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Title: Is there a Mod for a Kenwood TS-530 to Transmit continuous or out of band?
Post by: herman on January 12, 2025, 2017 UTC

Does the 530 transmit out of band any at all?

Title: Re: Is there a Mod for a Kenwood TS-530 to Transmit continuous or out of band?
Post by: Shortwave_Listener on January 12, 2025, 2054 UTC

I can’t find anything about a general MARS mod for it, but here’s some info on getting it to do 11 meters https://web.archive.org/web/20110121201043/http://www.n9efj.net/TS830.html

Title: Re: Is there a Mod for a Kenwood TS-530 to Transmit continuous or out of band?
Post by: RadioMon on February 11, 2025, 0200 UTC

That's the "butcher" way to do it.

At least one radio amateur reverse-engineered the set's PLL/Counter programming and came up with a way to add 27-27.5MHz to the set's Aux band position. Using the programming example as a guide it's also possible to add other ranges. An ongoing effort to make use of the "+0.5" switch is also underway and according to the author should be completed soon. A Net search will give details.

FWIW, this is also applicable to the TS-830 series. When done the set would cover 27-30MHz continuous with a bit of overlap. Perfect for some models of transverter whose IF was 27-29MHz.