Selecting A Method For Sending Out Contest Number (Text Input Only); Selecting A Channel For Counting Up The Contest Numbers (Text Input Only); Decrementing The Contest Number (Text Input Only); Playing/Transmitting Cw Messages - Kenwood TS-890S Instruction Manual

5 COMMUNICATING AIDS
Selecting a Method for Sending out Contest Number
(Text Input Only)
When a CW message that contains a "%N" input is transmitted,
numeric values "1", "9" and "0" are converted into alphabets "A",
"N" and "O" (or "T") respectively in the Morse code format and sent
out as a contest number.
Configure in Menu [5-13] "Contest Number Format"
Off (default)/ 190 to ANO/ 190 to ANT/ 90 to NO/
Setting Value
90 to NT
Coding Example
Text String Sent out as
Option
Contest Number
190 to ANO
190 to ANT
90 to NO
90 to NT
Selecting a Channel for Counting up the Contest
Numbers (Text Input Only)
The CW message channel for which contest numbers are counted
up can be registered using this setting.
Configure in Menu [5-14] "Channel Number (Count-
up Message)"
Setting Value Off (default)/ Channel 1 to Channel 8

Decrementing the Contest Number (Text Input Only)

If communication is not established after a contest number is sent
to the receiving station, the contest number that is sent next will be
decremented (reduced) by 1.
1 Press F2 [KEYER] to display the CW Message
screen.
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2 Press F7 [NEXT] to select a channel group for which
the contest numbers are to be displayed.
• << >> is displayed beside the channel for counting up the
contest number, and F6 [-1] is displayed in the key guide.
• Pressing F7 [NEXT] each time switches between F2 [CH
1] to F5 [CH 4] and F2 [CH 5] to F5 [CH 8].
3 Press F6 [-1] to reduce the contest number by 1.
When the setting of the channel for counting up the
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contest number in Menu [5-14] is configured to "Off",
<< >> is not displayed and F6 [-1] is also not shown
in the key guide.
5-16
Output Code
ANO
( • ‒ ‒ • ‒ ‒ ‒ )
190
ANT
( • ‒ ‒ • ‒ )
NO
( ‒ • ‒ ‒ ‒ )
90
NT
( ‒ • ‒ )

Playing/Transmitting CW Messages

This transceiver can be configured as follows to play back or
transmit a registered CW message. The CW message screen and
function key displays are different when Menu [5-11] "CW
Message Entry" is configured to "Paddle" and when it is configured
to "Text String". Descriptions in this manual are based on the
"Paddle" setting, but the steps are the same when it is configured
to "Text String". Also, a CW message needs to be registered in
advance before it can be played back or transmitted.
1 Press F2 [KEYER] to display the CW Message
screen.
2 To play back a CW message, press [VOX] to set
break-in to OFF.
• When break-in is set to OFF, the [VOX] LED light goes off.
• To transmit a CW message, set break-in to ON. When break-
in is set to ON, the [VOX] LED lights up.
3 Press F2 [CH 1] to F5 [CH 4] or F2 [CH 5] to F5 [CH
8] to select a CW message.
• Playback or transmission starts. To cancel the operation,
press F5 [STOP].
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When Menu [5-14] "Channel Number (Count-up
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Message)" is configured to a setting other than "Off", the
contest number is added immediately after playback or
transmission of the CW message for the selected
channel has ended.
Operating the paddle while Menu [5-10] "Interrupt
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Keying" is "On" pauses playback or transmission of the
message memory. After paddle operation has ended,
playback or transmission resumes from the paused
state. Operating the paddle while "Off" is configured
stops playback or transmission of the message memory.
To transmit a CW message without using break-in, press
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[SEND] instead of performing step 2.

Repeat Playback of CW Messages

Press F4 [REPEAT].
Pressing F4 [REPEAT] each time toggles the repeat function
between ON and OFF.
• When the repeat mode is ON, <<
selected CW message memory.
>> lights up for the