Hi Colin,

I am copying the list so all see this.  I should have clarified.  There are
two PF buttons on the front of the radio.  You can program two different
voices on PFA which will read many things or perform other functions if you
choose not to program a voice into it.  PFB offers a third voice they call
voice3.  If you choose this, when you are transmitting it will read whatever
meter you have selected:  power, SWR, ALC or Comp.

Very 73.


 
Kevin :)
Amateur Radio:  K7RX
 

-----Original Message-----
From: colin McDonald [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2010 14:08
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: T S 590

Kevin:
what do you mean by the meter will speak it's readings?
I assume you mean beyond S-meter reading since nearly all the rigs with 
voice synths do that.
what meter readings will it give you? ALC?  AGC? SWR?  Power level, mic 
level, all that stuff?
73
Colin, V A6BKX

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kevin Nathan" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2010 11:16 AM
Subject: Re: T S 590


> Hi Ed,
>
> I absolutely love mine.  It is far superior to the 2000, both in the
> receiver and it's overall accessibility.  If you read the manual 
> carefully,
> you learn that even the meter will speak it's readings when you inquire
> which is something I've never seen before.  Last week I had it in the CW 
> DX
> contest and set the shift to 400 and bandwidth of the DSP to 250.  I would
> tune across a station, totally in the clear, and think the band was dead
> until I turned the tuning knob slightly and another station would pop into
> the receiver.  I've also found that you can narrow the DSP in SSB to 1000 
> Hz
> and still have very intelligible audio through it on a crowded contest 
> band.
> I haven't found anything yet I don't like about the radio.  I'm not so 
> happy
> with the Heil Goldline as a matching mic but I don't feel that is the 
> radios
> fault.
>
> One last item.  Kenwood just came out with an update for the firmware.
> Thursday night I was able to successfully run this update and only needed 
> my
> wife to read the display on the radio twice to confirm firmware versions.
> This was amazing to me.
>
> I hope that answers your questions.  Please feel free to write me with any
> others.
>
> Very 73.
>
>
>
> Kevin :)
> Amateur Radio:  K7RX
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Ed Malmgren
> Sent: Friday, December 03, 2010 21:04
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: T S 590
>
> I was wondering what the thoughts about  the new rig is by now for the 
> gang
> that bought them?  How do they compare to the 2 K?  Maybe time is to short
> to really know.  Tnx.  73
> Ed  K7UC
>