Kenwood TS-870S, Instruction Manual

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YOUR FIRST QSO
8
RECEIVING
3 GETTING ACQUAINTED
Note: Only those buttons and controls required to briefly try the
transceiver are explained in this section.
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Set the following as specified:
• AF gain control: Fully counterclockwise
• RF gain control: Fully clockwise
• SQL control: Fully counterclockwise
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Switch ON the DC power supply, then press and
hold the [ ] (POWER) switch briefly.
• The transceiver switches ON. Indicators and
frequency digits should light on the Display.
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VFO A should already be selected for receive and
transmit as shown by the lit indicators in the
[RX A] button and the [TX A] button. If not, press
the [RX A] button.
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Increase the AF gain control slowly clockwise until
you hear a suitable level of background noise.
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Select an Amateur band by pressing the [UP] or
[DOWN] button.
• First pressing the [1MHz] button before
pressing the [UP] or [DOWN] button lets you
step up or down in 1 MHz increments instead
of stepping between Amateur bands.
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Select an operating mode by pressing the
[LSB/USB] or [CW/–R] button.
• Press the same button again to toggle to the
second function on the button. For example,
repeatedly pressing the
[LSB/USB] button
switches between LSB and USB modes.
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Turn the Tuning control to tune in a station. If no
stations are heard but you have an antenna
connected, possibly the wrong antenna connector
is selected. Pressing the
[ANT] button toggles
between the Antenna 1 and the Antenna 2
connectors.
YOUR FIRST QSO
Since you’ve now installed the TS-870S, why not try it? The instructions below are abbreviated. They are intended
only to act as a quick introduction. If you encounter problems or there’s something you don’t understand, you can
read about the subject in more detail later.
AGC
USB
5 0
4 9
3 8
2 7
1 6
RX TX
OFF
CAR DELAY
AGC KEY SPEED
METER PROC MONI
0
2
4 6
8
1 0 0
2
4 6
8
1 0
AUTO
NOTCH BEAT
CANCEL
N.R. TX EQ.
LO/WIDTH FILTER HI/SHIFT
MIC
ATT
ANT DOWN UP
VOX FULL/SEMI
AT TUNE
SEND
THRU/AUTO
AIP
PHONES
PROC MONI
MIC PWR
AF RF
NB SQL
M.IN
REC F.LOCK
CH 4 CLR
CH 3 SCAN
CH 2 M>VFO
CH 1 M.IN
ENTER TF-SET
MODE
LSB
/USB
FSK
/— R
CW/— R
FM/AM
FINE
1MHz DOWN UP
A=B MENU
RIT
RIT/XIT
M.CH/VFO.CH
XIT CLEAR NB
A
B
M.CH
QUICK MEMO
MR
SLOW FAST
0
2
4 6
8
1 0
0
2
4 6
8
1 0
0
2
4 6
8
1 0
DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSOR
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9 7
5
3
1
10
25 50
FILTER
ALC
0
20
40
100
60
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dB
USB
AGC
HF TRANSCEIVER TS-870
ON AIR AT TUNE
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