Kenwood TS-590S Marine Radio User Manual


 
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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
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