Kenwood TS590SG User Manual

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In addition to turning the Tuning control or pressing 
Mic [UP]/ [DWN], there are several other ways 
to select your frequency.  This section describes 
additional methods of frequency selection that may 
save you time and effort.

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When the desired frequency is far removed from 
the current frequency, directly entering a frequency 
from the numeric keypad is usually the fastest 
method.

1 Press 

[ENT].

•  “ - - . - - - . - - ” appears.

2  Press the numeric keys ([50 (0)] to [28 (9)]) to 

enter your desired frequency.

• Pressing 

[ENT] at any time fi lls the 

remaining digits (the digits you did not enter) 
with 0 and completes the entry.  
To select 1.85 MHz for example, press 
[ENT], [50 (0)], [1.8 (1)], [24 (8)], [14 (5)], 
then press [ENT] to complete the input (6 
key strokes).

• Pressing 

[CLR] before pressing [ENT] 

cancels the entry and restores the current 
VFO frequency.

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  You can enter a frequency in the range of 30.00 kHz 

to 59.999.99 MHz.  Refer to the specifi cations for the 
available frequency range.

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  Attempting to enter a frequency that is outside the 

selectable frequency range causes an alarm to sound 
and the entered frequency is rejected.

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  When the entered frequency does not meet the current 

VFO frequency step size requirement, the nearest 
available frequency is automatically selected after the 
entered frequency is changed.

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  When the 10 Hz digit (last displayed digit) is entered, 

the digit 0 is automatically entered for the 1 Hz digit, 
and frequency entry is completed.  The 1 Hz digit is not 
displayed.

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  When an entered frequency is accepted, RIT or XIT will 

be switched OFF, but the RIT or XIT offset frequency is 
not cleared.

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The last 10 frequencies you entered are stored in 
the Frequency Entry History.  You can access the 
history to easily re-enter a recently used frequency.

1 Press 

[ENT].

2 Turn 

the 

MULTI/CH control.

•  The entered frequency along with its log 

number appears.  The most recent entered 
frequency is logged as number E0 and the 
oldest frequency is logged as number E9.

3 Press 

[ENT] to set the selected frequency to 

the VFO.

Note:  When entering a frequency using the numeric keys, if 
you turn the MULTI/CH control in the middle of the frequency 
entry, the frequency will be entered into the log.

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You can use the MULTI/CH control to change the 
operating frequency in steps of 1 MHz.

1 Press 

[MHz].

• “

” appears.

2 Turn 

the 

MULTI/CH control.

•  Clockwise increases the frequency and 

counter-clockwise decreases the frequency.

3 Press 

[MHz] again to exit.

• “

” disappears.

 

If you prefer to change the frequency in steps of 
100 kHz or 500 kHz, rather than 1 MHz, access 
Menu No. 12 and select 100 kHz, 500 kHz, or 
1 MHz.

Note:  Even if 100 kHz or 500 kHz is assigned for the [MHz] 
key, “

” appears on the display.

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To move up or down the frequency quickly, use 
the MULTI/CH control. The default values are as 
follows:  SSB/AM mode: 5 kHz, CW/FSK mode: 
500 Hz, FM mode: 10 kHz

•  If you want to change the default frequency step 

size, access Menu No. 16 (SSB), 17 (CW/FSK), 
18 (AM), or 19 (FM).  Press [M.IN]/ [SCAN (SG.
SEL)] to select OFF, 500 Hz, 1 kHz, 2.5 kHz, 5 
kHz, or 10 kHz for SSB/ CW/ FSK, and 5 kHz, 
6.25 kHz, 10 kHz, 12.5 kHz, 15 kHz, 20 kHz, 25 
kHz, 30 kHz, 50 kHz, or 100 kHz for AM/ FM.

•  When changing the operating frequency by 

using the MULTI/CH control, frequencies 
are rounded such that new frequencies are 
multiples of the frequency step size.  To disable 
this function, access Menu No. 14 and select 
“oFF” (default is ON).

•  In the AM broadcast band the step size will 

automatically be set to 9 kHz when Menu No. 
15 is ON.

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  You can also set a different frequency step size for SSB, 

CW/FSK, AM and FM modes.

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  When the menu is set to “oFF”, the MULTI/CH control is 

invalid in each mode.