Ron,
Yes hitting enter twice will give you freq read out.
I use a MFJ high power auto tuner (no problems) and am not familiar with
the LDG, but doesn't it have an interface to connect to the radio?
Usually an optional cable involved.
There is a 6 pin Molex connector on the back of the radio, next to the
power connection. With the proper cable connected to the tuner the
tuner button on the front of the radio activates the external tuner,
bypassing the internal tuner. When you hit the tune button on the
radio, the radio goes to CW and drops to 10 watts, the external tuner
does its thing and all is well.
Also, you probably know this, but if you have a mic with up and down
buttons, and are willing to live without the up and down function, you
can remap those buttons to act as pf keys. More pf keys are always better.
73, Steve KW3A
On 9/8/2014 9:16 AM, Dr. Ronald E. Milliman wrote:
> Steve, the way you have your rig set-up using the programmable function
> buttons the way you told me still allows you to hit the enter button twice
> to get the frequency, right? Right now, I have mine set-up so the
> programmable function button A next to the power button puts me into TX tune
> when I press it so I can use my new external AT-1000PRO II automatic antenna
> tuner
> With a steady 10 watt signal. However, I am going to re-program my pFB
> button the way you have yours and the way some of the other fellows here on
> the list seem to have theirs.
>
> Ron, K8HSY
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Steve Forst
> Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2014 9:09 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Getting a voice read-out of the SWR on the TS-590
>
> Almost forgot: transmit monitor must be off or the speech will not
> work in TX. I also was wrong in that hitting menu twice won't give
> freq. I always hit enter twice, and thought menu key would do the same, but
> doesn't seem to do so.
>
> 73, Steve KW3A
>
> On 9/7/2014 10:03 PM, Steve Forst wrote:
>> I have mine set like this:
>>
>> menu79 =201
>>
>> This is for pf key A which is to the left of the power button. Set
>> this way it will give S meter in receive and power output in transmit.
>>
>> menu 80 = 202
>>
>> This is for pf key B which is the right key of the 2 keys above the
>> keypad. This will do nothing in receive, but will give swr, alc, or
>> compression levels while in transmit. Which one is spoken is set by
>> hitting the drv/meter key just to the left of this pf B key. It
>> willtoggle between the various meter functions. Don't give it a long
>> press, or you will enable the drive function.
>>
>> If you set up this way, you would need to hit enter twice or menu key
>> twice to get the frequency readout.
>>
>> 73, Steve KW3A
>>
>> On 9/7/2014 9:45 PM, Dr. Ronald E. Milliman wrote:
>>> It seems like some time ago, someone told us here on the Blind Hams'
>>> list how they were able to configure their TS-590 to give them a way
>>> of getting a voice read-out of the SWR shown by the meter on their
>>> transceiver. If I am correct and not just hallucinating again, will
>>> you please send me the details of
>>>
>>> how to do this?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I received my new AT1000PRO II and got it connected up. My initial
>>> reaction is very positive. I am now able to get on all frequencies of
>>> all bands 160 -
>>> 6 meters with this tuner. However, I have discovered that to get the
>>> absolute lowest possible SWR, I really need some way of knowing my
>>> actual SWR reading. It isn't absolutely imperative, but it would be
>>> useful to achieve the lowest possible SWR. The automatic tuner does
>>> an excellent job, but there are buttons that allow fine adjustments
>>> in the capacitance and inductance, which facilitates achieving the
>>> absolute lowest possible swr, the difference between say, 1.5 to 1 and
> 1.2 to 1.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Ron, K8HSY
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Dr. Ronald E. Milliman
>>>
>>> Retired Professor of Marketing
>>>
>>>
>>>
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