Hi Kent,
If I understand your question correctly, here goes:
Knob at the bottom right of the front panel is volume and RF gain. The
inner knob is AF gain (volume control), and the outer knob is RF gain.
For starters, make sure the RF gain (outer knob) is full clockwise,
or you will lose signal. The inner knob, AF gain/volume is
clockwise makes the volume louder.
Knob to the left of the one mentioned above:
These are the high and low cut of the filter bandwidth in voice mode,
and bandwidth and shift in cw
In ssb, the outer knob is low cut and the inner knob is high cut.
These will speak as you turn the knobs and the voice will give you the
values. Adjust the high and low cut of the filters for your liking
In cw, the outer knob sets bandwidth and the inner knob sets shift.
If you want to use the cw auto tune feature, you can't have the
filter set too wide, or the shift too high, or auto tune won't grab the
signal.
So turn it on and play with it. Have fun, Steve KW3A
On 12/26/2013 11:22 PM, Kent Plemmons wrote:
> I hope to talk with you when I get going on the radio. Right now I'm trying
> to get familiar with the controls. I'm really looking forward to getting on
> the air.
>
> I do have another question though that you can probably help me with. What
> is the function of the inside knobs of both the bottom right rotary knob and
> the rotary knob immediately to the left of the bottom right knob? I
> downloaded the description of the front panel from IcanWorkThisThing.com.
> The file was really a good description but it didn't identify what the
> inside knobs' functions were.
>
> Thank you a bunch,
> Kent KK4FFF
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Steve Forst
> Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2013 5:00 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: TS590S front and rear panel
>
> Hi Kent,
>
> Hope you are enjoying the radio. I did forget to mention the raised
> dots for the RCA jacks, but I had noticed them earlier. I don't
> recall if I ever knew about the bumps for the antennas, but maybe 2 months
> ago John WA2U from NY who sometimes checks into the 40 meter roundtable had
> mentioned it to me and I found the dots for the RCA jacks
> when I started feeling around the rear panel to see what else might be
> there.
>
> Hope to catch you on the air sometime.
>
> 73, Steve KW3A
>
> On 12/26/2013 4:40 PM, Kent Plemmons wrote:
>> Hi Steve,
>> In the last email you sent to me regarding the rear panel of the
>> Ts590S, you mentioned a single dot for antenna 1 and a double dot for
>> antenna 2. You have probably already found this so I mention it also
>> for the sake of others, there is also a single dot just to the left of
>> the left RCA jack and a double dot to the right of the right-most RCA
>> jack. I think it is really great that Kenwood would go to the effort
>> and forthought to place these tactile markers for visually impaired
>> users. In the overall scheme of things, we are a tiny minority of
>> purchasers of this radio yet they still do this.
>>
>> Kent Plemmons KK4FFF
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: For blind ham radio operators
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>> On Behalf Of Steve Forst
>> Sent: Friday, December 20, 2013 4:51 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: TS590S front and rear panel
>>
>> Kent,
>>
>> There is no 590a so it must be a typo. I did get my front panel list
>> from icanworkthisthing.com
>>
>> I don't remember getting a rear panel list anywhere, but there isn't
>> much back there (compared to the front), so here it goes:
>>
>> Looking at the rear, across the top from left to right:
>> Ant2
>> Ant1
>> (feel between the 2 connectors towards the top of the radio and feel
>> 2 raised dots near Ant 2, and 1 dot for Ant1)
>>
>> Moving to the right just below the top is the 6 pin molex for
>> external auto tuner.
>>
>> At the far right, upper right hand corner is the 4 pin molex power
>> connector
>>
>> Across the bottem from left to right:
>> RS232
>> USB
>> 1/8 jack for external speaker
>> 13 pin round din for data connection and audio in/out
>> 7 pin round din for amplifier connection
>> 1/8 jack for straight key or pc cw keying
>> 1/4 jack for cw paddle
>>
>> At the far right, lower right hand corner of the rear panel are 2 RCA
> jacks.
>> One is for RX antenna, and the other is for driving a transverter or
>> something. I forget which is which off hand, but you won't need these
>> right now I'm sure.
>>
>> 73, have fun, Steve KW3A
>>
>>
>> On 12/20/2013 3:59 PM, Kent Plemmons wrote:
>>> Hi list,
>>>
>>> Does anyone know where I could get a description of both the rear and
>>> front panel of the TS-590S? I see where icanworkthisthing.com has a
>>> description of a TS-590A. Would this be the same as the TS-590S?
>>>
>>> I'm reading the manual of the TS-590S from icanworkthisthing.com but
>>> it does not provide location information of the connections on the
>>> rear
>> panel.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thank you for any help,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Kent Plemmons
>>>
>>> Clyde NC KK4FFF
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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