
AUTO MODE .....................................................................53
BEEP FUNCTION ...............................................................54
DISPLAY ...........................................................................55
BRIGHTNESS ................................................................55
BACKLIGHT COLOR ......................................................55
PANEL KEY DOUBLE FUNCTION RESPONSE TIME ..........55
LINEAR AMPLIFIER CONTROL .........................................55
LOCK FUNCTIONS ............................................................55
FREQUENCY LOCK FUNCTION ......................................55
PROGRAMMABLE FUNCTION KEYS .................................56
TRANSCEIVER FRONT PANEL .......................................56
MICROPHONE KEYS .....................................................56
DSP RX EQUALIZER .........................................................57
EQUALIZING RECEIVING AUDIO ...................................57
RX MONITOR ................................................................58
TIME-OUT TIMER .............................................................58
TRANSVERTER .................................................................58
FREQUENCY DISPLAY ...................................................58
TRANSMISSION OUTPUT POWER ................................58
TX MONITOR ....................................................................58
TX POWER ........................................................................58
TX TUNE ...........................................................................59
ADJUSTING THE TRANSMIT POWER FOR TX TUNE.....59
QUICK DATA TRANSFER ...................................................59
SETTING UP ..................................................................59
Equipment Needed ...................................................59
Connections .............................................................59
USING QUICK TRANSFER........................................60
Transferring Data .....................................................60
Receiving Data .........................................................60
COMPUTER CONTROL .....................................................60
SETTING UP ..................................................................60
Equipment Needed ...................................................60

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