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1. I ve only had my 590 for about 2 weeks and was disappointed when experienced the same problem Does everyone experience the bottom of the freq readout problem am running Windows 7 OS got to thinking about screen resolution and stumbled onto the solution In the Display setting for the Windows Control Panel had the option of text character size set to 125 Medium The default is 100 The result was that my screen resolution was effectively reduced because all of the icons and displays were increased in size to 125 of normal That made it easier for my tired old eyes to read the screen but obviously some of the pixels from the frequency display when using the ARCP 590 software fell into the bit bucket The ARCP 590 software was the only program that exhibited that problem As soon as changed the text character size to 100 from the Display setting for WCP the frequency display for the ARCP 590 program appeared correctly Very 73 Steve W8SC TS 590S Family Hints and Tips Archive Updated 24 November 2014 10 Hint 12 4 September 2012 Receive Audio Profiles When you receive a report what setting is that station using when he tells you that you have too much bass or too much top have been looking at the various built in RX equaliser settings available on the TS 590S Re PASSBAND Menu 31 OFF Re PASSBAND Menu 31 HB1 56666666664 20 24 oo 22 on He 3 a cI m Fre quency Amp
2. All you need are four resistors some push buttons a small MIC straight through interface cable and a plastic box The TS 590S Instruction Manual contains full details of the possible PF1 PF4 key settings on pages 54 and 55 73 Pedro CT7AEZ TS 590S Family Hints and Tips Archive Updated 24 November 2014 22 An addendum from George SV1ELF Today saw the circuit for programmable function keys by Pedro CT7AEZ on the TS 590S Resources Page and remembered that have something like this that made myself from a keypad for my FT 1000MP MARK V So implemented Pedro s circuit with this keypad and it works fine The keypad has simple pushbutton contacts with a small internal resistance of about 20 30 ohms in every button then added the 100k and 22k resistors for the PF1 PF4 buttons For details of the keypad see http www vellemanusa com products view id 349955 We y S amp 3 Hint 27 12 March 2013 Measuring and Mitigating Power Overshoot have made some power measurements and adjustments on my TS 590S using a 50 Ohm dummy load 100w a Bird 43 power meter with a 50dB RF Sample Port and added a 10dB attenuator in line as well to feed the oscilloscope The oscilloscope is a UNI Trend UTD2102C 100MHz 500MS s TS 590S S N BOBOOOxx manufactured in November 2010 Firmware 1 07 TS 590S Family Hints and Tips Archive Updated 24 November 2014 23 The car
3. Caution The figure shows the microphone connector viewed from the front panel but it is inverted upside down The circuit only shows the connection of DC signals Be fully aware of loop interference of radio frequency signals and other possible issues that may arise We will not accept any request for fixing problems arising from connecting devices other than Kenwood s genuine optional products regardless of the content of this document Extract from page 43 of the In Depth Manual TS 590S Family Hints and Tips Archive Updated 24 November 2014 21 The interface unit provides six push buttons that can be configured in the TS 590S Menu use PF1 PF2 PF3 and PF4 which are configured with CH1 CH2 CH3 and CH4 This way have four CW messages that are available very near to my hand The UP and DWN buttons are configured with CW T and SCAN the main idea being to search and pounce without the need to go to the radio front panel with my hand did put another push button for PTT In the latest firmware version 1 07 it lets you stop the temporary repeat message Also you can use the MENU A B and have another set of PF keys assigned In the last few year I ve been a Morse guy but have made provision in my interface for connecting an external mic and a switch if need phantom power to it I can later apply the Rob Connelly W1AEZ advice for connecting an Electret condenser microphone in this box
4. 24 November 2014 TS 590S Intermittent Receive Since the beginning my brand new TS 590S had an intermittent problem The reception was fading and sometimes disappeared completely Sometimes the TX went away and at the same time the HI SHIFT setting didn t work above 3000 Hz noticed that a slight shock on the case brought the rig back to life but not always Being new and under warranty sent the rig back for repair Back from repair the form joined to the rig said Control Unit interruption could use the transceiver normally for about a week before the receiver showed the same problem The receiver was still fading and a little slap on the case fixed this more precisely located the problem on the right bottom part of the case Pressing the case even slightly induced all degrees of deafness The transmitter was perfectly normal during all these phases finally opened the TS 590S by removing the lower side cover see picture below and pulled on every cable found The slightest move on the green marked coaxial cable and more precisely on the connector CN601 on the Control Unit board induced a receiver problem Inspecting the tip of the connector with a magnifying glass saw that it was not really crimped soldered the tip and everything came back to life took the time to check all other TMP connectors and none of them was really normal ended in soldering all connectors and hope this will solve any future p
5. To reset the chipset you have to first turn OFF the TS 590 then turn OFF the Power Supply and wait a few seconds before turning on the Power Supply may have over killed but cycled the Power Supply ON and OFF first then turned the TS 590S OFF and then cycled the Power Supply with delay between the OFF and ON Bingo on the first fldigi restart had rig control again Keep this tip in mind the next time you lose fldigi Rig Control The USB port to the sound card chipset on the TS 590S seemed to be the problem child A simple reset fixed it 73 Dick AASVU TS 590S Family Hints and Tips Archive Updated 24 November 2014 38 Hint 42 31 August 2014 Talkpower vs Bandwidth The advice on talkpower vs bandwidth is missing one component It applies to all rigs not just the ts590 If you overdrive the transmitter your signal gets wider amp your 100w is spread across all the nasties you produce as well as the wanted output giving you slightly less power where you want it If you fiddle with rig settings and appear to get an extra 20w output on your power meter ask yourself where that extra 20w is located Unless you have the test equipment to check the spectral output and the knowledge to use it your extra 20w plus maybe some of your existing watts may not be on the frequency you want it to be The old adage of if you cant measure it don t fiddle with it is as true today as it ever was David G3ZPF Hint 43
6. ALSO caused by the fact it is difficult to measure PEP on SSB transmissions A CW tone is pretty much a simple sine wave simple to produce and simple to measure mostly because the sound energy is all focused on a single frequency All the energy ends up in a vary narrow frequency range and is sort of condensed making it easy to measure TS 590S Family Hints and Tips Archive Updated 24 November 2014 35 In contrast speech energy is complicated and varied and the speech energy is spread over a broad frequency spectrum hardly focused and not condensed on a single tone It is diffused analogous to using a diffuser on a light source Without it the light can be focused and it seems to be brighter and go farther when focused But when diffused it covers a wide area but is less bright on any one spot Similarly the SSB signal is a speech and the energy is diffused making it less strong on any one frequency but covering a broad frequency spectrum The energy is still there but it does not push the signal meter as high So many hams think their rig is producing low output NOT SO DICK TRACY It is just far more diffused and spread out over many frequencies and the meter has a more difficult time showing how the power is distributed But it does not mean we are not getting full power out compared to CW Comparing different radios presents problems of inconsistency and different settings on one radio can produce better meter readin
7. BOO Hz AIT tunction OFF Break in function VOX OFF 2 Remove the bottom case 10 scraws from the transceiver 3 Tune in a standard frequency station such as WINY or WIN VH at for example 10 000 00 MHz or 15 000 00 MHz Adjust ihe Tuning control so that the display reads the exact frequency of the station You should hear a beat lone of approximately BDO Hz For a00 Hz fit fiet 15 600 X Afnetwence 800 Hz where Afreteenss is the shift from the 15 6 MHz 2 Remove the TCXO PCB 3 Inser the SO 3 TCXO reference frequency 4 Close your CW key You will hear a transmit sidetone of approximalely BOO Hz This sidelone produces a double beal tone when it combines with the received signal 4 Solder all pins on the reverse side of the PCB Adjust the AF control to hear the double beat Rensen the TCXO PCB in the transceiver clearly nec the CN50d and lighten the screw For aad Hz G Gonne het een MA SNAN fasene 800 Hz 50 pom BOO 0 04 Hz 7 Move the C903 and C904 jumper as shown below where Alroterence is the shill from the 15 6 MHz relerence frequency 5 TS 590S transcelver without SO 3 Adjust the trimener TC501 to minienize the frequency ditlerence between Ihe received 800 Hz tone and the 800 Hz sidetone TS 590S transceiver with SO 3 Adjust the trimmer inside the SO 3 using the supplied plastic adjustment tool Minimize the frequency diflerence between lhe received 800 Hz tone and
8. Noise Reduction Suggestions 12 17 23 October 2012 Removing the Power Connector 13 18 4 November 2012 Command Line or Shortcut Access to Windows Audio Mixers 13 19 18 November 2012 Ham Radio Deluxe and TS 590S TX Control 14 20 25 November 2012 Considering a second hand TS 590S Buyer beware 14 21 3 December 2012 N1MM macro to switch audio inputs on the fly 15 22 23 December 2012 A good way to remove surface mount devices 16 23 16 January 2013 Connecting the TS 590S to a PC running Windows 8 17 24 28 January 2013 Using a SignaLink with the TS 590S 18 25 5 February 2013 Useful Fidigi Macros 18 26 12 February 2013 Extension of the Programmable Function Keys 20 27 12 March 2013 Measuring and Mitigating Power Overshoot 22 28 21 February 2013 WWV Accuracy 26 29 9 April 2013 Easy way to reduce output power to less than 5 watts 27 30 2 May 2013 CW Operation 27 31 23 June 2013 TS 590S USB Morse Key Adapter 28 32 4 July 2013 Noise Reduction 30 33 18 July 2013 Measuring the case temperature on the TS 590S 30 34 25 July 2013 Installing the TCXO in the TS 590S 31 35 30 July 2013 Taming the Wild COMport in Windows 32 36 28 August 2013 Microphone Habits 32 37 14 November 2013 A Simulated Audio Peak Filter 36 38 8 March 2014 Using the Rolls REQ131 Mono 31 Band Graphic Equalizer for 36 additional audio control 39 8 August 2014 Working SPLIT and making changes to the TX frequency 37 TS 590S F
