Specifications

S-Meter and Band Scope may (sometime) not work properly.
Tuning steps
TS-450 TS-690 and recent Kenwood provides automatic selection of the tuning step : fill in
the Fine Tuning frame under Preferences/Transceivers for Phone and CW/Data.
Filters and advanced functions
With TS-850 TS-950 and recent Kenwoods, you may couple the filter selection with the
variable bandwidth filter (see Modes and filters).
Many levels and functions are adjustable from the Transceiver/Levels panel.
CW Keying viat the CAT Port
With TS-480/570/590/870/TS-2000 direct CW keying via the CAT port is supported (see CW
Interface).
Use of the channels
The Kenwood transceivers generally defines two frequencies for each channel: the receive
frequency and the transmit frequency (Split). TRX-Manager takes this into account ; the
channels editor allows you to enter the Shift between the two frequencies (whatever you
have to introduce a repeater Shift or simply different values for RX and TX). This
information may be also particularly useful for the introduction of the limit of the program scan
function (channels 90 to 99); for example to scan from 14.00 to 14.35, it is necessary to
introduce 14.00 as the frequency and 350 KHz as the Shift.
With TS-790 (channel 00-29) and TS-2000/480/590 you may define a repeater Offset (-/+/=
).
These functions are not supported by the current TS-990's driver.
Important Notes
Old rig: The selection of Wide filters (6K or 12K) is not possible in SSB or CW. The selection
of Narrow filters is not possible in AM and FM.
The repeater's Offset itself is not accessible on most Kenwood transceivers (recent rigs
excepted); entering a repeater shift in a memory channel initializes the associated split
frequency (see above).
It may be, after having selected a channel from the PC, that it is not possible to select a
VFO from the transceiver ! It is then necessary to restart the program and to select a VFO...
To limit this nuisance being repeated, TRX-Manager switches to VFO before closing the serial
port.
The Clear function may make the RIT button not working properly. It is suggested to center
the RIT button then to press on Clear to return to normal operation.
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