Just hit enter on the direct entry keypad twice to read the frequency, most
Kenwood radios do that and the PF button is goof for S meter. Is the 480 not
like that?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lynn Roberts" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 10:39 PM
Subject: Re: ts480


> Howard and others,
> It appears that the PF key on the front panel can be reassigned to make
> voice-2 functions speak, however then the default voice-1 functions will
> not
> talk. Buying the optional MC-47 microphone and the needed MJ-88 adapter
> (the
> MC-47 has an round 8 pin connector and the radio has a 8 wire modular
> telephone-style rectangular mic jack) would give the operator 4 additional
> assignable PF keys on the microphone. This is one way. I'm going to ask
> Kenwood if using a 741/742 dtmf mic would work to give 4 pf keys and the
> dtmf would do something.
> Lynn
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Howard Kaufman" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, October 24, 2004 10:23 AM
> Subject: ts480
>
>
>> I got a good save in text from the ts480-e manual on the kenwood site.
>> Two questions.  They say that menu 16 is for rate of speech on the
>> speech.  Mine is pitch, has anybody figured out how to make it talk
> faster?
>> They also talk about PF keys, which seem to be the keys on the front of
> the
>> controol head.
>> They say one option is to make the S Meter talk.
>> Has anybody figured this one out?
>> So long as I am asking, how do you use the recorder to record cq's and
>> other CW messages?
>