Kenwood TS-570S - Manual (Page 4)

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PRECAUTIONS IV
CHAPTER 1 INSTALLATION 1
ANTENNA CONNECTION ....................................... 1
GROUND CONNECTION ........................................ 2
LIGHTNING PROTECTION ..................................... 2
DC POWER SUPPLY CONNECTION ...................... 2
REPLACING FUSES ........................................... 2
ACCESSORY CONNECTIONS ............................... 3
FRONT PANEL .................................................... 3
Headphones (PHONES) ................................. 3
Microphone (MIC) ........................................... 3
REAR PANEL ...................................................... 3
External Speaker (EXT SP) ............................ 3
Keys and Keyboards for
CW Operation (PADDLE and KEY) ................. 3
CHAPTER 2 YOUR FIRST QSO 4
RECEIVING ............................................................. 4
TRANSMITTING ...................................................... 5
CHAPTER 3 GETTING ACQUAINTED 6
FRONT PANEL ........................................................ 6
MICROPHONE ........................................................ 9
REAR PANEL ........................................................ 10
DISPLAY ............................................................... 11
CHAPTER 4 OPERATING BASICS 13
SWITCHING POWER ON/OFF ............................. 13
ADJUSTING VOLUME .......................................... 13
AUDIO FREQUENCY (AF) GAIN....................... 13
RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) GAIN ...................... 13
SELECTING VFO A OR VFO B ............................. 13
SELECTING A BAND ............................................ 13
SELECTING A MODE ........................................... 14
ADJUSTING SQUELCH ........................................ 14
SELECTING A FREQUENCY ................................ 14
FRONT PANEL METER ........................................ 14
TRANSMITTING .................................................... 15
SELECTING TRANSMIT POWER ..................... 15
MICROPHONE GAIN ........................................ 15
CHAPTER 5 MENU SETUP 16
WHAT IS A MENU? ............................................... 16
MENU A/ MENU B ................................................. 16
MENU ACCESS .................................................... 16
MENU CONFIGURATION ..................................... 17
CROSS REFERENCE FOR
MENU FUNCTIONS .............................................. 19
CHAPTER 6 BASIC COMMUNICATING 20
SSB TRANSMISSION ........................................... 20
CW TRANSMISSION ............................................ 21
AUTO ZERO-BEAT ........................................... 21
TX SIDETONE/ RX PITCH FREQUENCY ......... 21
FM TRANSMISSION ............................................. 22
TX DEVIATION SELECTION ............................. 22
CONTENTS
AM TRANSMISSION ............................................. 22
CHAPTER 7 SPECIALIZED COMMUNICATING 23
SPLIT-FREQUENCY OPERATION ........................ 23
TF-SET (TRANSMIT FREQUENCY SET) .......... 23
FM REPEATER OPERATION ................................ 24
SELECTING SUBTONE FREQUENCY ............. 25
CONTINUOUS OR BURST SUBTONES? ......... 25
FM CTCSS OPERATION ....................................... 25
DIGITAL OPERATION ........................................... 26
RTTY (FREQUENCY SHIFT KEYING) .............. 26
AMTOR/ PACKET/ PACTOR/ G-TOR
TM / CLOVER . 27
SLOW SCAN TV/ FACSIMILE ............................... 28
SATELLITE OPERATION ...................................... 28
CHAPTER 8 COMMUNICATING AIDS 29
RECEIVING ........................................................... 29
SELECTING YOUR FREQUENCY .................... 29
Direct Frequency Entry ................................. 29
Using 1 MHz Steps ....................................... 29
Quick Changes ............................................. 29
Fine Tuning ................................................... 29
Equalizing VFO Frequencies (A=B) .............. 30
RIT (RECEIVE INCREMENTAL TUNING) ......... 30
AGC (AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL) ............... 30
RX EQUALIZER ................................................ 30
TRANSMITTING .................................................... 31
VOX (VOICE-OPERATED TRANSMIT) ............. 31
Microphone Input Level ................................. 31
Delay Time ................................................... 31
SPEECH PROCESSOR .................................... 32
XIT (TRANSMIT INCREMENTAL TUNING) ....... 32
CUSTOMIZING TRANSMIT SIGNAL
CHARACTERISTICS ......................................... 33
Changing Transmit
Bandwidth (SSB/AM) .................................... 33
Equalizing Transmit Audio (SSB/FM/AM) ...... 33
MONITORING TRANSMITTED SIGNALS ......... 33
TRANSMIT INHIBIT ........................................... 33
CHANGING FREQUENCY WHILE
TRANSMITTING ................................................ 33
CW BREAK-IN ....................................................... 34
USING SEMI BREAK-IN OR
FULL BREAK-IN ................................................ 34
ELECTRONIC KEYER .......................................... 34
CHANGING KEYING SPEED ............................ 34
AUTO WEIGHTING ........................................... 34
Reversible Auto Weighting ............................ 34
CHANGING LOCKED-WEIGHT ........................ 35
BUG KEY FUNCTION ....................................... 35
CW MESSAGE MEMORY ................................. 35
Storing CW Messages .................................. 35
Checking CW Messages without Transmitting35
Transmitting CW Messages .......................... 35
CHAPTER 9 REJECTING INTERFERENCE 36
IF FILTER .............................................................. 36
CHANGING IF FILTER BANDWIDTH ................ 36
IF SHIFT ............................................................ 36
NOISE BLANKER .................................................. 36