Kenwood TS-990S, Instruction Manual

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ASSISTING YOUR SMOOTH QSO 5
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In SWL mode, the following functions are restricted.
Function Status
Transmit Disabled
Transmission of a voice message Disabled
Encoding and decoding the RTTY/
PSK message
Disabled
Transmission of a CW message Disabled
Transmit Power Limiter Disabled
Changing Meter Disabled
Changing the TX filter type Disabled
Transverter activation Disabled
FM tone Disabled
Antenna tuning Disabled
Configurations associated with RX
equalizer
Can toggle between active and
inactive. However, the status, either
active or inactive, does not appear.
Configurations associated with TX
equalizer
Disabled
Meter display Dedicated to the main band.
SWITCHING THE BAND WHILE IN SWL MODE
To change the broadcast band while the transceiver is
in SWL mode, you can press [BAND ] (F) or
[BAND ] (F). "nn m" appears while the frequency
is within the range of the band. The following table shows
broadcast bands that are preset in the transceiver.
Broadcast and
Meter Band
Lower limit
[kHz]
Upper limit
[kHz]
Default [kHz] and Mode
LW 145 285 145
AM
MW 525 1705 525
120 m 2300 2495 2300
90 m 3200 3400 3200
60 m 4750 5060 4750
49 m 5900 6200 5900
41 m 7200 7450 7200
31 m 9400 9900 9400
25 m 11600 12100 11600
21 m 13570 13870 13570
19 m 15100 15800 15100
16 m 17480 17900 17480
15 m 18900 19020 18900
13 m 21450 21850 21450
11 m 25670 26100 25670
The band divisions configured in the transceiver in SWL
mode may differ from general definitions of meter bands.
In SWL mode, you can operate the transceiver as follows:
• RX Play: Pressing [RX PLAY] displays the list of the stored
audio files.
• Scan: Pressing [SCAN] starts a scan. When the scan stops
at a frequency, the transceiver starts receiving signals on the
frequency.
• Referring to the memory channel list: Pressing [M.LIST]
displays the memory channel list.
AUDIO SOURCE LINES FOR TX AUDIO
The transceiver incorporates audio source lines, such as
microphone, OPTICAL, USB audio, and ACC 2 input
lines, for a variety of audio signals. You can select one or
more of the audio source lines depending on the mode or
selected method for transmission.
[F1]~[F7]
[MULTI/CH]
[ESC] [DATA]
1 Press and hold [DATA/SEL] to open the Modulation
Source screen.
In the list that appears on this screen, the "lines" represent
methods to select the transmit mode and “rows” represents
the audio input source.
2 Press [ ] (F2) or [ ] (F3) and select the
desired method for transmit mode selection.
3 Press [ ] (F3) or [ ] (F5) to select the row
for the audio source.
4 Press [ON/OFF] (F6) to toggle the selected audio
source between On and Off.
• You can also rotate the MULTI/CH control to select "On" or
"Off" for the audio source line selected at step 3. If "On" is
configured, audio entered from the selected audio source
will be transmitted, and if "Off" is configured, the audio
from the selected audio source will be muted, and no audio
signal will be transmitted.
• Pressing and holding [(RESET)] (F1) resets the
configurations for the audio source for each transmitting
method to the defaults.
5 Press [ ] (F1).