The mic control doesn't click, but beyond that, it sounds almost exactly the
same, including the adjustments on the top cover. I kind of like that radio,
it looks like fun and I was receiving with it a little earlier this
afternoon. I liked it. I know someone who uses a TS-120 every day, all day
and like most of the Kenwoods, he hasn't killed it yet.
Thanks for that, that is pretty good help. I was confused on CW because the
filter sounds as wide as the SSB filter but I'm looking out for the YK88C
filter to stick in it while I'm working on it.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lou Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 9:20 PM
Subject: Re: TS-120
> Hi John.
>
> I have a partial answer for you.
>
> I had the TS130S which was fairly similar in design.
>
> To operate it in CW, you should have a 3 position knob to the left of the
> main tuning knob. I think, although it has been years, that you need to
> switch it to the left most position for CW. Then you will need to turn
> the
> VOX on. It is one of the pushbuttons to the left of the VFO knob (I think
> it is the leftmost, but wouldn't swear to it absolutely). The pushbuttons
> to the right of the VFO knob are for receive functions--I think one is a
> Noise Blanker, one is for the RIT, and probably the other is RF ATT or
> else
> for the NARROW filters. This is where the TS120S and the TS130S were
> apparently different as the TS130S had four buttons on each side of the
> VFO
> knob. On the right side you have four sets of knobs. In the lower right
> corner is your band switch, to the left of it is the RIT and IF SHIFT
> knobs--inner knob is RIT, and the ring is the IF SHIFT. The IF SHIFT
> probably has a detent in the center position if it is like the
> TS130S. Above the bandswitch on the top right is the Volume and RF Gain
> controls. The volume is the inner knob and the ring is the RF Gain.
>
> On the left of the volume and RF Gain controls you have the MIC and
> JCARRIER controls. The inner knob adjusts the MIC Gain, and the outer
> ring
> adjusts the carrier level for CW. If the TS120S was set up like the
> TS130/S, when the MIC control was fully counter clockwise, it would click
> and you would turn on the crystal calibrator. That was the one thing
> about
> the TS130S that was a pain in the butt. You couldn't just leave the MIC
> Gain set if you ever wanted to use the crystal calibrator. Of course, I
> just looked at the digital display as my vision would correct out to 20-40
> in those days with glasses. I have fond memories of that little TS130S,
> although I did find that it was a little more prone to TVI problems than
> any of the other radios that I've owned.
>
> Also, one other nice thing about that radio is that you can use it with
> either a high or a low impedance microphone--it will work with anything
> between 500 and 50,000 ohms. It sounds especially good with the MC50
> Kenwood desk mic, but I've used the Shure 444, the Shure 444D, and a
> Turner
> 355C hand mic with good results on all.
>
> The radio drawsaround 18 amps on transmit, so you can get away with
> running
> it on an Astron RS20A (I ran for 4 years that way without any problems).
>
> You probably also have three controls (potentiometers) on the top cover of
> the radio. The left one is VOX Gain, the middle one is VOX Delay, and the
> right one is Anti-VOX.
>
> Hope this helps. Enjoy the radio.
>
> 73, de Lou K2LKK
>
> P.S. The TS130S was my first high power solid state HF transceiver. I had
> to throw in the high power qualifier because I put a Heath HW8 on the air
> about 4 months before I bought the TS130S.
>
>
>
> At 05:39 PM 2/26/2008 -0500, you wrote:
>>Here's an off the wall one,
>>I picked up a TS-120 to fix up and, see what happens I may sell it or I
>>may
>>keep it, it is kind of a nice radio I just don't need another one.
>>Anyway, does anyone have a front panel layout on that radio they'd share
>>with me? I figured out most of it, I just don't know how to get it in CW,
>>and basically the 3 buttons to either side of the tuning dial.
>>
>>It's not a bad little radio, no voice read out but I may hang on to it for
>>PSK31 even, it's kind of small if I can make room who knows.
>>John Miller N1UMJ
>>AIM and yahoo messenger: N1UMJ Skype: n1umjjohn
>>home page:
>>http://home.comcast.net/~n1umj/wsb/html/view.cgi-home.html-.html
>>myspace: http://www.myspace.com/n1umj
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>
> Louis Kim Kline
> A.R.S. K2LKK
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