Kenwood TS-530SP Instruction Manual

Also see for TS-530D: Service manual Service manual

SECTION1.INTRODUCTION AND FEATURES1.1 KENWOOD TS-530The TS-530 is highly sophisticated solid state Amateurband transceiver employing only three vacuum tubes.Operating on all Amateur bands between 1.8 and 29.7MHz, this unit is constructed modularly. The TS-530 in-cludes many built-in features usually found as extras onother transceivers. Included are VOX, 25 kHz calibrator,RIT, RF attenuator, and an effective noise blanker. TheTS-530 also includes automatic gain control (AGC), auto-matic level control (ALC), semi-break-in CW with sidetone,a speech processor, speaker and built-in AC power supply.Any complicated electronic device will be damaged ifoperated incorrectly, and this transceiver is no exception.Please read all of the operating instructions before puttingyour TS-530 on the air.1.2 FEATURES1. Interference-free DX operation* TUNABLE NOTCH FILTERInterference is reduced or eliminated using the built-innotch circuit. The TS-530 uses an Audio notch filter.* IF shift circuitThe IF SHIFT is a circuit to shift IF pass-bandwidthwithout changing receive frequency. It eliminates in-terference or adjusts receive frequency characteristicas desired.* NARROW/WIDE BAND WIDTH selection and optionalfilters for enhanced operation. NARROW or WIDECW operation can be selected when using one of twooptional filters:YK-88C (500 Hz) or YK-88CN (270 Hz)NARROW or WIDE SSB operation can be selectedwhen using the optional YK-88SN (1.8 kHz) filter.2. WARC bandsThe TS-530 fully covers the 160-10m Amateurbands, including the new WARC bands of 10, 18 and24.5 MHz. The VFO covers at least 50 kHz above andbelow each 500 kHz band. The opitonal VFO-230 ex-ternal digital VFO covers about 100 kHz above andbelow each band, for MARS and other applications.10.1G. All-in-one, compact AC Power supply.. Advanced circuit design for improved two-signalcharacteristics. Cleverly designed front-end circuitcomponents and receive circuit system assure excel-lent two-signal characteristics. Cross-modulation andblocking are reduced.. TX final unit uses 6146B’s/S2001A.The final transmitting tubes are: two 6146B’s two6146B's, 6146B’s/S200/AS for the TS-530SP; on$2001A for the TS-530D.Amplified ALC provides clear, strong signals with re-duced cross modulation.. Variable level noise blankerConventional fixed level noise blankers are sometimesless than effective in removing pulsating noise overweak signals or rejecting strong interference signals.This variable level noise blanker is equipped to controlthe optimum threshold level of the gate pulse mapli-fier.. The speech processor controls the audio compressionlevel and ALC time constant to increase the averageaudio level and transmit power.. XIT (Transmit Incremental Tuning) for fine adjustmentof transmit frequency independent of receive fre-quency.. Built-in digital displayDisplays accurate frequencies to the 100 Hz order,any band or mode.The controls are arranged on the zinc die-cast frontpanel for easy operation.A full variety of accessory circuits are provided:The TS-530 includes:VOX circuit (available for Semi-Break in), Marker cir-cuit, side-tone oscillator, selectable AGC (OFF, FAST,SLOW) RF Attenuator, CW zero-beat circuit (in theTune position), HEATER switch, SCREEN GRIDswitch, and built-in speaker.