[Premium-Rx] Harris RF-590 assistance

[ToddRoberts2001 at aol.com]

In a message dated 1/7/2006 12:04:57 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
salmaniw at shaw.ca writes:
Hello, gents.  I just acquired a rather nice looking RF-590 without a manual 
(also known as a R-5095B/G according to the tag.  Unfortunately no manual 
accompanied this receiver.  From what I've been able to ascertain, it seems very 
awkward to tune or input frequencies.  Does anyone have access to manuals, or a 
brief primer on using this premium-rx?  Thanks.  So far I'd say that it's on 
par with my Rockwell/Collins HF-2050 receivers and inferior to my Icom 756 
Pro2.....Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC

Hi Walt,
       The RF-590 is pretty straightforward to tune and enter frequencies. 
First make sure the receiver is not in "remote" mode. There is a row of small 
pushbuttons above the main tuning knob. Make sure the LED next to the "remote" 
pushbutton is extinguished. To enter a frequency first push the small button 
marked "frequency"(KHz) directly above the numeric keypad. Observe that a small 
cursor moves underneath the last digit on the left side of the frequency 
readout display, or under the "tens" of MHz digit. Enter the digits one at a time 
starting with the tens of MHz digit. So for 1290 KHz enter 0-1-2-9-0 then press 
the keypad key directly to the right of the main tuning knob marked "tune" 
twice. The LED next to tune goes off then comes back on. Note that the small 
cursor now moves directly under the 1KHz digit or in this case the zero. When you 
turn the main tuning knob the receiver will now tune in 1KHz steps. If you 
want different tuning steps push the "tune rate" button and the small cursor 
under the tuning display digits will move to the right each time you press the 
button, so it will move under the .1Khz digit, then .01 digit and finally under 
the 1Hz digit. Press the button again and it will start at the left of the 
display under the tens of MHz digit. The tuning steps will move at whatever digit 
the cursor is below. To get quickly back to tuning in 1KHz steps push the 
white "rcv" button to the left of the main tuning knob. The other buttons in the 
small row should be fairly intuitive to figure out how they work. Hope this 
may help you get started. Good luck, Todd WD4NGG