Kenwood TS-590S - Manual (Page 19)

11
3 OPERATING BASICS
SELECTING A BAND
Press [1.8 (1)] ~ [50 (0)] or [GENE] to select your
desired band.
• Press each key to cycle through the 3 default
settings as shown in the table below.
• Each setting can be modified with your personal
preference for frequency and mode. After
modifying the setting, pressing the key again will
save that setting.
Key Type
Frequency
Range
(MHz)
Default Setting (MHz)/
Mode
1 2 3
[1.8 (1)]
K
1.62 ~ 2
1.8/
CW 1.82/
CW
1.84/
CW
E
1.83/
CW
1.84/
CW
1.81/
CW
[3.5 (2)]
K
3 ~ 4
3.5/
LSB
3.7/
LSB
3.8/
LSB
E
3.79/
LSB
[7 (3)]
K
6.5 ~ 7.5
7.0/
LSB
7.1/
LSB
7.2/
LSB
E
7.05/
LSB
7.1/
LSB
[10 (4)] All 10 ~ 10.5
10.1/
CW
10.12/
CW
10.14/
CW
[14 (5)] All 13.5 ~ 14.5
14.0/
USB
14.1/
USB
14.2/
USB
[18 (6)] All 18 ~ 19
18.068/
USB
18.11/
USB
18.15/
USB
[21 (7)] All 20.5 ~ 21.5
21.0/
USB
21.15/
USB
21.3/
USB
[24 (8)] All 24 ~ 25
24.89/
USB
24.93/
USB
24.95/
USB
[28 (9)] All 27.5 ~ 30
28/
USB
28.3/
USB
29/
FM
[50 (0)]
K
50 ~ 54
50/
USB
50.125/
USB
51/
FM
E
50.15/
USB
[GENE]
K
0.03 ~ 60
0.1357/
CW
5.3305/
USB
5.4035/
USB
E
5.2585/
USB
SELECTING A MODE
Press one of the following keys to select your desired
mode set: [LSB/USB], [CW/FSK (REV)], or [FM/AM
(FM-N)].
[LSB/USB]
Press to select LSB or USB mode. Press again to
toggle between LSB and USB mode.
While in LSB mode, press [DATA] to toggle between
LSB and LSB-DATA mode. Likewise, while in USB
mode press [DATA] to toggle between USB and USB-
DATA mode.
Additionally, while in LSB-DATA or USB-DATA mode,
you can press [LSB/USB] to toggle between LSB-
DATA and USB-DATA mode.
[CW/FSK (REV)]
Press to select CW or FSK mode. Press again to
toggle between CW and FSK mode.
While in CW mode, press and hold [CW/FSK (REV)]
to toggle between CW and CW-R mode. Likewise,
while in FSK mode press and hold [CW/FSK (REV] to
toggle between FSK and FSK-R mode.
Additionally, while in CW-R or FSK-R mode, you can
press [CW/FSK (REV)] to toggle between CW-R and
FSK-R mode.
[FM/AM (FM-N)]
Press to select FM or AM mode. Press again to
toggle between FM and AM mode.
While in FM mode, press and hold [FM/AM (FM-N)]
to toggle between FM and FM-NAR mode, or press
[DATA] to toggle between FM and FM-DATA mode.
Additionally, while in FM-NAR mode, press [DATA] to
toggle between FM-NAR and FM-NAR-DATA mode
and while in FM-DATA mode, press and hold [FM/AM
(FM-N)] to toggle between FM-DATA and FM-NAR-
DATA mode.
Access Menu No. 23 then press [M.IN] to select “on”
to turn the Auto Mode selection ON. When it is ON,
“
” appears. As a default, if you change the
frequency above or below 9.5 MHz, the transceiver
automatically switches modes; LSB for frequencies
under 9.5 MHz and USB for frequencies 9.5 MHz and
over. You can further add the frequency borders to the
Auto Mode selection {page 51}.