Kenwood TH-D72A Instruction Manual

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20TRANSMITTING1 Select your desired band and frequency/channel.2 Press and hold the microphone [PTT] switch and speak into the microphone totransmit.• The TX-RX LED lights red for the selected transmit band and the RF power meterappears on the display. The RF power meter shows the relative transmission outputpower you selected.• “H”, “L”, or “EL” appear on the display, depending on the output power you haveselected.• Speak into the microphone in your normal voice, while keeping the microphoneapproximately 5 cm (2 inches) from your mouth. Speaking too close to themicrophone or too loudly may increase distortion and reduce intelligibility of yoursignal at the receiving station.• Your station’s transmit signal can be received when the receive frequency is 3 timesthe transmit frequency.Example: Transmit frequency is 146.000 MHz and receive frequency is 438.000 MHz.3 When you finish speaking, release the [PTT] switch.Note: When the transceiver overheats because of ambient high temperatureor continuous transmission, the protective circuit may function to lower thetransmit output power.Selecting an Output PowerSelecting a low transmit power is a wise method to reduce battery consumption, ifcommunication is still reliable. You can program separate transmit power settingsfor band A and B.Press [F], [MENU] to select high (default), low, or economic low power (lowest).• “H”, “L”, or “EL” appears to show the current selection.• When the RF power meter is H, all 9 points are displayed. When it is L, 5 points aredisplayed, and when it is EL, 2 points are displayed.