Kenwood TS-990S - Manual (Page 127)

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The PSK Encode/Decode screen has the following
layout.
Status Bar FFT SCOPE TX and RX Transcript
WATERFALL Text String Buffer Threshold Level
• Status bar: The band name and encode or decode in use
appear on the left side. The status of operation appears
on the right side with "31" or "63", "BPSK" or "QPSK". In
addition, the status (overwriting or insertion) of the text
string entry at the time when [Insert] of the USB keyboard is
pressed appears.
• Contents of transmission or reception: The text string
transmitted or received appears.
• Buffer of TX text string: The text string to be transmitted
appears.
• FFT scope: The audio FFT scope is used to check the tuning
state visually.
• Waterfall: The spectra transition of the receive audio signal is
displayed.
• Threshold: The input level threshold of the receive signal is
displayed.
You can operate the transceiver as shown below while the
PSK Encode/Decode screen is open.
• Pressing the [Page Up] or [Page Down] key on the USB
keyboard scrolls the contents of transmission and reception.
• Pressing [EXTEND] (F7) extends the PSK Encode/Decode
screen vertically.
The analog meter, if displayed on the main band, changes
to the digital meter.
If you press the key again, the displayed PSK Encode/
Decode screen and the meter revert to the previous
display.
• Pressing [PAUSE] (F3) pauses the text displayed in the
RTTY Encode/Decode screen. Pressing the key again
releases the pausing of the text.
• The text received while paused is not processed.
• Pressing and holding [(CLEAR)] (F4) deletes the text for
transmission and reception displayed in the PSK Encode/
Decode screen.
• Pressing [MORE] (F1) alternates the function key guide to
another one.
SELECTING MAIN BAND AND SUB BAND FOR
RECEPTION (PSK)
You can select decoding either on the main band or on the
sub band.
[F1] [F7]
[FSK/PSK/REV]
1 Press [FSK/ PSK/ REV] to enter PSK mode.
2 Press [DECODER] (F3) to open the PSK Encode/
Decode screen.
3 Press [M/S] (F2) to select either main band or sub
band.