Kenwood TH-F6A Instruction Manual

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73 GETTING ACQUAINTEDTRANSMITTING1 To transmit, hold the transceiver approximately5 cm (2 inches) from your mouth, then press andhold the PTT switch and speak into themicrophone in your normal tone of voice.• The status LED on the top panel lights red andbar-graph meter appears.• If you press [PTT] while you are outside of thetransmission coverage, a high pitched errorbeep sounds.2 When you finish speaking, release the PTT switch.Note: If you transmit continuously for more than 10 minutes, theinternal time-out timer generates a warning beep and the transceiverstops transmitting. In this case, release the PTT switch and let thetransceiver cool down for a while, then press the PTT switch again toresume transmitting {pages 40, 51}.n Selecting Output PowerSelecting lower transmission power is the bestway to reduce the battery consumption, ifcommunication is still reliable. You can configuredifferent power levels for transmission {page 41}.Press [LOW].• Each time you press [LOW], the indicatorcycles between “H” (high), “L” (low), and “EL”(economic low).Note:uYou can store different output power setting for the A and B-band.uWhen you change the output power, it is reflected to allavailable amateur bands for A or B-band.SELECTING A FREQUENCYn VFO ModeThis is the basic mode for changing the operatingfrequency. Turn the Tuning control clockwise toincrease the frequency. Turn the Tuning controlcounterclockwise to decrease the frequency. Or,press [ ]/ [ ] to change the frequency.n MHz ModeIf the desired operating frequency is far away fromthe current frequency, it is quicker to use the MHztuning mode.To adjust the MHz digit:1 Press [MHz].• A MHz digit blinks.2 Turn the Tuning control or press [ ]/ [ ] toselect the desired MHz digit.3 After selecting the desired MHz digit, press[MHz] to exit the mode and return to normalVFO mode {above}.4 You may further adjust the frequency using theTuning control or [ ]/ [ ].Note: MHz mode does not function in AM band.n Direct Frequency EntryIn addition to turn the Tuning control or press[ ]/ [ ], there is another way of selecting thefrequency. When the desired frequency is faraway from the current frequency, you can directlyenter a frequency from the numeric keypad.1 Press [VFO].• You must be in the VFO mode to make thedirect frequency entry.2 Press [ENT].• “– – – – – –” appears.3 Press the numeric keys ([0] to [9]) to enteryour desired frequency. [MHz] can be used tocomplete the MHz digits entry.• Pressing [ENT] fills the remaining digits (thedigits you did not enter) with 0 andcompletes the entry.• To select 145.000 MHz for example, press[1], [4], [5] then press [ENT] to completethe entry.• If you want to revise the MHz digits only,press [VFO] in place of [ENT].