Kenwood TS-990S - Manual (Page 117)

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ASSISTING YOUR SMOOTH QSO 5
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USING THE USB KEYBOARD TO TRANSMIT A
TEXT STRING
You can connect a commercially available USB keyboard
to the transceiver to enter and transmit a text string.
TRANSMITTING THE ENTERED TEXT STRING AS
ENTERED
[F1] [F7]
[FSK/PSK/REV]
1 Connect a USB keyboard to the (USB-A)
connector.
2 Press [FSK/ PSK/ REV] to enter RTTY (FSK) mode.
3 Press [DECODER] (F3) to open the RTTY Encode/
Decode screen.
4 Press [F12] on the USB keyboard to start to transmit.
The "BUSY/TX" LED lights red and "ENCODE" appears on
the status bar.
5 Enter the text strings using the USB keyboard.
• The entered text string is placed and displayed in the text
string buffer and transmitted as entered.
• Each letter in the text string buffer changes its color in
sequence when the letter is transmitted.
• Text strings transmitted are displayed in sequence in the
TX and RX Transcript.
6 Press [F12] on the USB keyboard to stop transmission.
Note:
◆ If letters not transmitted yet remain in the text string buffer when
[F12] is pressed at step 6, "WAIT" appears on the status bar.
When the entire text string is transmitted, the transceiver enters the
receive mode and the "BUSY/TX" LED and "WAIT" are unlit.
STORING TEMPORARILY AND TRANSMITTING THE
TEXT STRING IN THE BUFFER
1 Connect a USB keyboard to the (USB-A)
connector.
2 Press [FSK/ PSK/ REV] to enter RTTY (FSK) mode.
3 Press [DECODER] (F3) to open the RTTY Encode/
Decode screen.
4 Enter the text strings using the USB keyboard.
The entered text string is placed and displayed in the text
string buffer.
5 Press [F12] of the USB keyboard to send a text string.
• The transceiver transmits the text string accumulated in the
text string buffer.
• The "BUSY/TX" LED lights red and "ENCODE" appears on
the status bar when the transceiver is in a transmit state.
• Each letter in the text string buffer changes its color in
sequence when the letter is transmitted. Each letter
transmitted appears sequentially the TX and RX Transcript.
6 Press [F12] of the USB keyboard to receive.
Note:
◆ If letters not transmitted yet remain in the text string buffer when
[F12] is pressed at step 6, "WAIT" appears on the status bar.
When the entire text string is transmitted, the transceiver enters the
receive mode and the "BUSY/TX" LED and "WAIT" are unlit.
◆ The transceiver enters the receiving mode if [ESC] on the USB
keyboard is pressed while the text string is being transmitted.
Transmission of the text string ends, and any text waiting for
transmission in the text string buffer is deleted.
◆ You can add time stamp and frequency information in the transmit
and receive data displayed in the TX and RX Transcript.
◆ You can pause the transmission of the text string using the USB
keyboard by pressing [PAUSE] (F3). Another press of [PAUSE]
(F3) releases the pause.
◆ The text string temporarily stored in the text string buffer can
contain a maximum of 4,300 characters.
◆ The following alphanumeric characters and signs can be entered
from the USB keyboard.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N
O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 0 1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ! “ # $ & '
( ) . , - ? : ; / Space Line Break