9. Thank you Hint 14 25 September 2012 Adjusting the Output Power Meter Reading Note from G3NRW Do not attempt to follow this procedure unless you have the right test equipment and you know how to use it My TS 590S is two weeks old and I m still learning what all the buttons do So far I ve found the receiver to be outstanding but noticed that the key down CW power level as shown on the 590 s power meter was 25 Watts higher than what measured using a Bird into a dummy load re checked output power using a Daiwa wattmeter and got the same results The difference between output power measurements diminished as the power level was lowered but in all cases the 590 s power meter read higher than the Bird A difference in 5 Watts could live with but a difference of 25 Watts was too much So what to do could send the radio back but that would take weeks Since believed the problem was nothing more than misalignment decided to re align the transmitter section per the Service Manual This was not a hasty decision Are my measurements accurate Could both wattmeters be wrong convinced myself that both wattmeters were right and the 590 s power meter was wrong I m no stranger to working on radios was a Motorola two way radio technician for several years and I ve successfully repaired my TS 940S on several occasions So after taking a deep breath off came the bottom cover to reveal the first test point The ALC vol
10. a fix from HRD is to use VOX for TX keying If you are very technically savvy you can hand edit the HamRadioDeluxe exe executable to replace all references to TXO with TX1 but this is not for the faint of heart Tnx es 73 de NF8l James _ have found how to add my own CAT commands and macros but not how to change the CAT commands assigned to the default buttons Hint 20 25 November 2012 Considering a second hand TS 590S Buyer beware The TS 590S is a very fine radio and few of them appear on the second hand market If you are considering buying a second hand bargain try to get an assurance from the seller that nobody has changed any settings in the Service Menu There is no way to tell if a Service Menu item has been altered and no way to tell what the previous settings were unless careful notes were made So if you buy a second hand TS 590S where a CB Doctor has optimised the factory set values then all hope is lost You will need to return the radio to Kenwood to be re calibrated 73 Dave MOSBZ TS 590S Family Hints and Tips Archive Updated 24 November 2014 15 Hint 21 3 December 2012 N1MM macro to switch audio inputs on the fly Hi everyone would like to report success in last weekend s ARRL Sweepstakes using N1MM s macro commands to rapidly switch between USB audio and ACC2 audio Problem For the SSB contest wanted to use both live audio from a Yamaha CM 500 headset and pre
11. and Tips Archive Updated 24 November 2014 8 Hint 10 18 August 2012 Audio Tailoring Really Works just had a very nice 80m QSO with Graeme G4NVH He too runs a TS 590S and inevitably we got talking about audio quality He said he had spent quite a bit of time experimenting with the built in TS 590S audio tailoring facility and it really paid off made a screen shot of his audio on my SDR IQ s7 43 a uu sy p 3 675 0 r 2 hon out ea ES 3 is PA 4 eh i ticy aa VA H 2 i Z 2 3 She ee ae e Fe Ub itt i Me aR GRO SS E 2g ait 4 3 400 3 450 3 500 3 550 3 600 3 650 3 700 3 750 3 800 3 850 3 900 Waterfal 12 ines s 40Hz 3 0RBW RFGan 10d8 IF Gain 24dB8 Fier 2781Hz CPU S1 p 84 Speakers AF Gan I On the display the suppressed carrier is on 3 750 MHz and because it is an LSB signal the audio spectrum increases in frequency to the left The lower highlighted area shows the audio with equalization turned off Most of the energy is concentrated between about 50 700 Hz the bright orange bits with virtually no audio above about 2000 Hz And it sounded awful someone else in the QSO likened it to talking through a woolly winter scarf and he was right The upper highlighted area shows the audio with User Defined equalization enabled What a difference The audio energy is now spread right across the spectrum with hotspots from about 200 700 Hz and again from about 1500 2000H
12. click OK to get to any alternate mixer There is another way It is possible to directly display either mode for any sound device from the Windows command line or from a desktop shortcut by using arguments switches to the basic sndvol32 sndvol command In the command line examples that follow the sndvol32 name is used for Windows 98 and Windows XP If you are using Windows Vista or Windows 7 substitute sndvol instead Command line format sndvol32 Daudio_ device number Record Play Normal Small Tray The switch delimiters can be either or Only the first letter of each option is required The D parameter is only needed if you have more than one audio device installed The first device is D0 number zero not letter Oh The first added audio device is D1 etc sndvol32 alone with no arguments calls up the play mixer for the first device that is exactly the same effect as double clicking the speaker icon in the tray Example sndvol32 D1 R S This would call up the second sound device s Record mixer in the small mode that is only the master control NOTE The device number may not be the same for Play and Record for a given device if you have input only devices like a webcam with a mic but not a speaker present or output only devices such as digital speakers or Bluetooth earpieces present You may have to experiment with different command strings typed at the Windows comma
13. didn t want to delve inside my TS 590S but found by hand touch that the hottest part of the exterior case was the casting at the back So with the aid of a digital thermometer probe fixed by BluTack to the back panel just below the power plug of the transceiver discovered that the case temperature was 42 C After a few minutes on receive the temperature dropped to 40 C and the fans switched off The ambient temperature in the shack was 28 C summer here in the UK Peter Lonsdale G3PVX TS 590S Family Hints and Tips Archive Updated 24 November 2014 31 Hint 34 25 July 2013 Installing the TCXO in the TS 590S It is very possible to install the TCXO in the radio in the reverse position The pins line up etc but it won t work if you get it backward found out the hard way After much frustration of unsoldering the 6 pins was able to reverse my very basic error of not looking closely at the drawing in the Instruction Manual Here is a page thanks to Dave N9CVA with an added NOTE about the correct position 73 Jack KB5TXS 14 INSTALLING OPTIONS 50 3 TCXO REFERENCE FREQUENCY CALIBRATION ion i Note That war is adisiod af the I pnr h Tho 80 3 opion improves tho wanscoiver oquency tiain bana prizm Pe acumen wies rece 1 Remove the CN509 connector and TCXO PCB 1 Set the following on the transceiver screw as shown below Mode CW 5 AF control Center Manu No 34 CW RX pitch 800 Hz SHIFT control
14. especially when you consider signal to noise is the only real test of success Almost ANY decent microphone costing more than 15 should work fine for both applications provided one utilizes good technique usually recommend one play with the microphone on his sound card using a simple recording application to listen to how he sounds using the microphone It will work the same with the radio LOCATION LOCATION LOCATION The placement of the microphone with respect to the mouth can make a significant difference in the sound of a mike and radio combination Move the mike 1 closer or 1 further away from the mouth and it will sound different This is specially true of dynamic mikes Sitting way back from the microphone means it is set to pick up your speech much closer to the volume of ambient environmental noise Sitting back from the large diaphragm studio condenser microphones used by some operators can be much worse than using a cheap 10 computer headset with a close talking mic element That type of studio microphone is designed to be very sensitive and can pick up the sound TS 590S Family Hints and Tips Archive Updated 24 November 2014 33 of a gnat sneezing on the far studio wall Our shacks often have hard walls like a reverberation chamber which makes the operator sound like he is transmitting from a shower stall This is not to say a studio style condenser microphone cannot produce a nice signal but it does mean
15. gt Serial adapter to the same USB port on the PC it will re appear again at the COM port you just assigned it to that is it s a Sticky setting But if you have a different adapter even the same make and model or connect the same one to a different USB port you ll have to do all this again You can play tricks with this to make one adapter show up always as the same COM port or different COM ports when plugged into different USB ports on the PC However note that if you insert a hub between the PC and adapter it gets very messy very fast with way too many combinations for sanity Hint 36 28 August 2013 Microphone Habits Many hams have poor microphone habits and this may account for many claims of low talk power a locution despise because it sounds so well much like what one might say on 11 meters But seriously folks many hams do not get the most from their rig because they do not set up or use the microphone correctly WHAT GOES UP Microphone technique is a HUGE factor in audio output GIGO applies full blast in microphone applications A communications microphone should be close talking and should receive a uniform input was involved in microphone and related hardware testing and review for the speech recognition software business Exactly the same considerations applied there as in ham radio Each uses a fairly narrow audio frequency bandwidth and the microphone techniques are the same
16. low melting point of the combination of the original solder and the special alloy All one has to do is knock the device off of its pad location and clean up the traces The flux is then used to remount the new device which helps in the reflow of the existing solder or new solder can be applied if needed Richard KBCYK TS 590S Family Hints and Tips Archive Updated 24 November 2014 17 Hint 23 16 January 2013 Connecting the TS 590S to a PC running Windows 8 A plea from Danny Loyd KESWDI AAR6KC My old computer which worked with my radio just great went DOA on Christmas Day USB and Sound quit working and then a few other things stopped To make a long story short ordered and received a new ACER Aspire V5 which has Windows 8 installed It have tried everything can think of including take computer to Geeks at Best Buy have downloaded all the necessary drivers to my computer but when plug in the radio it says Device Plugged into USB is not recognized am about to call Silicon Support and see if they can help Their website says the drivers are Windows 8 compatible If anyone knows what am doing wrong please let me know A reply from Russ KA1TRUW Before paying freight both ways plus a diagnostic fee suggest trying a few things to try and get the rig connected to a PC via USB Try this on both PCs To start with a clean slate e Download and install USBDeview from http www nirsoft net utils usb devices _v
