Doug,
The trouble is that you really need more PF keys to do all that we want them
to do. When the B key is set to read the S-meter on receive, it reads the
power on transmit. I might even like to see the A key read power on
transmit, but I can also think of reasons why it should behave just as it
does now. I've thought of building a box with four buttons that would
access the other PF keys, but that project is enough like work so I haven't
done it yet. It's always easy to think of better ways to do things once you
have the radio in front of you, but not so easy to design in everything you
want before you have a working model.
Incidentally, did you know that if you press and hold the filter button you
can use the A key to read the high and low settings? You have to be quick
about it because after a couple of seconds that segment of the display
reverts back to showing the frequency or menu setting.
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Payne" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 00:38
Subject: Re: some question on TS590 carrier settings and meter function
switch
> HI Steve,
>
> I know what you mean. I'm generally very impressed by the thoughtful
> design
> and implementation of the speech output, but I find myself wishing it were
> configurable, too. My biggest wishes are:
> -- Combine voice option 201 and 202 (or is it 200 and 201?), so that, by
> default, PFB reads the S-meter on receive, and the lower meter (ALC, SWR)
> on
> transmit.
> -- Add an option so that VGS-1 could reade the XIT offset instead of the
> transmit frequency when XIT is enabled.
> -- Modify speech output so that increasing the speech rate does not
> increase
> the foice pitch.
>
> Just in case you haven't tried it...even if the VGS-1 is off, pressing PFA
> after pressing the TX Power button will tell you your power output
> setting.
> And, of course, if you are using a Kenwood microphone, you can program the
> PF keys there, too.
>
> --Doug
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Steve Dresser
> Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 9:46 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: some question on TS590 carrier settings and meter function
> switch
>
> Doug,
>
> Much as I hate to hear the constant frequency announcements, there are
> other
> things I like to hear, such as power announcement when I press that
> button.
> I wish there were a way to customize which items are announced, but alas,
> nothing is perfect. I also wish there were more than two PF keys because
> I'd like to use some of the other functions without having to change
> menus.
> A partial solution for this is to use the A and B menus with the PF keys
> defined differently in each. In my A menu, the keys are set to their
> defaults. In the B menu, I set PF1 to Tune so that it keys the
> transmitter
> with a low power (15 watts). PF2 is set to Voice3, which reads the lower
> half of the meter display when the transmitter is keyed. In a perfect
> world, I'd like to have a C, D, and maybe even an E setting for other menu
> configurations, which is what I thought the Quick Menu would do until I
> tried it. I guess that's the trouble: the more options you have, the more
> you want.
>
> Steve
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Doug Payne" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 12:28
> Subject: Re: some question on TS590 carrier settings and meter function
> switch
>
>
>> Yup, it's a little scary when that happens. Fortunately, it's fairly
>> easy to rescue yourself, assuming the PFA key is set to the default
>> setting. As you probably already know, even if the BGS-1 is turned
>> off, pressing PFA will still red the frequency when pressed. Well, it
>> will also read the current menu number and value if you press it while
>> in the menu system. So, to fix this, press the menu key, press PFA,
>> and note where you are. Then rotate the multi-function key the correct
>> number of clicks, using the PFA key to verify your location. You are
>> looking for menu 09. Once you are there, press the up arrow key. VGS-1
>> will say "on". Then press the menu key to save and exit.
>>
>> Now that I am familiar with the rig, I leave the VGS-1 turned off most
>> of the time. I get tired of having the frequency automatically
>> announced whenever I change bands or enable split.
>>
>> I haven't tried it, but you could probably place menu 09 in the quick
>> menu for easier access, should you ever end up with no speech by mistake.
>>
>> --Doug,AC7t
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: For blind ham radio operators
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>> On Behalf Of Tom Behler
>> Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2011 7:42 AM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: some question on TS590 carrier settings and meter
>> function switch
>>
>> Ed:
>>
>> A similar thing happened to me once right after I got my TS590.
>>
>> I too was doing something in the menus, and managed to shut the VGS1
>> off, so had no speech.
>>
>> Thank the lord for the XYL!!!!
>>
>> They usually get us out of trouble, don't they! (grin)
>>
>>
>> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Ed Malmgren" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Friday, December 02, 2011 10:41 PM
>> Subject: Fw: some question on TS590 carrier settings and meter
>> function switch
>>
>>
>>> Curtis, I have pulled that stunt also.
>>> One dandy boo boo I did the other day was in the menus where I got the
>>> setting on Speaking Japanese and pushed a wrong button and then I
>>> could not understand what the hell was going , I tried a quick lesson
>>> on that language but failed so had to have my X Y L read the window
>>> which thank goodness was
>>> in English. I'm applying for my novice ticket again hi.73 Ed K7UC
>>>
>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>> From: "Curtis Delzer" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Friday, December 02, 2011 7:41 PM
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Subject: Re: some question on TS590 carrier settings and meter
>>> function switch
>>>
>>>> be sure you don't attempt to use the rig after you have cycled that
>>>> "meter" switch, that is for running your rig at a few milliwatts for
>>>> powering a UHF/VHS transverter or linear which requires only a
>>>> little bit of drive. I found that out, when I didn't realize my rig
>>>> was in that mode and was not enough to run the antenna tuner, and
>>>> rig was thereby, useless as a transmitter. :)
>>>>
>>>> Curtis Delzer
>>>>
>>>> W B 6 H E F
>>>> Fessenden, North Dakota; 58438-7300
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> At 04:28 PM 11/27/2011, you wrote:
>>>>>Hi, everyone.
>>>>>
>>>>>Today, I was late for the cross-country blind ops net, but did have
>>>>>a nice chat afterwords on 14.258 with Steve (KW3A) and Bob (WA0KZB).
>>>>>Hope I got your call right, Bob. (grin)
>>>>>
>>>>>Anyway, Steve indicated that I sounded a bit light, so I did some
>>>>>re-adjusting of carrier and mic gain settings so that now, for SSB,
>>>>>my carrier setting is 50, and my mic gain setting is 68. These are
>>>>>close to, if not identical to, the settings Steve uses for his Heil
>>>>>mic, and since I too have a Heil GM5 mic, I thought I'd replicate
>>>>>those settings.
>>>>>
>>>>>When I did some testing, my ALC meter said "over" several times, but
>>>>>when I backed off from the mic a bit, the readings ran between 12
>>>>>and 14.
>>>>>
>>>>>So, I think I'm clost to being in the ball park here.
>>>>>
>>>>>Do these settings sound reasonable?
>>>>>
>>>>>My next questions are these: 1. can you vary the carrier settings
>>>>>by mode?; and 2. What's a reasonable carrier setting for CW mode?
>>>>>And,
>> ?
>>>>>
>>>>>Finally, I made one other interesting discovery here: If I press
>>>>>the meter function button longer than usual, I seem to go into a
>>>>>mode where the carrier function does not read out any longer. In
>>>>>other words, I get "a0"
>>>>>no matter what I do. Does anyone know what this extra function of
>>>>>the meter function button is?
>>>>>
>>>>>I thought I'd ask these questions here, rather than posting them to
>>>>>the
>>>>>TS590 list, where folks might not totally understand what we have to
>>>>>go through to make things work correctly sometimes.
>>>>>
>>>>>73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>>
>>
>
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