Universal Radio presents the Kenwood TS-590SG

Posted date: November 16, 2016in: ReviewNo Comments

Product Overview

Be witness to the evolution of KENWOOD‘s pride and joy – the TS-590S HF transceiver – pushing performance and technology to its utmost limit, with the receiver configured to capitalize on roofing filter performance and IF AGC controlled through advanced DSP technology.

Enter the TS-590SG.A new generation of high performance transceiver, with the type of high level response to meet DX’ers needs.

Incremental changes help performance and function to evolve.

■An even higher performance receiver with superior adjacent dynamic range.
■Advanced AGC control through digital signal processing from the IF stage.
■Highly reliable TX outputs high-quality TX signal.
■New morse code decoder. Scroll display on 13-segment display unit.
　Characters shown in dedicated window on ARCP-590G.
■MULTI/CH knob (with push-switch) and RIT/XIT/CL key also configurable in
addition to existing PF A and PF B programmable functions.
■New Split function (TS-990S-style) enabling quick configuration added in addition to existing Split setting.
■Transceiver equalizer configurable by mode.
■FIL A/B configurable independently with VFO A/B (convenient during Split operation).
■Front or rear PTT selectable for Data PTT.
■Switching from HI CUT/LO CUT to WIDTH/SHIFT possible for reception bandwidth changing in SSB mode.
■DRV connector switchable to antenna output function(convenient when connecting to external receiver).
■Large display with superior visibility.
　LED backlight color tone configurable in 10 steps from amber to green.
■Speech processor independently configurable for microphone transmission and voice message transmission.
■20-step expansion of settings range including TX monitor and CW side tone, etc.
■Operation when pressed now added to existing toggle operation for TX tuning function.