Doug that is some very good info and I ddidn't know it worked that way so
much thanks and 73.
Ed K7UC
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From: "Doug Payne" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 10:28 AM
To: <[log in to unmask]>
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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