17. recorded wav files in rapid succession during each contest QSO The format is eee eee The headset microphone and a footswitch PTT are wired through the ACC2 port while the wav file is played through USB Menu 63 allows the radio to accept audio either through ACC2 or from USB not both So now what do do Solution An obvious solution is to use an external audio mixer to mix the wav from my laptop with my headset audio and feed them both through ACC2 Or feed the headset into my laptop and have the laptop feed the wav and the headset audio through the USB port Both of these solutions raised issues with the footswitch want the footswitch and live audio to function together independent of the computer Before changing things remembered reading that N1MM can send custom CAT commands Why not see if the rig can be commanded to rapidly flip Menu 63 between ACC2 and USB inputs If it worked then wouldn t have to change any of my wiring N1MM allows the user to use the Fn keys on the PC to send macros to send commands to N1MM and or the radio Here is the macro came up with for the F2 key eee F2 EXCH CATIASC EX06300001 lt 3B gt CATDELAY 1 wav K6OK K60K SS Exch wav END CATI1ASC EX06300000 lt 3B gt eee Code Description F2 EXCH assigns a macro to the F2 key In the N1MM interface a button is shown with the EXCH label You can fire the macro either by hitting the F2 key on the keyboard or clicking the F2 button o
18. something else controlling this than the ALC attack time believe The ALC loop contains several capacitors and resistors in series and parallel so this is not easy to determine 60 000ms M 20 0ms 0 00m Off Chi Ch2 10 0m Bit Map Type Bit Nap Shouting AAAAAAAA in the microphone in SSB mode Close in look at first 200ms Radio set for 10w output is around 20w om peak TS 590S Family Hints and Tips Archive Updated 24 November 2014 25 Compared it with a IC 7000 s Bit Map Type Bit Map Bit Map Type Bit Nap Ch2 Off M 50 0ms Ch2 Off M 50 0ms TS 590 CW CW transmit IC 7000 CW O 000ms Bit Map M Pos 0 00us Bit Nap Bit Hap Bit Map Radios set for 10w RF power Ch2 Off M 100ms M 100ms TS 590 SSB Voice IC 7000 SSB voice Shouting AAAAAAA in the microphone The TS 590 overshoots in SSB and the overshoot seems to last for about 50ms According to Leif SM5BSZ the easiest fix is to apply external negative voltage on the rig s ALC input on rear panel As long as the DC power applied is not noisy it will not contribute to any sideband noise You need an adjustable DC source 9V battery with a potentiometer adjustment to set the value to a level where the RF power output goes down Leif recommended to set for 2dB below full power and use an external power amp to increase power output if needed will try to build a small box with a 9V batte
19. to where the noise drops out and the signal remains You DO have to increase the AF GAIN at that point to make up for the lower signal level but you end up WITH BETTER A SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO And THAT friends is where the receiver really shines But tonight ran the NR all the way up and the RF GAIN down as usual and WOW AND MEAN WOW ALL GOT WERE LITTLE VOICES FROM OUTER SPACE AND NO AND I MEAN NO NO NO NOISE AT ALL Now between NR Level 4 or 5 and Level 8 or so it gets pretty dicey but after that at the maximum IT JUST GOT QUIET AND THE VOICES WERE CLEAR BUT QUIET AND SUBDUED A BIT SO YOU DO HAVE TO INCREASE AF GAIN had never run it this high before because figured it would just get worse the higher it got Wrong You guys gotta try it and tell me what YOU think Please Happy trails 590 Mavens James H Richards KBJHR Hint 33 18 July 2013 Measuring the case temperature on the TS 590S Now that we are in summer at last heard the cooling fans start during a rather long SSB transmission Ahem must keep my overs shorter Curious to know the case temperature at which the fans should operate studied all the manuals but couldn t find a figure anywhere The cooling of the case and PA is shown in Structural Features section 7 1 pages 47 49 of the In Depth Manual and a graph shows the temperature of the Final FETs vs Time but there is no reference or figure about the fans start up temperature
20. when the problems are this easily solved Regards Peter G4PNF P S A friend of mine pointed out that the constant discharge of the capacitor every time the contacts close might over time cause erosion of the key contacts He suggested add a 1K resistor in series with the capacitor have now done this and it still sounds good Hint 2 28 June 2012 Setting up the Speech Processor When PROC is ON the normal MIC GAIN setting prior to turning PROC ON is not active so it will not matter what setting it has The CAR CARRIER setting has no effect in SSB with PROC ON or OFF It only works in AM CW and FSK mode Adjusting PROC setting correctly Turn PROC ON PROC is displayed to the far right in the display Press and hold the PROC button PRO Proc Input level is displayed Push PTT and speak with normal voice and adjust for no more than 10dB on the COMP meter You may end up around 40 60 Push short push on the MIC MIC GAIN button PRO O Proc Output level is displayed Press PTT and adjust for around 1 2 scale on the ALC meter You may end up around 30 50 Best 73 Roar Dehli LA4AMA TS 590S Family Hints and Tips Archive Updated 24 November 2014 Hint 3 4 July 2012 Transmitting Automatically with the VGS 1 Speech Module found a nice tip Credits go to DC1YB http herwig mobimail de ts590s htm If you are using the speech module VGS 1 and want to transmit automaticall
21. Here are a couple of macros that find very useful when operating digital modes using Fldigi software with a CAT controlled TS 590S Occasionally when working a weak signal a very strong in band signal will pop up causing the receiver AGC to reduce the gain dropping the weak signal into the weeds Fldigi has macro functions that can be used to eliminate this problem by 1 moving the weak signal you re working into the center of the IF passband and 2 selecting a very narrow IF bandwidth centered around that signal Combining these functions into one macro allows you with a single mouse click to select only the signal you want and eliminate the rest TS 590S Family Hints and Tips Archive Updated 24 November 2014 19 The macros are Macro 1 I named it QSY 80 lt QSYTO gt lt FILWID 80 gt The QSYTO macro function retunes the TS 590S so that the selected signal is centered at an operator selected waterfall frequency that Fidigi calls a sweetspot For my setup set the sweetspot to be 1200 Hz the same as the IF Shift setting on my TS 590S that is the center of the IF bandpass In Flidigi the sweetspot is set by going to menu Configure Misc Sweetspot The FILWID 80 macro function sets the TS 590S IF bandwidth to 80 Hz works well for PSK31 This macro function can be used to select any of the TS 590S valid IF bandwidths Macros for wider bandwidths may be desirable for working other wider bandwidth modes for exam
22. Hz peak 600 and 900 Hz and suppress the remaining bands The improvement is almost as good as going to 500 Hz filter width in CW Carl KOTNT Graham VK6RO responded Try this on the TS 590S CW mode 1 Press NR and select level 2 2 Narrow bandwidth to 300 Hz 400 Hz etc 3 Press RIT and slowly tune the CW signal to peak the audio to whatever you like Magic Hint 38 8 March 2014 Using the Rolls REQ131 Mono 31 Band Graphic Equalizer for additional audio control In Hint 28 James Richards wrote of implementing the noise reduction settings NR1 at 10 and NR2 at 20 He is correct in saying this does indeed place the DSP channels at maximum In this position the DSP leaves little room for intelligence error on the operator s side of the receiver However by adding a Rolls REQ131 31 band graphic equalizer behind the AF chain output of the TS 590S and driving a separate AF amplifier most of the lost intelligence can be enhanced Opening up the TS 590S to 100LOW and 2800HIGH SHIFT the receiver hears great but the icing on the cake is the Rolls This 31 band equalizer offers 19 bands inside 63Hz to 3100Hz that can be adjusted to fit the user s ear The REQ1371 has a roll off filter with adjustable controls for HPF and LPF You can roll off those boomers that insist on running 5KHz wide Not all ears are alike happen to have almost no hearing in one and 90 in the other so the implementation of a good EQ makes more sens
23. JUST MY TAKE James Richards KBJHR 22 August 2014 An update from James was reading the user manual for a Brand X rig the other day and it made an interesting point about SSB talk power which had not previously considered It said transmit bandwidth affects resulting talk power And then had one of those sudden Ah ha get it moments and realized maybe it just could be maybe almost kinda sorta possible at least some complaints of low talk power could caused by using rather wide transmit bandwidth in effect spreading the signal energy wider than others guys This seems logical We rarely hear complaints about low CW power and suspect that is because all the energy is focused on a single frequency tone Nope we encounter the problem if there is one on SSB where the transmit energy is spread out perhaps as wide as 3000 Hz RF and AF bandwidth depending on how each rig is set up Now we all know it is more difficult to measure peak power on sideband than itis on CW so yeah it suddenly dawned on me we could narrow the transmit bandwidth and focus the signal to get more effective power out Eureka Shazam The Brand X radio user guide recommends using a 2400 Hz RF bandwidth and this makes sense as that is good enough to get relatively decent audio without scrunching or skimping the sound but not really all that wide after all that is good enough for good communications audio but not exactly
24. N OFF e With the rig s USB cable still disconnected from the PC download and run the Silicon Labs driver installation program using the procedure on http Awww kenwood com i products info amateur vcp_e html e Continue to follow the instructions and the Silicon Labs driver should install correctly In some cases it is very important that the troublesome USB device is not connected to the PC that all occurrences of the driver are deleted from the PC and that the Windoze Device Manager doesn t think that the troublesome USB device is still associated with any USB port before downloading and installing the correct driver Different versions of Windoze seem to provide different levels of constipation Most of us don t have a lot of trouble with this but some systems do USBDeview Device Manager and Add Remove Programs are valuable tools Other handy utilities are e http www nirsoft net utils driverview html DriverView displays all available info about all installed drivers Works on my WIN_7 64 and XP 32 systems No mention about WIN_8 TS 590S Family Hints and Tips Archive Updated 24 November 2014 18 e http www nirsoft net utils device manager view html DeviceManagerView provides a different format for looking at devices installed in the system Good luck and hopefully it s just a procedural install problem and not a smoked IC 73 Russ ka1ruw Hint 24 28 January 2013 Using a SignaLink with the TS 590S As o
