Kenwood TS-440S Instruction Manual

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• S u ba u d i ble toneAn o pt i o n a l s u b a u d i b l e tone u n it TU -8 i s ava i l a b l e fori n sta l l ation i n the TS -440S for accessing 1 0 m eter FMrepeaters . This tone i s activated w h e n e v e r t h eTS-440S i s i n t h e S P L IT mode .3-3-4 . AM mode1 . S et the Meter s w it c h to PWR .2 . S et t h e M O D E key to A M .3 . P l a c e the S t a n d by s w it c h t o S END .4. A dj u st t h e C A R control so t h a t t h e meter i n d i c ates25 watt s .5 . P l a c e t h e Meter s w itch to A L C .6 . Adjust t h e M IC g a i n control so that t h e meterd e f l e c t i o n does not exceed A L C zone o n voicep e a k s .3-4 . AUTO M ATIC ANTE N N A TU N ER(Th e AT u n it AT-440 is req u ired forthis fu nction . )The a u t o m a t i c anten n a t u n e r o p e rates w it h i n t h ea m at e u r ra d i o b a n d s from 3 . 5 t h ru 2 9 . 7 M Hz .1 . E n s u re t h a t a n a n t e n n a d e s i g n e d f o r use w i t h i n t h eb a n d you i n t e n d to ope rate o n i s p r o p e r l y c o n nected to t h e ante n n a term i n a l .2 . Set the A U T O /T H R U switch to t h e A U T O posit i o n .3 . P l a c e t h e AT TUNE s w i t c h to t h e ON posit i o n . TheAT TUNE i n d i c ator w i l l l i g ht and the tuner w i l l begin t u n i n g . Then t h e CW mode i n d icator w i l l l i g h t .4 . A f t e r a s h o rt p e r i o d t h e AT TUNE i n d icator w i l l g oO F F a n d t h e m o t o r s w i l l stop t u rn i n g .5 . P l a c e t h e A T T U N E s w i t c h to O F F .6 . T u n i n g is n o w c o m p lete d . Y o u m a y n o w ca rry outnormal c o m m u n i c a t i o n s .Notes :��1 . W h e n t h e AT TUNE s w itch is ON a n d the AT i n d icator l i g hts b u t t h e n g o e s o u t i m me d i ately it i s a ni n d i c a t i o n t h at t h e a n t e n n a w a s n o t t h at f a r offreso n a n c e and that t u n i n g has been c o m p leted .2 . Norm a l operation is not pos s i b l e u n t i l t h e AT TUNEs w i t c h h a s been t u r n e d OFF.3 . If the motors do n ot stop turn ing afte r approximately30 seconds, place the AT TUNE s w itch to OFF, andthen back t o ON a g a i n . The t u n e r w i l l atte m pt totune a g a i n , a n d s h o u l d find a good matc h . If thetuner will n ot stop after several t r i e s it i n d i catessome problem e x i sts w it h t h e antenna syste m .R e adj u st t h e a n te n n a a n d fee d l i n e before atte m pting t o tune a g a i n .3-5. DUAL DI G ITAL VFO ' sO perational conve n ience c a n be e n h anced thru t h e useof both VFO A and VFO B .3-5-1 . Why two VFO'sO c c a s i on a l l y D X stati o n s w i l l u t i l ize an o p e r at i o n a lproced u re known a s s p l it fre q u e n c y operatio n . W h e nthe D X station i s i n t h i s mode he w i l l be t r a n s m itt i n go n o n e freq u e n c y a n d rec e i v i n g o n a n ot h e r . T h i s i sd o n e i n o r d e r f o r t h e D X stati o n to be a b l e to recogn ize t h e calls of sta t i o n s during p i l e - u p s .O l d e r transceive rs req u i red the use of a n exte r n a l V F Oto a l l ow t h i s s p l i t fre q u e n c y operation . The TS -440S ,thru the use of m i c roprocessor controls, effectively provides two sepa rate VFOs i n the same package . Severald iffe rent controls a n d s w itches have been provided t oi n c rease t h e ope rators c o n ve n i e nc e w h e n faced w it ht h i s type o f operat i o n . T h e u s e of these controls is d isc u ssed b e l o w .3-5-2. S pl it frequency(a) A = B s w itchD e p re s s i n g this s w itch c a u ses t h e data c o n t a i n e di n t h e i n active VFO (the VFO that is not c u rre n t l yb e i n g d i s p l a ye d ) to c h a n g e to the s a m e d ata c o nt a i n e d i n the a ct i v e VFO (t he o n e c u rrently d i sp l a y e d ) . B o t h t h e f re q u e n c y a n d m o d e a rec h a n g e d .F o r e x a m p l e : V F O A is set at 7 M Hz i n L S B , a n dVFO B i s 2 1 M Hz i n U S B . VFO A i s t h e a c t i v e V F O( s h o w o n the d i s p la y ) . D e pressing the A = B switchw i l l c a u se VFO B to c h a n g e to 7 MHz i n LS B .( b ) A/B switchA l lo w s selection of t h e d e s i red active VFO . E a c ht i m e t h i s s w i t c h is d e p ressed the a c t i v e VFO w i l la ltern ate bet w e e n V F O A a n d V F O B .( c ) S PLIT s w itchA l l o w s t h e use of o n e VFO for t r a n s m i t , and theoth e r for receive (S p l i t Fre q u e n c y operation ) . Fore x a m p l e : VFO A is t h e a ct i ve VFO , and VFO B i sthe in active V F O . D e press i n g the S P L IT s w i t c h w i l lc a u s e t h e TS -4405 to receive on V F O A a n d transm it o n VFO B. T h e mode of rec e p t i o n a n d transm i s s i o n w i l l follow t h e mode c o n t a i n e d i n thea pp ropriate VFO m e m o r y . It is possible to workc ross band , c ross m o d e if d e s i red .To avoid confusion d u r i n g contest, or p i l e - u p operations we reco mmend u s i n g VFO A for receive a n dV F O B for t ra n s m i t .( d ) T - F S ET s w itchD epressing this s w it c h will allow you to rapidly seto r check the t ra n s m it f re q u e n c y , d u r i n g S P L I Toperat i o n s , w it h o u t t h e n e e d of a ct u a l l y t ra n sm i tt i n g .T h i s switch is e s p e c i a l l y c o n v e n i e nt w h e n you a ret r y i n g to locate t h e t r a n s m i t freq u e n c y of t h e station c u rrently i n contact with the DX stat i o n , since15