[Kenwood] TS-820S

[Clif Holland]

The manual is correct. Your radio is broke.

Clif Holland KA5IPF
www.avvid.com




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kenneth G. Gordon" <kgordon2006 at frontier.com>
To: "Brian Harris" <cosmophone at yahoo.com>
Cc: <Kenwood at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 2:36 AM
Subject: Re: [Kenwood] TS-820S


> On 22 Jan 2012 at 23:49, Brian Harris wrote:
>
>>
>> Ken,
>>
>> Send is like the transmit/receive switch on vintage transmitters. The rig 
>> works as
>> it should. Mine is the same way. I don't understand why you feel there is 
>> an
>> issue.
>
> Well, Brian, here is ONE reason:
>
> TS-820S Operations Manual, Page 20, section 4.13. CW Operation.
>
> "Tune and load the TS-820 as described in Sections 4.1 through 4.11. 
> Connect a key to the
> back-panel CW KEY jack, set the MODE switch to CW, and set the stand-by 
> switch to SEND
> for transmitting."
>
> What does this say to you, or to anyone else who has never used a TS-820? 
> It says to me
> that it has to be in SEND to transmit with the key.
>
> However, on page 10, under (11) Stand-By Switch, the third paragraph, we 
> read the
> following: "SEND: The TS-820 is locked into the transmit mode in this 
> switch position."
>
> So, which is it?
>
> And, the only way I can get any output at all under any other conditions 
> is to set the Stand-By
> switch in the SEND position.
>
> Now...according to other things I read in the manual, for CW, one sets the 
> MODE switch to
> CW, sets the VOX/MAN switch to VOX, plugs in a key, holds the key down, 
> while adjusting
> the VOX gain until the rig keys on. However, when I do this, absolutely 
> nothing happens. It
> just sits there....unless I do what Section 4.13 says, and I set the 
> Stand-By switch to SEND,
> when I get output, but operating the key doesn't change it. It just stays 
> at max output.
>
> BTW, I have both anti-vox and vox delay set max CCW (none).setting them in 
> any other
> position makes no difference.
>
> So, with the MODE switch in CW, I then set the VOX/MAN switch to MAN, key 
> the PTT line,
> and....get max output without touching the key. Operating the key makes no 
> difference.
>
> Now...do YOU still think the rig DOESN'T have a problem?
>
> I disagree.
>
> However, it DOES seem probable to me, at this point,  that Section 4.13 is 
> wrong.
>
> Ken W7EKB
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