25. N2222A transistor with a 1K resistor in series with the base lead but the 2N7000 is a better choice used what had available on the road The drain or collector output goes directly to a 1 8 inch stereo plug tip connection with the ring connector unused The sink emitter ground connection goes to the stereo plug ground connection This is an important detail on the TS 590S as a ground connection to the ring would change the key selection inside the radio Other radios may react differently The whole adapter except for the USB audio card fits into the smallest Radio Shack project box Credits for the schematic artwork belong to W5ZIT who posted a tone controlled interface to the Fidigi Files folder simply copied that schematic into Paint and edited it for this file In digital operation select the TS 590S USB audio codec and for CW select the USB Morse Key Adapter in the PC sound configuration The first time use one of the macros in Fldigi after selecting the Morse Codec the radio takes a few seconds to figure out what it wants to do Be patient it ll work instantly for following transmissions haven t figured out why it hesitates at first but it s something can live with and you might not see this with your setup TS 590S Family Hints and Tips Archive Updated 24 November 2014 29 Ken Hunter KB7H Operator UI Waterfall Modems Rig Audio ID Misc Web Device Capture Microsoft Sound Mappe
26. TS 590S Family Hints and Tips Archive Updated 24 November 2014 TS 590S FAMILY Hints and Tips Archive From time to time the TS 590S Resources Page http homepage ntlworld com wadei ts 590s htm carries an addition to the Hint and Tips section This document is an archive of those hints If you would like to add a Hint Tip to the Resources Page please email the details to lan Wade G3NRW g3nrw radio ntlworld com Hint Date Title Page 1 20 June 2012 Eliminating contact bounce on a straight key 3 2 28 June 2012 Setting up the Speech Processor 3 3 4 July 2012 Transmitting Automatically with the VGS 1 Speech Module 4 4 12 July 2012 Breakout Box for the ACC2 Connector 4 5 18 July 2012 Turning the TS 590S ON and OFF 5 6 24 July 2012 Virtual COM Port Drivers 5 7 1 August 2012 A Little Soft Compression can do a lot of Good 6 8 8 August 2012 N1MM Logging Software uses VFO A 6 9 15 August 2012 The Most Basic Pieces of Test Equipment 7 10 18 August 2012 Audio Tailoring Really Works 8 11 27 August 2012 ARCP 590 Frequency Readout Display Cut Off 9 12 4 September 2012 Receive Audio Profiles 10 13 11 September 2012 FM Audio TX Profile 11 14 25 September 2012 Adjusting the Output Power Meter Reading 11 15 5 October 2012 Replacing the F901 Fuse 12 16 15 October 2012 TS 590S
27. amily Hints and Tips Archive Updated 24 November 2014 Hint Date Title Page 40 13 August 2014 SDR Panoramic Display on TS 590S Radios 37 41 27 August 2014 Fix for USB Rig Control for Fidigi 37 42 31 August 2014 Talkpower vs Bandwidth 38 43 24 November 2014 TS 590S Intermittent Receive 38 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 TS 590S Family Hints and Tips Archive Updated 24 November 2014 3 Hint 1 20 June 2012 Eliminating contact bounce on a straight key As we all know the 590 is a great rig for CW have been using mine with the excellent inbuilt keyer for the last year do like to keep my straight key fist in practice so tried plugging in my beautiful Kent KT1 hand key The result was very disappointing The Kent key is very solid The arm is brass and the base is heavy steel and there is a very slight but inevitable bounce on the contacts each time they close This has not been a problem on other rigs but the 590 sure didn t like it The CW sounded terrible with the start of each dot dash sounding blurred and chirpy There is however no problem with my other straight key a Junkers on the 590 The Kent key problem was however easily solved by putting a 0 22 uF capacitor across the contacts It now sounds very good indeed with lovely clean characters and a delightful solid feel It is so good
28. ams com downloads htm 2 Enable the program and start it 3 Select the proper input for the analyzer from the Data Source choices 4 Tune in WWV on the highest frequency you can receive 5 Use the AM mode and watch the Peak Frequency display WWV uses two tones a 500Hz and a 600Hz tone as well as the 1200 Hz tone that is used to indicate the start of a minute Ignore the 1200 Hz for now and monitor the 500 or 600Hz tone The analyzer should indicate the tones within 1 Hz BTW my sample rate is 8000 transform size 4096 and the vertical display is LOG_10 6 With the frequency display of the TS 590S exactly on the frequency of WWV switch to USB and note the Peak Frequency reading Switch to LSB and do the same If they are exactly the same as the AM tone then you are just about right on frequency Any difference will show up immediately N Adjust your trimmer to match the tone being sent by WWV on the SSB modes with no difference between the AM and SSB modes 8 Done TS 590S Family Hints and Tips Archive Updated 24 November 2014 27 There are other downloads available at this site and they are very useful not to mention free The author is Grant Connell WD6CNF There is no place to make a PayPal or other contributions to his work You ll have to send it directly to Grant if you re that impressed with the program Gary Sawyer KO6WB Hint 29 9 April 2013 Easy way to reduce output power to less than 5 watt
29. days you don t really hear PTT like you used to A foot switch or any outboard switch will do the trick to perform manual switching also make sure my VOX gain is at zero at all times so that shack noise has no chance of tripping it Gary AGON TS 590S Family Hints and Tips Archive Updated 24 November 2014 28 Hint 31 23 June 2013 TS 590S USB Morse Key Adapter The microphone connector is removed from one of the cheap USB audio cards sold on the internet eBay and a 2 conductor shielded cable is connected across the earphone connector as shown The red and black wires are connected to a small audio transformer In my installation the radio would lock up until connected the USB adapter ground to the circuit Your installation may not need it but it was necessary at my QTH If you are careful with soldering the wires to the earphone connector you can monitor the audio tones sent to the circuit through the earphone jack Once the USB sound card was modified and working mixed up a glob of J B Weld Quick epoxy put some on both sides of the circuit board and basically glued the covers back on At around 1 50 for each USB audio card if you have a problem with one you can just cut the wire and make another Radio Shack has 2 small audio transformers either one works OK The diodes are 1N270s The capacitors are very small 0 1mfd that had in the junk bin the value isn t critical just use what you have used a 2
30. der running around loose inside the rig from removing the open fuse Jim After getting the wire attached to one end of the SMD soldered the other end of the wire to a ground point on the circuit board leaving a loop of wire to allow manipulation of the SMD s position After a bit of manipulating was able to position the SMD right where wanted it soldered the free SMD end to the pad then soldered the other SMD end while removing the wire End result was of good quality Hint 16 15 October 2012 TS 590S Noise Reduction Suggestions Some suggestions on TS590 NR modes have rev 1 06 Some success in rig settings to make NR1 and NR2 useful in SSB 1 Get rid of internal speaker use 2 external in parallel one to my left and 1 to my right They are big speakers and have good bass reproduction each has a 8 inch low range and a 3 inch high range low range needed for NR2 to work best If your speaker rattles or distorts in NR2 in SSB it is too small 2 IF FIL setting 100 2600 3 NR1 8 NR2 12 4 Rev Eq menu 31 Hb2 5 NB1 10 NB2 10 routinely use NR1 for SSB In severe noise sometimes find NR2 effective for SSB Don WB20OHN TS 590S Family Hints and Tips Archive Updated 24 November 2014 13 Hint 17 23 October 2012 Removing the Power Connector Q Is there a special technique for removing the power connector without breaking it A Press on the top of the connector about 1 4 inch 6mm back fro
31. e BTW The internal RX EQ is set FLAT And one more thing If someone is tuning up 1000 Hz away you hear the beat tone Well reach over and pull down the 1K slider and the tune up QRM is gone Anyone with a computer in line can adjust the AF chain after the radio using Christian Zeitnitz Soundcard Scope software Version 1 4 1 This scope application works great and offers filters and recording capabilities to any receiver Terry Churchfield W3GAS TS 590S Family Hints and Tips Archive Updated 24 November 2014 37 Hint 39 8 August 2014 Working SPLIT and making changes to the TX frequency As a new owner of the TS 590S have been playing a lot One issue that really was difficult for me working split and making changes to my transmit frequency With the position of the TF SET it required two hands simply assigned PF B to be the TF SET and that is great can now check my transmit frequency and make a slight change with my only my left hand Neat Gary Stone NSPHT Hint 40 13 August 2014 SDR Panoramic Display on TS 590S Radios Here is a cheaper alternative to adding a panoramic display to a TS 590S radio If you want to see the HF SDR in action here s a link that will show 2 videos did of the HF SDRS make one is HF Upconverting and the other is a Direct Sampling model actually prefer the HF Upconverting type of receiver because the performance is better and works with a variety of applications
32. ech input energy Breathing into the microphone is a self inflicted wound which can be avoided with minimal care Many experienced hams are guilty of this sin Nothing bothers me more in ham radio than an experienced ham breathing into his microphone especially because it can be so easily avoided Breathing into the microphone or over driving it to distortion is tantamount to causing your own QRM Plosives are another self inflicted wound easily avoided with minimal care Speaking directly into the microphone at close range often causes excessive high sound pressure on the microphone capsule You have witnessed this many times at public speaking events where the speaker causes loud thumping or chuffing sounds like popping his Ps One should speak just a few degrees OFF AXIS and not directly down the barrel of the microphone and yet not speak too far off axis a 30 45 degree angle would generally be real good Some operators employ a pop or wind filter such as a foam windscreen although if you are not speaking directly into the mic cartridge or capsule you should not need a wind screen better to do it properly and avoid the problem than to rely upon a foam cover to fix it Avoid popping your p s and whistling your s es Avoiding popping and punching consonants and minimizing sibilance which is unusually squeaky and hiss y vocal sound can greatly improve speech intelligibility Speaking just a bit off axis avoids undesi
