Ron,

I've had my 590 for a year and a half and I'm still learning the various 
uses of all those buttons.  I have some of the same questions as you, but I 
don't use a number of the buttons, because they seem to relate to modes and 
functions that don't interest me.

With all that, I love the rig, and it will probably be the last rig I ever 
buy.


73,
Gale
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dr. Ronald E. Milliman" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, November 15, 2013 10:34 PM
Subject: The new world of ham radio: is this science fiction?


I would love to have a TS-590, but I've read the manual, and it sounds
soooooooo complicated. If you press a button it does one thing; press it
again, and it does the opposite, and if you press and hold it for 2 seconds,
it does something entirely differently. Then, what is this USB data and LSB
data stuff? I've been inactive for a few years, and I feel like I'm in a
totally different world of ham radio. Do you people really fully understand
and use all of the buttons, features and functions on rigs like the TS-590
and the TM-V71A?

Ron, K8HSY
73,
Gale
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