Kenwood TS-870S Instruction Manual

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YOUR FIRST QSO8RECEIVING3 GETTING ACQUAINTEDNote:Only those buttons and controls required to briefly try thetransceiver are explained in this section.q Set the following as specified:• AF gain control: Fully counterclockwise• RF gain control: Fully clockwise• SQL control: Fully counterclockwisew Switch ON the DC power supply, then press andhold the [ ] (POWER) switch briefly.• The transceiver switches ON. Indicators andfrequency digits should light on the Display.e VFO A should already be selected for receive andtransmit as shown by the lit indicators in the[RX A] button and the [TX A] button. If not, pressthe [RX A] button.r Increase the AF gain control slowly clockwise untilyou hear a suitable level of background noise.t Select an Amateur band by pressing the [UP] or[DOWN] button.• First pressing the [1MHz] button beforepressing the [UP] or [DOWN] button lets youstep up or down in 1 MHz increments insteadof stepping between Amateur bands.y Select an operating mode by pressing the[LSB/USB] or [CW/–R] button.• Press the same button again to toggle to thesecond function on the button. For example,repeatedly pressing the [LSB/USB] buttonswitches between LSB and USB modes.u Turn the Tuning control to tune in a station. If nostations are heard but you have an antennaconnected, possibly the wrong antenna connectoris selected. Pressing the [ANT] button togglesbetween the Antenna 1 and the Antenna 2connectors.YOUR FIRST QSOSince you’ve now installed the TS-870S, why not try it? The instructions below are abbreviated. They are intendedonly to act as a quick introduction. If you encounter problems or there’s something you don’t understand, you canread about the subject in more detail later.AGCUSB5 04 93 82 71 6RX TXOFFCAR DELAYAGC KEY SPEEDMETER PROC MONI024 681 0024 681 0AUTONOTCHBEATCANCEL N.R. TX EQ.LO/WIDTH FILTER HI/SHIFTMICATTANT DOWN UPVOX FULL/SEMIAT TUNESENDTHRU/AUTOAIPPHONESPROC MONIMIC PWRAF RFNB SQLM.INREC F.LOCKCH 4 CLRCH 3 SCANCH 2 M>VFOCH 1 M.INENTER TF-SETMODELSB/USBFSK/— RCW/— RFM/AMFINE 1MHz DOWN UPA=B MENURITRIT/XITM.CH/VFO.CHXIT CLEAR NBABM.CHQUICK MEMOMRSLOW FAST024 681 0024 681 0024 681 0DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSORS975311025 50FILTERALC0204010060WdBUSBAGCHF TRANSCEIVER TS-870 ON AIR AT TUNEqqq rteywu