33. eech recognition and also occasionally in automobile SR applications Otherwise most noise cancellation occurs from the employment of close talking microphones By speaking up close your speech energy is way stronger compared to the sound energy from ambient environmental noise If you set your rig for the correct volume of speech energy room sound energy seems to fade away and may not exceed the threshold for noise INCONSISTENCY IS A HOBGOBLIN Using a swing or boom arm can help place the microphone where you can easily reach it BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT RULE IS TO BE CONSISTENT in placement so you get predictable uniform sound energy and tonality Finding the sweet spot distance is one thing maintaining it during the entire QSO is another Turning away or moving about in your chair is like turning the mic input volume up and down all the time prefer a headset microphone because the mic element remains in exactly the same position relative to the mouth at all times One can get inconsistent results when using a desk stand or microphone boom or swing arm if he turns his head or moves about as he talks This is easy to do and if you test the microphone with your sound card you can quickly and easily determine how this can have a severely deleterious affect on speech intelligibility TS 590S Family Hints and Tips Archive Updated 24 November 2014 34 UNWANTED MAN MADE NOISE Sloppy microphone use causes more than variation in spe
34. gnated F901 rated at 375mA Several users of these transceivers reported sudden loss of receive functions without any warning and it turned out that F901 had blown Kenwood then changed the fuse in units with serial numbers BOBxxxxx onwards upgrading the rating to 500mA and no failures have been reported since then Fuse F901 is a very small SMD part measuring just 1 6 x 0 8 mm Replacing it can be a tricky operation if you re not used to dealing with such small parts Russ Vassar KA1RUW and Jim Kelly ND6P provide these very useful hints Russ suggest you solder the replacement fuse on top of the open fuse without removing the open fuse Saves lots of trouble and minimizes chance of solder shorts wear two pair of store bought reading glasses 2 25 and 2 75 on top of each other when doing this kind of work With a strong light on the work bench it works just fine e Solder a single strand about 6 inches long cut from a multi strand wire onto the top of the new F901 at one end found a strand from 14GA work well e Melt a glob of solder on one end of the open fuse e Using the single strand as a holder or wand position the new fuse on top of the open fuse and solder the free end to the open fuse e Solder the end with the wire to the open fuse and remove the single strand at the same time From my perspective this is the easiest way of fixing an open F901 and it has the added benefit of not having stray balls globs of sol
35. gs than another regardless of whether or not that increases resulting speech intelligibility Using the speech processor should alter measured speech energy Different transmit equalizer settings will produce differences in measured speech energy Activating the internal tuner may affect power output meter readings Differences in microphone input volume settings can alter output meter readings Using different microphones will produce different output meter readings because not all microphones produce the same frequency response curve and do not all produce the same open signal voltage that is output signal strength Different radios have different inherent frequency response curves not all op amps are created equal and this can result in different output meter readings In other words your rig may be putting out 100 watts but not the exact same 100 watts as may be produced by another rig which can easily explain differences in measured power output when comparing the radios on the same meter GOOD CONSISTENT MICROPHONE HABITS CAN MINIMIZE VARIATIONS IN SPEECH INPUT ENERGY AND ASSURE YOU ARE GETTING THE STRONGEST MOST CONSISTENT AND INTELLIGIBLE SIGNAL FROM YOUR RADIO Proper adjustment of the radio parameters and good mike technique will make for a good sounding station Optimum radio settings along with strong and consistent microphone input will assure you are getting the best cleanest and strongest signal output
36. iew html USBDeview will display all available info at the USB port level e Read the page about the program s capabilities and then use it to watch the USB port s come go as you plug unplug the USB cable with the TS 590S attached and with power applied to it e You need 12VDC available at the rig s PWR connector but the rig doesn t need to be turned on because the TS 590S interface chip is always working when the rig has power connected e Just for chuckies make a note of how USBDeview identifies the rig s USB port Even if it s not working right something should still show up on USBDeview considering that WIN_8 knows something was plugged in but just doesn t know what it is e Disconnect the rig s USB cable at the PC and purge the PC of all Silicon Labs drivers both installed and stored e can t tell you how to do this in WIN_8 but in WIN_XP and WIN_7 I can uninstall the Silicon Labs Bridge and VCP drivers using the Add Remove Programs utility e Then using Search Find find all occurrences of CP210x files and delete them This seems to be important for some systems problems e Use USBDeview to verify that the rig is not connected and that no USB port is associated with the TS 590S You can keep USBDeview running throughout this entire procedure or anytime you re messing around with USB ports cables e Note that USBDeview keeps a history of ports that devices were moved from and you may get confused Use CTRL F8 to toggle that info O
37. including HDSDR The Direct Sampling receiver can only work in SDR SDR Sharp Here is the link to those videos and my website http Awww knOck com HF_ SDR When you open the website page the videos will automatically run and both of them will be sending audio it s best to turn the volume control of the lower video Direct Sampling to mute that one and listen to the HF Upconverting video Conversely you can also mute the HF Upconverting video and listen to the Direct Sampling video when you ve watched the HF Upconverting video Marty Wittrock KNOCK Hint 41 27 August 2014 Fix for USB Rig Control for Flidigi A few weeks ago was trying to help a new TS 590S user with fldigi rig control settings His RigCAT configuration and TS 590S settings were correct but each time he started fldigi he had no rig control We messed around with all sorts of things and finally got it working This morning worked the W1AW 1 ME on 18 MHz but when checked the log it showed the QSO logged 21 MHz did a double check of fldigi and it was stuck on 21 MHz knew something was wrong when the fldigi rig frequency was no longer labeled as RigCAT TS 590S did the normal RigCAT Initialize save config restarted fldigi and still had no rig control then remembered reading something posted on the TS 590S reflector about resetting the USB port to the sound card chipset in the TS 590S Cycling the TS 590S ON and OFF does not reset the chipset
38. it must be used properly and carefully or it will pick up a lot of ambient noise along with the operator s speech Again testing it on your computer sound card can really help you find the sweet spot for each microphone Getting a good sound without picking up ambient noise is a huge factor to consider Again using the microphone up close can improve the signal to noise ratio You do not want to be too close or too loud and over drive it but you want a nice strong full clear and CONSISTENT input am convinced many claims of low or weak SSB power output are the result of bad microphone habits especially inconsistent and weak microphone input volume Many operators adjust their microphone input volume using good habits sitting up close and speaking in a consistent moderate volume But later while operating they tend to sit back or turn their heads look around and speak softly with different speech volume levels all of which alters the input volume to the radio All of these factors will decrease the effective input speech energy and it will show up as low SSB power output Remember GIGO PROXIMITY EFFECT If you speak really close to the microphone it pick up more BASS and if you speak farther away it produces less bass and gets THIN Each microphone has more or less of this extra rich BASS effect depending on how far away you speak from the mic capsule If you speak too close and speak too loudly it will cause di
39. k it will not transmit and value will be wrong Recalibrated TGC for all bands 1 8 50 MHz also PGC power gain control for 50w 25w 10w and 5w These are all adjusted for 15 dots on ALC meter Before and after check with oscilloscope regarding ALC overshoot actually revealed no huge improvements but a small improvement was observed The values that improved ALC overshoot problem was when changed TGC 14M higher value and lowered ALC REF 115 For CW the CARRIER LEVEL has a huge impact regarding ALC overshoot and lowering it to the point where the ALC meter just shows a single dot removes the ALC overshoot almost completely If you turn CARRIER LEVEL down even further the ALC is not active and the CW pulse will be almost square with no overshoot but you will lose a few watts TS 590S Family Hints and Tips Archive Updated 24 November 2014 24 Chi ERAI Ch2 Off M 100 E Chi 10 0m Ch2 Off M 100 MCh 436m Bit Map T ype Bit Map TS 590 CW Bit Map Type Bit Map oa 4 D i Carrier Level wit only one dot on ALC meter ys D 00us Chi RT Bit Map Type Bit Map Bit Map Type Bit Map 0f 0 Chi Carrier Level turned down even furter 14 For SSB the power overshoot is much more severe and set for 30w to drive an amplifier my TS 590S overshoots to 50w or even more The power overshoot in SSB lasts much longer than in CW seemingly around 50ms So there is
40. litude dB Amplitude dB RX PASSBAND Menu 31 HB2 Ra PASSBAND Menu 3 FP 566666666 6666 a 3 s He Amplitude dB Amplitude dB ooaaa a ooa oa RES 2393F kfz Frequency H Fre quency Hz R PASSBAND Menu 31 BB1 Ra PASSBAND Menu 31 BB2 Amplitude dB Amplitude dB R PASSBAND Menu 31 FLAT Amplitude dB Having gone through each one while listening to one SSB signal found there was a huge difference across the range This has me made question the quality of reports given out After looking at the profiles decided that for me would use the FLAT profile as that gives an even response over the frequencies am interested in 73 Mike GZOVL TS 590S Family Hints and Tips Archive Updated 24 November 2014 11 Hint 13 11 September 2012 Fm Audio Tx Profiles Len Hecker K3LRH reported The FM transmit audio on my 590 sounds terrible very scratchy both on the TX monitor and also on a separate receiver wide narrow makes no difference except for level Roar Dehli LA4AMA replied Check Menu 47 FM MIC GAIN It has 3 settings 1 2 3 You should start on setting 1 then select setting 2 if it is too weak If too much treble is added in outboard or internal audio equalizing the audio will crack Try lowering treble use TX EQ BB1 or BB2 Len replied had tried menu 47 with no luck but when went to BB1 or BB2 as you suggested that was the solution
