Kenwood TS-480SAT - Manual (Page 17)

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2 YOUR FIRST QSO
q Turn the Tuning control to tune in a desired
station or to select an unused frequency.
• If you are operating the TS-480HX transceiver
without the AT-300 antenna tuner, continue to
step 4.
w Press [AT] momentarily.
• “AT s T” appears.
e Press and hold [AT] to start tuning the antenna
tuner (TS-480SAT or TS-480HX with the AT-300
antenna tuner).
• “R t AT s T” starts blinking and the LED above
the [MODE] key turns red.
• Tuning should be completed in under
20 seconds, then a morse code “T” (a long
single beep) sounds and “AT
s T” stops blinking.
• If tuning is not completed within 20 seconds,
error beeps sound. Press [AT] to stop the
error beeps and quit tuning. Check your
antenna system before continuing. If you do
not press [AT], tuning will continue for
approximately 60 seconds.
Note:
◆ You will hear a lot of clicking sounds coming from the
transceiver or external antenna tuner while the antenna tuner
is trying to tune the antenna. This is simply the relay
switches turning ON and OFF.
◆ When the TS-480HX transceiver is used with the AT-300
external antenna tuner, the TX output power is automatically
reduced to 100 watts (AM: 25 watts).
r With LSB, USB, or AM selected, press
[MIC/ 5/ RF.G] to adjust the Microphone Gain.
• “MIC -- 50” appears.
• With FM selected, skip this step.
t Press Mic [PTT].
• The LED lights red.
y Begin speaking into the microphone in your
normal tone of voice.
u LSB/ USB: While speaking into the microphone,
adjust the MULTI control so that the ALC meter
reflects according to your voice level.
AM: While speaking into the microphone, adjust
the MULTI control so that the power meter slightly
reflects to your voice level.
FM: Skip this step.
i When you finish speaking, release Mic [PTT] to
return to receive mode.
o Press [MIC/ 5/ RF.G] to finish adjusting the
Microphone Gain.
Note: If desired, access Menu No. 44 {page 27} to adjust the
Microphone Gain for FM mode.
This completes your introduction to the TS-480
transceiver, but there is a great deal more to know.
“OPERATING BASICS” {page 18} and the following
chapters explain all the functions of this transceiver,
starting with the most basic, commonly-used
functions.
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1 REC 2 REC
5 RF.G
0 OFF
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3 REC
9
4
7
TX MONI 6 DELAY
HF/50MHz ALL MODE TRANSCEIVER TS-480
CLR STEP SG.SEL
CW.T
F.LOCK
M/V
SPLIT
M VFO
M.IN
TF-SET
MULTI
IF
SHIFT AF SQL
PF
AT
CH1 CH2 CH3
PWR MIC KEY
VOX PROC
AGC ENT
A / B
A=B
MODE
MHz
QMI
QMR
MENU
MTR
NB/T
ANT 1/2
FINE SCAN
DNL
BC
NR FIL
RIT
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CL
ATT/PRE
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