Kenwood TS-2000 - Manual (Page 45)

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COMMUNICATING AIDS
RECEIVING
SELECTING YOUR FREQUENCY
In addition to turning the Tuning control or pressing
Mic [UP]/ [DWN], there are several other ways to
select your frequency. This section describes
additional methods of frequency selection that may
save you time and effort.
■ Direct Frequency Entry
When the desired frequency is far removed from
the current frequency, directly entering a
frequency from the numeric keypad is usually the
fastest method.
1 Press [ENT].
• “- - - . - - - . - - ” appears.
2 Press the numeric keys ([0] to [9]) to enter
your desired frequency.
• Pressing [ENT] fills the remaining digits (the
digits you did not enter) with 0 and
completes the entry.
• To select 1.85 MHz for example, press [0],
[0], [0], [1], [8], [5], then press [ENT] to
complete the input (7 key strokes).
• To shorten the key strokes, you can also
use [•] as MHz. Press [1], [•] (MHz), [8],
[5], then press [ENT] to complete the input
(5 key strokes).
• Pressing [CLR] cancels the entry and
restores the current VFO frequency.
Note:
◆ You can enter the frequency in the range of 30.00 kHz to
1299.99999 MHz. Refer to the specifications for the
available frequency range.
◆ Attempting to enter a frequency that is outside the
selectable frequency range causes an alarm to sound.
The entered frequency is rejected.
◆ When the entered frequency does not meet the current
VFO frequency step size requirement, the nearest
available frequency is automatically selected (sub-
receiver). The nearest available frequency is
automatically selected after the entered frequency is
changed (main transceiver).
◆ When the 10 Hz digit (last displayed digit) is entered, the
digit 0 is automatically entered for the 1 Hz digit, and
frequency entry is completed. The 1 Hz digit is not
displayed.
◆ When an entered frequency is accepted, RIT or XIT will be
switched OFF, but the RIT or XIT offset frequency is not
cleared.
◆ After recalling memory channels 290 to 299 that have
Start and End frequencies stored, the receive frequency
can be changed by using Direct Frequency Entry within
the programmed range.
■ Using 1 MHz Steps
Pressing [+]/ [–] on the front panel changes
Amateur bands. You can also use the MULTI/ CH
control to change the operating frequency in steps
of 1 MHz.
1 Press [1MHz/ SEL].
• “MHz” appears.
2 Turn the MULTI/ CH control.
• Clockwise increases the frequency, counter-
clockwise decreases the frequency.
3 Press [1MHz/ SEL] to exit the function.
• “MHz” disappears.
If you prefer to change the frequency in steps of
100 kHz or 500 kHz steps rather than 1 MHz, press
[FUNC], [1MHz/ SEL] then turn the MULTI/ CH
control to select 100 kHz or 500 kHz.
Note: Even if 100 kHz or 500 kHz is selected for the [1MHz/ SEL]
key, the MHz icon appears.
■ Quick QSY
To move up or down the frequency quickly, use the
MULTI/ CH control. Turning this control changes
the operating frequency in steps of 5 kHz for SSB/
CW/ FSK and 10 kHz for FM/ AM (below 60 MHz).
• If you want to change the default frequency
step size, press [FUNC], [9/ FINE/STEP].
Select 5 kHz, 6.25 kHz, 10 kHz, 12.5 kHz,
15 kHz, 20 kHz, 25 kHz, 30 kHz, 50 kHz or
100 kHz for FM/ AM, and 1 kHz, 2.5 kHz,
5 kHz, or 10 kHz for the other modes. The
default step size is 5 kHz for SSB/ CW/ FSK/
AM and 10 kHz for FM (below 60 MHz).
• When changing the operating frequency by
using the MULTI/ CH control, frequencies are
rounded such that new frequencies are
multiples of the frequency step size. To cancel
this function, access Menu No. 04 and select
“OFF” (default is ON).
• Within the AM broadcast band, the step size
automatically defaults to the frequency step
value in Menu No. 05. This step size can be
switched between 9 kHz (all E-types: ON) and
5 kHz (K-type: OFF) via Menu No. 05.
Note: The programmed frequency step size for the MULTI/ CH
control is stored independently for the HF/ 50 MHz, 144 MHz,
430/ 440 MHz and 1.2 GHz bands (main transceiver). You can
also set a different frequency step size for SSB, CW, FSK, AM
and FM modes. The sub-receiver also stores the independent
frequency step size for 118 MHz (K-type only), 144 MHz,
300 MHz (K-type only), and 430/ 440 MHz bands. You can also
set a different frequency step size for FM and AM.