41. m the radio and pull the connector out de Jim K4YTE Hint 18 4 November 2012 Command Line or Shortcut Access to Windows Audio Mixers Users of ham sound card applications are constantly fiddling with setting the Record Radio RX and Play Radio TX levels of Windows sound cards After a considerable amount of experimentation and internet research have discovered that one can make access to the controls for added sound cards a Jot simpler There are two similarly named Microsoft applets that display the volume controls for soundcard playback and recording depending on the Windows family e sndvol32 for Windows 98 and Windows XP e sndvol for Windows Vista and Windows 7 They are normally located in the WINDOWS system32 folder and normally called up by clicking or double clicking the speaker icon in the system tray By default they appear with the Playback Mixer Device for the first or primary sound device A single click produces just the master volume control A double click displays the entire multi channel mixer Accessing the Record Mixer Device or either the Playback or Record mixers for added audio devices requires a clumsy multiple mouse click process You have to launch the Playback side of the default device as usual Then pull down Options gt Properties then choose the desired device from a pulldown menu and finally click the radio buttons to select either Playback or Recording and then finally
42. n the screen CAT1ASC is an N1MM macro command which means send a CAT command to Radio No 1 using ASCII text EX0 6300001 is Kenwood s CAT command format which means set Menu 63 to value number 1 which equals accept audio from the USB port See Kenwood s PC Control Command Reference for a complete listing of all CAT commands lt 3B gt The TS 590 wants all CAT commands to end with a The semicolon is not an ASCII character so you must send the hex equivalent In ASCII 3B equals a semicolon CATDELAY 1 tells N1MM to pause for 10 milliseconds before sending the next command inserted this to give the TS 590 a chance to get the inputs switched before feeding it the wav file wav K6OK K60K SS Exch wav tells N1MM to go into its wav folder and play the audio file Windows plays the wav and it is sent out through the USB port END tells N1MM there are no more wav files to be played but get ready to accept more rig commands CAT1ASC EX06300000 lt 3B gt sends a command to the TS 590 to set Menu 63 back to ACC2 You can see the TS 590 by default is left in ACC2 mode At any time can stomp on my footswitch which uses Data PTT to go into transmit mode and speak through my headset This is important because after playing the exchange the other station might ask me to repeat part of it TS 590S Family Hints and Tips Archive Updated 24 November 2014 16 A typical QSO goes like this K1XYZ CQ Sweepstakes Me hit foots
43. nd prompt a k a DOS Box to determine which D number makes the desired device mixer appear in Playback and or Record Further the device numbers are assigned first come first served based on the order that you plug in USB devices For consistency you must always plug them into the same port in the same order or just TS 590S Family Hints and Tips Archive Updated 24 November 2014 14 leave them on the same ports permanently To keep device numbers the same on record and playback always insert any record only or play only devices last Once you determine the correct command lines for the record and play sides of the desired device you can place them into Windows shortcuts on the desktop for instant double click access Right click the desktop choose New Shortcut In the resulting dialog enter the command line exactly as you typed it in the command prompt window click Next give it a label such as SND2 Rec SND3 PB Radio TX or Radio RX and you re done Quick direct access to the second card s volume controls Stephen H Smith WA8LMF Stephen also has a very informative website with many detailed ham related topics at http wa8lmf net Hint 19 18 November 2012 Ham Radio Deluxe and TS 590S TX Control There is a known issue with the way HRD and external programs interact for keying Whenever use HRD as an intermediary to control my TS 590S when using other programs either through the TCP IP interface or
44. onitor your signal in the separate receiver Then you can be sure the radio is working properly and it almost certainly will be 2 Now connect the antenna If the radio now seems to exhibit one or more of the aforementioned faults you will know that it is nothing to do with the radio itself it is something to do with the antenna mismatch and or tuner and or stray RF fields Many things can go wrong when the antenna is connected 1 The built in tuner will introduce a small insertion loss that reduces the output power even when tuned to 1 1 SWR 2 The built in tuner is incapable of achieving a low SWR which can lead to unexpectedly low output power 3 Stray RF in the shack 1 The RF can lead to difficulties in tuning the antenna system 4 Stray RF in the shack 2 The RF can find its way into audio circuits perhaps in the PC or in the USB cable connecting the PC to the radio This can be particularly troublesome when using preamplified microphones Possible solutions include rearranging the installation changing the radio ground connection using another antenna and or feeder adding an effective balun at the antenna feed point or adding ferrite beads toroids to various RF and audio cables So get it right on dummy load first then look for the fault This two stage setup process makes it much easier to diagnose what s wrong 73 lan G3NRW with additional notes by Jos EA2JX TS 590S Family Hints
45. onnected to my Kenwood TS 590S The Kenwood TS 590S is the exciter to my Tokyo Hy power 1 5 Every once in a while my THP will kick out during a QSO with the Overdrive light coming on during transmit So basically learned to cut back on the drive power and or mike gain on the Behringer and the mike gain on the Kenwood I ve had to keep the drive power to 60 watts or less on the Kenwood and the mike gain so low people have a hard time hearing my audio have the ALC correctly adjusted on the THP so know that is OK It got to the point where just ran barefoot and stopped using the THP because it kept kicking out to protect itself Then thought let s try using the speech processor Typically hate using processors because they make you sound like a CBer set the processor values low and selected the SOFT setting in the menu Believe it or not this made a huge difference can now use the THP reliably and have the drive power and mike values anywhere want and the THP doesn t kick out anymore I ve asked people how sound and they say sound very natural so the audio is OK too Also on my wattmeter I ve noticed my output power is more consistent with fewer wild swings on the needle on the power meter If you are having similar problems with your amp or whatever it may be worth trying to use a little processor compression David K9RUF Hint 8 8 August 2012 N1MM Logging Software Uses VFO A With the N1MM logging sof
46. ple RTTY Olivia etc Macro 2 I named it QSY Undo lt QSYFM gt lt FILWID 2500 gt The QSYFM macro function retunes the TS 590S to its original frequency that is before the application of Macro 1 The FILWID 2500 macro function resets the TS 590S IF bandwidth back to 2500 Hz that is full band use these macros all the time and hopefully they will benefit other group members Ham Radio Deluxe has similar although different macro functions that can be used to accomplish the same things Bob Billingsley KCQUR TS 590S Family Hints and Tips Archive Updated 24 November 2014 20 Hint 26 12 February 2013 Extension of the Programmable Function Keys Following the schematic on page 43 of the Kenwood TS 590S In Depth Manual below built a small interface unit for the TS 590S MIC connector and in this way extended the Programmable Function PF keys Hints and Tips Extension of PF function Though only two PF keys are available on the transceiver it is possible to increase the number of the PF keys by using a switch to switch a voltage derived from the microphone connector If you have a microphone equipped with the PF keys such as MC 47 although it was discontinued and no longer available you can assign the PF function to the PF key and the UP and DOWN keys Likewise by adding an external circuit as shown below the PF function also can be assigned Figure 5 6 Example of Circuit
47. r Output PulseAudio File 1 0 only TS 590S Family Hints and Tips Archive Updated 24 November 2014 30 Hint 32 4 July 2013 Noise Reduction OK 590 Mavens have you tried this was playing with my various DSP filters both on board and external to the rig and suddenly tried something had never tried before increased the NR LEVEL from the usual 1 or 2 all the way up to 10 Yes way up to 10 beyond the point where it gets pretty dicey and distorted On the way up heard the usual incremental decrease in hiss and static type noise and also the usual incremental increase in digital artifact and as ran through levels 7 and 8 it got pretty choppy and that lousy gurgling sound got pretty bad but then Suddenly as increased the level to 9 and finally to 10 THE amp GURGLING STOPPED AND ALL COULD HEAR WERE VOICES QUIET AND SUBDUED BUT NOTHING BUT VOICES AND THEY WERE CLEAR AND HIGHLY INTELLIGIBLE Yeah it was amazing Clear intelligible and entirely readable Note along with using NR really work the RF GAIN control such that reduce RF GAIN until can hear voices but no background noise learned to do this on TenTec gear but the controls work the same way on the TS 590S Some radios are sort of set up thinking you will Keep RF GAIN all the way up some guys think they get more signal that way but you also get more noise that way So ROUTINELY reduce RF GAIN
48. rable plosives and breathing noise which destroys readability and reduces intelligibility Another self inflicted wound and self inflicted QRM is over processed audio input am not against using some audio processing accessories BUT ONLY IN MODERATION OVER processing the sound with graphic equalizers compressors noise gates audio filters DSPs preamps and other studio equipment can actually decrease resulting intelligibility if not used properly and with moderation After all hams are supposed to be using communications grade audio using a mere 2800 Hz audio and RF bandwidth Recording studio tools and accessories CAN SOMETIMES be helpful IF used in moderation but my take is that you cannot do better than FLAT audio input and output Audiophiles spend thousands of dollars on simple amplifiers and other sound equipment that produce a FLAT frequency spectrum Again GIGO If we want to sound natural and realistic then set the EQ to FLAT which means no part of the frequency spectrum is increased or decreased over what naturally occurs What goes in comes out uncolored unaltered By changing the sound with EQ and other accessories it will by definition no longer be natural If you want to sound like yourself then do you best to avoid coloring or altering the tonality and volume of your speech sound A ham related pet peeve is the obsession some operators have over how good they sound on the air as if how you
