Kenwood TS-870S - Manual (Page 16)

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3 GETTING ACQUAINTED
FRONT PANEL
q (POWER) switch
Press and hold down briefly to switch the transceiver
power ON. Press again to switch OFF the power
{page 19}.
w ATT DOWN/UP buttons
Press either button to step up or down through the
available receive signal attenuator selections. The
attenuator is OFF when all three selections of 6, 12, and
18 dB are not lit {page 53}.
e ANT button
Press to select Antenna 1 or Antenna 2 that are
connected to their respective antenna connectors on the
Rear Panel {pages 2, 63}.
r VOX button
In the voice modes, press to switch the Voice-Operated
Transmit function ON or OFF {page 45}. In CW mode,
switches the Break-in function ON or OFF {page 31}.
t FULL/SEMI button
In CW mode, press to select Full or Semi Break-in
operation which affects the transmit/receive recovery
time after sending stops {page 31}.
y AIP button
Press to switch the Advanced Intercept Point function
ON or OFF. When activated, the AIP function reduces
interference caused by the presence of very strong
signals. The function lowers the receive sensitivity by
about 10 dB, and the default is ON when frequencies
below 7490 kHz are selected {page 53}.
u AT TUNE button
After enabling the internal antenna tuner via the
THRU/AUTO button, press to activate the tuner. The
tuner will attempt to match the transceiver with the
antenna system {page 49}.
i SEND button
Press to switch the transceiver between receive and
transmit {page 23}.
o PHONES jack
Connect headphones to this jack. Inserting a plug into
this jack automatically mutes the audio from the speaker
{page 4}.
!0 THRU/AUTO button
Press to enable the internal antenna tuner. This button
does not start the tuning action (see u). The tuner can
be configured so that it is only in-line while transmitting,
or it can be in-line while both transmitting and receiving
{page 49}.
!1 METER button
Press to switch between the available functions on the
Front Panel meter {page 22}.
!2 PROC button
In SSB or AM mode, press to switch the Speech
Processor ON or OFF {pages 23, 46}.
!3 MONI button
Press to switch the Transmit Monitor function ON or
OFF so you can monitor your transmitted signal
{page 46}.
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
HF TRANSCEIVER TS-870 ON AIR AT TUNE
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