Help With Kenwood ts50

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Help With Kenwood ts50

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Can anyone here who has a kenwood ts50 transcevier do me a favour ?

I am looking for the hidden menu settings from a working radio as the one i have here has been messed with.. its the menu that you get when u hold freq lock and nb when powering the radio on...

thanks for any replies i might get.
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Every radio have different values from factory.
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yes iknow this chris but just so i could have a starting point.

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This will lead you nowhere. I've been there with TS870 someone tried to "improve" Values from other radio just won't work.
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ch25 wrote: 07 Feb 2021, 22:13 This will lead you nowhere. I've been there with TS870 someone tried to "improve" Values from other radio just won't work.
thats a chance i am willing to take...
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https://vdocuments.mx/kenwood-ts-50-ser ... -mods.html
Factory Adjustments

Hold down NB and MHz keys + Power ON.
Turn the Frequency Tuning knob to change menu number.


A0 Checksum diplay (version of YOUR installed pgm)
A1 RIT center Initial value 80
A2 IF-Shift center Initial value 80
A3 LSB carrier point Initial value 0
A4 USB carrier point Initial value 0
A5 S-meter adjust S1 (not FM) Initial value 2E
A6 S-meter adjust S9 (not FM) Initial value 73
A7 S-meter adjust full (not FM) Initial value C2
A8 S-meter FM start Initial value 91
A9 S-meter FM full scale Initial value CC
AA RF-meter adjust low (10W) Initial value 3C
AB RF-meter adjust middle (50W) Initial value 80
AC RF-meter adjust high (100W) Initial value B1
AD Write to Eprom by pressing UP or DOWN key.
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Thanks but i allready have these i was looking for someone with said radio that could post up the settings for their radio.

thanks again ch25
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