49. recording studio grade audio So maybe guys can achieve greater SSB power out by just narrowing down the transmit bandwidth focusing the signal energy into a more knifelike edge won t be as rich natural and pleasant as say using a 3000 Hz transmit bandwidth but it won t be all skinny and scrunched like the 1800 Hz some contestants use either TS 590S Family Hints and Tips Archive Updated 24 November 2014 36 routinely use 2400 Hz RF transmit bandwidth as NCS of the 590 Owner s Net and no one ever complains of my audio quality My jokes may not go over but at least they tell me sound good telling them And so tried to test this with my feeble arsenal of meters and test gear and it seems to really work at least on my gear in my station transmit output was marginally but noticeably stronger as narrowed transmit bandwidth from a wide 3000 Hz to a very narrow 2000 Hz bandwidth just as a quickie experiment So just a passing thought just MY take Your mileage may differ II K8JHR Hint 37 14 November 2013 A Simulated Audio Peak Filter You can put together a simulated Audio Peak Filter using the ARCP 590 software Set up a Receive Equalizer under the U designation A User defined equalizer won t be erased when you exit ARCP 590 Suppress all audio bands except for example 600 Hz Raise that band to the top of the scale If your hearing does better with something in between bands say 750
50. rier must be set for 50 and RF power to 100w before entering Service Menu The settings Insert service Jig in ACC2 Hold MIC NR and tum Power ON MENU ITEM DESCRIPTION ORG ADI 23 ALC REF ALC Reference 128 115 2 35V on TP1 24 POC 100W POC Power Meter 189 187 25 PMTR 100W POC Power Meter 191 191 26 50M 100W POC Power Meter 178 190 ai 50P M100W POC Power Meter 184 184 28 POC 50W POC Power Meter 128 125 29 PMTR 50W POC Power Meter 129 129 30 POC 25W POC Power Meter 89 87 31 PMTR 25W POC Power Meter 84 84 32 POC 10W POC Power Meter 58 55 33 PMTR 10W POC Power Meter 47 47 34 POC 5W POC Power Meter 45 40 35 PMTIR 5W POC Power Meter 29 29 36 TGC 14M TX Gain 94 108 Set for 100w 3w 37 ALC START ALC Meter 83 82 38 ALCMAX ALC Meter 121 119 39 TGC LW DRV TGC 75 40 TGC 1 8M TGC 95 41 TGC 3 5M TGC 112 42 TGC 5M TGC 114 43 TGC 7M TGC 97 44 TGC 10M TGC 109 k is o nae Ht Adjusted for 15 dots 47 TGC 24M TGC 113 on ALC meter 48 TGC 28M TGC 112 49 TGC 50M TGC 98 50 PGC 50W PGC 140 51 PGC 25W PGC 164 52 PGC 10W PGC 179 33 PGC SW PGC 186 60 WRITE EEPROM Push MIN once Tum off power Following the TS 590S Service Manual for the adjustment procedure found that my rig had the TGC 14M TX Gain 14 MHz set at a rather low value and the power was 104w a bit high so increased the value until RF power was 100w Readjusted ALC start and ALC max just transmit and push M IN once If you have a CW key inserted in the rear jac
51. ring the DC input voltage to the radio Let s look at the basic test equipment needs 1 ADC voltmeter capable of measuring the input voltage to the radio when transmitting at full power for example on CW or FM Forget the specification for the radio you actually need a minimum voltage of 13 8v Anything less and the power will drop off sharply 2 A pair of headphones plugged into the PHONES jack on the TS 590S front panel You can then use the MONitor function to check your voice or data audio levels audio profiles compression etc 3 A separate receiver headphones for monitoring your transmitted on air signal 4 Adummy load When setting up the radio you need to transmit into a resistive 50 ohm dummy load This will ensure the SWR is 1 1 If the SWR is significantly different from 1 1 the output power will drop off sharply and the signal may be distorted The most important of these four items is the dummy load If you are having issues with low TX power poor audio poor digital signals or RF interference the dummy load is essential It lets you isolate the radio from the antenna essential because antenna mismatch can have a huge effect on how the radio performs And with a dummy load you can check your signal in the separate receiver without radiating it to the world The golden rules are simple 1 Set everything up correctly on dummy load first After all that s how Kenwood do it Make all your adjustments m
52. roblem Now everything is normal and have come to the conclusion that had two different problems from the beginning hope this helps Update meanwhile read that another ZS1 ham had the same problem So suspect a bad batch of cables to be the source of problems Patrick Egloff TKSEP TS 590S Family Hints and Tips Archive Updated 24 November 2014 39 Source TS 590S Service Manual page 64
53. ry and a simple potentiometer circuit with an ON OFF switch To tip of 3 5mm plug To body of 3 5mm plug ALC adjustment to achieve QRP power levels Roar Dehli LA4AMA E EAE AEA HA AHAHHH HH TS 590S Family Hints and Tips Archive Updated 24 November 2014 26 Comment from Rob Connelly W1AEX Very interesting findings The idea of running an external ALC source into the back panel of the 590S came up this morning in a conversation had on 15 meters used the same external ALC setup with my FT 897D which is fairly notorious for its problem with overshoot and it tamed it beautifully also used the same setup when using my Pro III on AM to remove audio artifacts caused by the internal ALC My simple setup before mounting it in a box took less than 5 minutes to put together eee ETETE Z AlkAkilis The over aggressive action of the ALC in the 590S is annoying and no doubt responsible for most of the complaints about low average SSB output It behaves like an audio compressor limiter that is poorly adjusted with hang and decay times that are insanely long It s so poorly implemented that it makes me wonder what Kenwood was thinking Hint 28 21 February 2013 WWV Accuracy For those that are interested in a way to use your PC and get the calibration of the TS 590S very close then follow the directions below 1 Download the Audio Spectrum Analyzer 1 26 at this site http hotamateurprogr
54. s BudR WB6RDO asked Is there an easy way to adjust the lowest power out to less than the 5 watts don t want to make any mods or affect the full power out of 100 watts Gary Sawyer KO6WB replied Yes get a 100K or 1M ohm linear potentiometer a 9V battery and a battery clip On the two ends of the potentiometer connect the battery clip This way the battery will have a 100K or 1M load on it which isn t much Now take the terminal on the positive side of the potentiometer and connect it to the chassis of the TS 590S Take the center wiper arm terminal of the potentiometer and connect it to the REMOTE connector on the back of the TS 590S on pin 6 ALC Connect the 9V battery to the clip Now adjust the potentiometer while you are emitting a CW carrier set to the 5 watt level and turn the adjustment until you obtain the desired output from the TS 590S That s it You re now able to control the power output of the TS 590S to whatever setting from O to 100 watts Hint 30 2 May 2013 CW Operation When operating CW turn your carrier control down to the point where there is NO ALC showing at all when you key This will completely control the ALC issue that is a feature of this rig and will be very clean Give VOX a try Set the delay long if you don t want break in Or just lock it down PTT if you want to be fully in control Just remember to release it when you are done With the somewhat relay less operation these
55. sound is more important than what you have to say Communicating should involve more than asking how does that sound One experienced ham who is also an expert on building recording and broadcast studios said this I ve seen operators sitting back 12 to 18 from a mike They turn up the gain to get the desired output and along comes up the background noise If should be asked for an audio report from a station that uses this technique be assured that the report is not very favorable On the other hand should one have a great acoustic environment where the decay of the room is controlled along with the low frequency response of the room controlled along with the noise in the room then this approach may work However even broadcasters working in a good acoustic environment don t do this they typically work 3 to 4 from the mike some closer depending on the mike and proximity effect desired EQUIPMENT SUPPORT It is usually best to use a firm solid support and sometimes a good shock mount can reduce unwanted vibration from traveling down the microphone handle Besides a swing arm and shock mount are really cool looking highly visible accessories in the well equipped shack MICROPHONES AND THE MYTH OF LOW TALK POWER In my view many hams are concerned they are not getting full power out on SSB transmissions This may be caused by several factors including inconsistent and low speech input volume as described above But this is
56. stortion If you speak too far away and too softly then it will be weak and tend to include ambient noise from the environment Test your microphone by making recordings on your computer and play them back with the headphones you like on your radio This will help you find the sweet spot the correct distance from your mouth to the microphone cartridge SIGNAL TO NOISE IS EVERYTHING Many microphones claim to be noise canceling but that is an overused abused term The real deal is signal to noise Again playing with your sound card can help you figure out how the mic works in YOUR shack and room acoustics can matter A LOT A few microphones have active noise cancellation typically employing two microphone capsules which are situated 180 degrees out of phase with each other Ambient noise from the room hits both capsules with more or less with equal force and are canceled because the resulting electrical signals are out of phase with each other Your mouth faces one of the capsules and is therefore closer to it Therefore the speech energy hits one of the capsules with substantially greater force than the other and the signal is not canceled by an equal and opposite out of phase signal from the other capsule The room noise is attenuated almost completely while your speech is not These are rarely found in other than specially designed headsets such as in air force jets and occasionally in specially designed headsets used for sp
57. tage as measured at TP1 should have been 2 7V Using several different voltmeters just to be sure the measurement was accurate measured only 1 9 Volts After setting the correct ALC voltage then went through the output power alignment procedure using the Bird as the final say in output power All went very well The Service Manual is excellent Alignment consisted of first entering the radio s maintenance mode using an alignment jig plugged into the 13 pin accessory socket Wiring for the jig is detailed at http ad4c us Kenwood 20HF 20radio 20manuals TS 570ServiceJigWiring pdf The next step was to select menu numbers that corresponded to output power levels of 100 50 25 10 and 5 Watts The radio s output power was then adjusted using the front panel up and down buttons at each power level until the Bird measured the same level At each power level the 590 s power meter was calibrated to read the same power level as shown on the Bird ALC was next setting the ALC meter reading to be 15 dots 100W on each band Every reading before adjustment was 3 to 4 dots higher than it should have been Success The 590 s power meter now reads the same as both of my wattmeters John Brush WA3CAS TS 590S Family Hints and Tips Archive Updated 24 November 2014 12 Hint 15 5 October 2012 Replacing the F901 Fuse Early TS 590S transceivers with serial numbers in the BO9xxxxx and BOAxxxxx series were fitted with a fuse desi
