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Steve Dresser <[log in to unmask]>
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For blind ham radio operators <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 23 Jun 2011 09:26:09 -0400
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Ed,

That feature caused me no end of puzzlement when I first got the radio, so I 
spent a lot of time figuring out how it works.

Steve

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ed Malmgren" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 22:59
Subject: Re: Fw: 590 question


>    Steve, you explained that three q r gs on the key pad much better than 
> I
> did.  Keep up the good work.  73
> Ed   K7UC
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 7:51 PM
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Fw: 590 question
>
>> Butch,
>>
>> Pressing numbers on the keypad puts you on one of three frequencies 
>> within
>> a
>> band.  What they are depends on where you were in the band when you
>> pressed
>> a number key.  Think of each number key as a kind of three-position
>> temporary memory toggle for that band.  Just to add to the confusion, the
>> three values for each number key will change if you switch from VFO A to
>> VFO
>> B.
>>
>> This stuff is discussed to some extent in the manual, and you'll figure 
>> it
>> out if you play with it a bit more.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 16:53
>> Subject: Re: Fw: 590 question
>>
>>
>>> Yoou're right!!!  I didn't reallize pressing the button would change
>>> things.  Does it actually change transmit modes?  I don't know what the
>>> third press does, but it does switch the knobs from shift and width to
>>> high and low cut.  strange!!!
>>> 73
>>> Butch
>>> WA0VJR
>>> Node 3148
>>> Wallace, ks.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, 22 Jun 2011, Ed Malmgren wrote:
>>>
>>>> Butch, I think there is three frequencies on each one of those buttons
>>>> and I
>>>> think you may have gotten one on ssb and on the other button you got c
>>>> w.
>>>> That is the way it works I think.  73 K7UC
>>>>
>>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>>> From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 2:40 PM
>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> Subject: 590 question
>>>>
>>>>> I don't have a clue  how I got there, but when I push number 2 to go 
>>>>> to
>>>>> 75, the two knobs change high and low cut on sideband.  When I press
>>>>> the
>>>>> 5
>>>>> key to go to 20, they are shift and width?  What changes this?
>>>>> 73
>>>>> Butch
>>>>> WA0VJR
>>>>> Node 3148
>>>>> Wallace, ks.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
> 

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