Kenwood TS-570D, TS-570S Instruction Manual

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iiPRECAUTIONS IVCHAPTER 1 INSTALLATION 1ANTENNA CONNECTION ....................................... 1GROUND CONNECTION ........................................ 2LIGHTNING PROTECTION .....................................2DC POWER SUPPLY CONNECTION ..................... 2REPLACING FUSES ........................................... 2ACCESSORY CONNECTIONS .............................. 3FRONT PANEL .................................................... 3Headphones (PHONES) ................................ 3Microphone (MIC) ........................................... 3REAR PANEL ...................................................... 3External Speaker (EXT SP) ............................ 3Keys and Keyboards forCW Operation (PADDLE and KEY) ................ 3CHAPTER 2 YOUR FIRST QSO 4RECEIVING ............................................................. 4TRANSMITTING ...................................................... 5CHAPTER 3 GETTING ACQUAINTED 6FRONT PANEL ........................................................ 6MICROPHONE ........................................................ 9REAR PANEL ........................................................ 10DISPLAY ................................................................ 11CHAPTER 4 OPERATING BASICS 13SWITCHING POWER ON/OFF ..............................13ADJUSTING VOLUME ........................................... 13AUDIO FREQUENCY (AF) GAIN ...................... 13RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) GAIN ...................... 13SELECTING VFO A OR VFO B ..............................13SELECTING A BAND ............................................. 13SELECTING A MODE ............................................ 14ADJUSTING SQUELCH ........................................ 14SELECTING A FREQUENCY ................................ 14FRONT PANEL METER ......................................... 14TRANSMITTING .................................................... 15SELECTING TRANSMIT POWER .................... 15MICROPHONE GAIN ........................................ 15CHAPTER 5 MENU SETUP 16WHAT IS A MENU? ................................................ 16MENU A/ MENU B ................................................. 16MENU ACCESS ..................................................... 16MENU CONFIGURATION ...................................... 17CROSS REFERENCE FORMENU FUNCTIONS .............................................. 19CHAPTER 6 BASIC COMMUNICATING 20SSB TRANSMISSION ............................................ 20CW TRANSMISSION ............................................. 21AUTO ZERO-BEAT ............................................ 21TX SIDETONE/ RX PITCH FREQUENCY ......... 21FM TRANSMISSION .............................................. 22TX DEVIATION SELECTION .............................22CONTENTSAM TRANSMISSION ............................................. 22CHAPTER 7 SPECIALIZED COMMUNICATING 23SPLIT-FREQUENCY OPERATION ....................... 23TF-SET (TRANSMIT FREQUENCY SET) ......... 23FM REPEATER OPERATION ................................ 24SELECTING SUBTONE FREQUENCY ............. 25CONTINUOUS OR BURST SUBTONES? ......... 25FM CTCSS OPERATION ....................................... 25DIGITAL OPERATION ............................................ 26RTTY (FREQUENCY SHIFT KEYING) .............. 26AMTOR/ PACKET/ PACTOR/ G-TORTM/ CLOVER 27SLOW SCAN TV/ FACSIMILE ................................ 28SATELLITE OPERATION ....................................... 28CHAPTER 8 COMMUNICATING AIDS 29RECEIVING ........................................................... 29SELECTING YOUR FREQUENCY ................... 29Direct Frequency Entry .................................. 29Using 1 MHz Steps ....................................... 29Quick Changes ............................................. 29Fine Tuning ................................................... 29Equalizing VFO Frequencies (A=B) .............. 30RIT (RECEIVE INCREMENTAL TUNING) ......... 30AGC (AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL) ............... 30RX EQUALIZER ................................................ 30TRANSMITTING .................................................... 31VOX (VOICE-OPERATED TRANSMIT) ............. 31Microphone Input Level ................................. 31Delay Time .................................................... 31SPEECH PROCESSOR .................................... 32XIT (TRANSMIT INCREMENTAL TUNING) ....... 32CUSTOMIZING TRANSMIT SIGNALCHARACTERISTICS ......................................... 33Changing TransmitBandwidth (SSB/AM) .................................... 33Equalizing Transmit Audio (SSB/FM/AM) ...... 33MONITORING TRANSMITTED SIGNALS ......... 33TRANSMIT INHIBIT ........................................... 33CHANGING FREQUENCY WHILETRANSMITTING ................................................ 33CW BREAK-IN ....................................................... 34USING SEMI BREAK-IN ORFULL BREAK-IN ................................................ 34ELECTRONIC KEYER ........................................... 34CHANGING KEYING SPEED ............................34AUTO WEIGHTING ........................................... 34Reversible Auto Weighting ............................34CHANGING LOCKED-WEIGHT ........................ 35BUG KEY FUNCTION ........................................ 35CW MESSAGE MEMORY ................................. 35Storing CW Messages .................................. 35Checking CW Messages without Transmitting35Transmitting CW Messages.......................... 35CHAPTER 9 REJECTING INTERFERENCE 36IF FILTER .............................................................. 36CHANGING IF FILTER BANDWIDTH ............... 36IF SHIFT ............................................................ 36NOISE BLANKER .................................................. 36