58. the virtual COM port or the real COM port e The audio codec in the radio is powered up By itself this is not particularly useful but if the USB cable is connected between the PC and the radio the codec driver in the PC will connect to the audio codec in the radio Question If the power on off button on the front panel doesn t turn the radio on and off just how do you turn the radio completely off Answer The only way to turn the radio completely off is to turn off the 13 8v DC supply input 73 lan G3NRW Hint 6 24 July 2012 Virtual Com Port Drivers Ten percent of the people fail to get the word and may have been in the 10 group regarding updates to Silicon Labs USB to UART Bridge Virtual COM Port VCP Drivers The current versions for all platforms are listed for free download at http www silabs com products mcu pages usbtouartbridgevcpdrivers aspx Since was not sure if mine was up to date downloaded and installed UART Bridge VCP Driver version 3 0 for Macintosh OS X dated March 27 2012 It is working fine with the iMac OS X 10 7 4 Kenwood TS 590S and fldigi 3 21 47 73 Dick AASVU TS 590S Family Hints and Tips Archive Updated 24 November 2014 6 Hint 7 1 August 2012 A Little Soft Compression can do A Lot Of Good want to share something I ve learned using the Kenwood TS 590S Here s some background on my configuration have a condenser mike connected to my Behringer mixer that is c
59. the 800 Hz sidetone Note NOTE 1 Be certain to orient the SO 3 as Toavoid m phoing tho jumpar hoop It atiachod 3 1 pin of shown in step Ses C903 ar C904 Whee renoving the S0 3 TCXO roplace He jumper Kile orignal poston 8 Replace the botiom case 10 screws TS 590S Family Hints and Tips Archive Updated 24 November 2014 32 Hint 35 30 July 2013 Taming the Wild COMport in Windows N2NOV says Thanks to W1HKJ for pointing out this webpage https fedorahosted org fldigi wiki Documentation HOWTO Windows USBSerial In Windows XP Windows Vista and 7 too you get a new and different COM port each time you plug a USB Serial cable into a new and different USB receptacle on a hub or the computer Each time you plug the cable into a new USB receptacle you must go and manually change the port assignment if you want the same device to always appear at the same COM port number To change a port number use Device Manager and expand the Ports COM amp LPT section Start gt Run gt devmgmt msc Double click on the device or right click and select Properties Select the Port Settings tab and then click the Advanced button Select a port number which does not correspond to an existing hardware built in port in the COM Port Number drop down list and click OK Ignore in use in the drop down list if you have previously assigned the device to the same port number When you later re connect the same USB lt
60. the virtual COM port when the external programs sends a TX command HRD passes a TXO to the 590 instead of TX1 in the TX 590S CAT Command Set TX0 is Mic PTT and TX1 is PTT for the ACC2 or USB input Here s an example JT65 HF when using the HRD PTT option connects to HRD via the TCP IP interface requests a list of buttons and sends a command to HRD to push the TX button This keys up the mic not the data audio If instead the TX Data button were pressed it would work fine The same happens with PC ALE which sends a TX command through the virtual COM port That said don t think it should be up to every piece of external software to know that some radios need different commands than others That s why use HRD so that other software doesn t have to care about my rig and its quirks If there is a way to convince HRD that any TX command should be interpreted as TX Data please let me know couldn t find such an option If it doesn t exist would ask the developers to consider one of two options either include a option to make all TX commands send a TX1 instead of TXO based on user preference or allow users to change the CAT Command associated with the TX button A third option might be to only use TX1 from HRD but assume someone out there wants to use a Mic interface or use HRD to control the Mic PTT so don t think this is a viable solution In general the only viable solution without
61. thers have said you don t need a SignaLink with the 590 But if you have one you may as well use it personally find adjusting the audio levels to be so much easier and quicker using the knobs on the SignaLink than using the slider controls in Windows I ll assume you re using the 13 pin connector accessory cable connected between the SignaLink and the 590 s rear ACC2 jack Here are the 590 menu settings use Menu 63 Audio Input Line Select ACC2 Menu 66 Audio Level of ACC2 Input 1 Menu 67 Audio Level of ACC2 Output 1 On m a a ew e a m Here s the tricky part at least for me The receive audio was way too high requiring the RX knob to be set too low for my taste The receive audio level control is buried in Windows You ll find it under Control Panel gt Sound gt Manage audio devices gt Recording gt USB Audio CODEC gt Properties gt Levels set the Microphone slider control to 50 That results in a SignaLink RX knob setting of 10 o clock If necessary you can set the xmt audio level under Control Panel gt Sound gt Manage audio devices gt Playback gt USB Audio CODEC gt Properties gt Levels But found the default of 100 to be OK The settings for Windows and the 590 are set it and forget it From now on all TX and RX audio levels are set from the SignaLink for any soundcard program you use Would sell my SignaLink NEVER John WA3CAS Hint 25 5 February 2013 Useful Fldigi Macros
62. tware if you want things to go as one should expect you have to have your working frequency on VFO A and if you re working split your transmit frequency on VFO B As is it will write the right information in the ADIF log when you export it If you try to use the Quick Memories or the other memories N1MM software will still use the VFO A as the active frequency In contests that s not a big deal since the N1MM bandmap is what you should use However when just chasing DX like to use the Quick Memories as they allow to store split frequencies can then watch for a pile up to clear a little bit while listening to the bands In order to have the right frequencies written in the log you have to write the memory to the VFO with the M gt V button prior to logging the QSO 13 Yan XV4Y TS 590S Family Hints and Tips Archive Updated 24 November 2014 7 Hint 9 15 August 2012 The Most Basic Pieces Of Test Equipment Over the past year or so have received many personal emails from people who were having difficulties in setting up the TS 590S These included issues associated with e Low SSB TX power e Poor audio quality frequency response e Poor digital signal quality poor IMD levels e RF interference breakthrough In some cases it became clear that the people complaining about these perceived faults with the radio had absolutely no test equipment of any kind No means of monitoring their signals no means even of measu
63. witch say K6OK release footswitch K1XYZ K6OK you re number 123 Alpha K1XYZ 95 Victor Tango Me hit footswitch Thanks Number 101 Me hit F2 N1MM executes the macro the TS 590 is flipped from ACC2 to USB my pre recorded wav says Uniform K6OK 09 Sierra Victor and is flipped from USB back to ACC2 K1XYZ Your number again please Me hit footswitch 101 101 K1XYZ QSL Thanks QRZ ene Results made 283 QSOs during the contest using the macro The TS 590 executed the Menu 63 switching instantly and smoothly did not detect any USB latency my baud rate is set to 57600 or any delays at all From my results conclude the TS 590 is a very good candidate for all kinds of PC integration and automation 73 Jim K6OK Hint 22 23 December 2012 A good way to remove surface mount devices ran across a good way to remove surface mount devices recently had to remove and replace a surface mount IC which ended up to be an easy task This might be of interest for those that need to replace the F901 fuse in the TS 590S A video can be viewed that shows the easy removal of a CPU with this method The product is called ChipQuik http www chipquik com It is available as a kit consisting of a tube of flux and a special alloy that looks like a small diameter supply of solder and alcohol pads for cleanup The flux is applied to the device pins and the alloy is then melted onto the pins The result is a very
64. y for stored messages but prefer not to use the VOX for the microphone simply set the VOX gain to zero and switch the VOX on No more need to press ptt and everything still works as before Best 73 Hannu OH1HAQ Hint 4 12 July 2012 Breakout Box for the ACC2 Connector Wiring up a 13 pin ACC2 plug is a fiddly business especially if you want to experiment with different configurations To make things easier Villas Boas PY5VB devised this handy breakout box TS 590S Family Hints and Tips Archive Updated 24 November 2014 5 Hint 5 18 July 2012 Turning the TS 590S ON and OFF Question How do you turn the TS 590S on and off Answer You just toggle the power on off button on the front panel right Wrong The power on off button on the front panel is not the power on off button Think of it instead as the Operational Standby button When you press the button and the display lights up the radio is in the fully Operational state ready for normal use When you press the button again and the display goes off the radio is in the Standby state In this state most of the radio goes to sleep with the exception of e the virtual COM port connected to the USB cable e the real COM port connected to the serial COM cable e the audio codec This means that in the Standby state e The UART in the radio is still active ready to receive wake up CAT commands either via
65. z The signal is now excellent communications quality very bright and punchy Some people have complained about poor audio quality in the TS 590S What they overlooked were the extremely flexible 18 stage TX audio equalizers built in to the radio there are actually two of them that you can independently adjust for different situations There are also two independent 18 stage RX audio equalizers as well Using the Kenwood ARCP 590 program you can configure up to 5 user defined profiles in each of the equalizers to suit just about any mic and as Graeme has shown you can achieve excellent results 73 lan G3NRW TS 590S Family Hints and Tips Archive Updated 24 November 2014 9 P S from G4NVH Here are my current TX EQ Settings Remember that a this is for the Heil Pro Micro headset and b My voice Menu 25 200 Menu 26 3000 amp no processing RX TX Equalizer Equalizer User En Cone abe TX Equalizer 0 300 600 900 1 200 1 500 1 800 2 100 2 400 2 700 3 000 3 300 3 600 3 900 4 200 4500 4 800 5 100 Hz 1 See ee a p J aS 6 amp o m Ee ES Eg Ee Er Ree ne ee Bn ee Ee se oe ee ee aa ee ao Hint 11 27 August 2012 ARCP 590 Frequency Readout Display Cut Off This is an excerpt from KG9OM s information http Awww k4qky com kenwood ts 590s setup html ARCP 590 itself functions well except for the bottom 25 pct of the freq readout being cut off

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