Kenwood TH-F6A Instruction Manual

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iiCONTENTSTONE FREQ. ID SCAN ......................................... 14CHAPTER 6 MEMORY CHANNELSSIMPLEX & REPEATER OR ODD-SPLIT MEMORYCHANNEL? ........................................................... 15STORING SIMPLEX FREQUENCIES ORSTANDARD REPEATER FREQUENCIES ......... 15STORING ODD-SPLIT REPEATERFREQUENCIES ................................................. 15RECALLING A MEMORY CHANNEL ................. 16Using the Tuning Control or / keys ........... 16Using a Numeric Keypad .............................. 16CLEARING A MEMORY CHANNEL ................... 16MEMORY RECALL MODE ................................ 16NAMING A MEMORY CHANNEL ........................... 17MEMORY CHANNEL GROUPS ............................ 18RECALLING A MEMORY CHANNEL USINGMEMORY GROUP FUNCTION ......................... 18ERASING MEMORY CHANNELS USINGMEMORY GROUP DELETE FUNCTION ........... 18MEMORY CHANNEL TRANSFER ......................... 18MEMORY \ VFO TRANSFER .......................... 18CHANNEL \ CHANNEL TRANSFER ............... 18CALL CHANNEL .................................................... 19RECALLING THE CALL CHANNEL ................... 19REPROGRAMMING THE CALL CHANNEL ...... 19INFORMATION CHANNELS .................................. 20RECALLING AN INFORMATION CHANNEL ..... 20REPROGRAMMING THE INFORMATIONCHANNEL ......................................................... 20CHANNEL DISPLAY .............................................. 21CHAPTER 7 SCANNORMAL SCAN .................................................... 22BAND SCAN ..................................................... 22PROGRAM SCAN ............................................. 23Storing Program Scan Frequency Range ...... 23Performing the Program Scan ....................... 23MHz SCAN ........................................................ 23MEMORY SCAN .................................................... 24ALL-CHANNEL SCAN ....................................... 24GROUP SCAN .................................................. 24Memory Group Link ...................................... 24CALL SCAN ........................................................... 25PRIORITY SCAN .................................................... 25PROGRAMMING PRIORITY CHANNELS ......... 25USING PRIORITY SCAN ................................... 25INFORMATION CHANNEL SCAN ........................... 26VISUAL SCAN ........................................................ 26USING VISUAL SCAN (VFO) ............................ 26USING VISUAL SCAN(MEMORY CHANNEL) ...................................... 27MEMORY CHANNEL LOCKOUT ........................... 27SCAN RESUME METHOD .................................... 27CHAPTER 8 SELECTIVE CALLCTCSS and DCS ................................................... 28CTCSS .................................................................. 28USING CTCSS .................................................. 28MODELS COVERED BY THIS MANUALMARKET CODESNOTICE TO USERPRECAUTIONSTHANK YOU ............................................................. iFEATURES ............................................................... iSUPPLIED ACCESSORIES ..................................... iWRITING CONVENTIONS FOLLOWED .................. iCONTENTS ............................................................. iiCHAPTER 1 PREPARATIONINSTALLING THE Li-ion BATTERY PACK ............... 1INSTALLING ALKALINE BATTERIES ...................... 1INSTALLING THE ANTENNA .................................. 1ATTACHING THE HAND STRAP ............................. 1INSTALLING THE BELT CLIP .................................. 1CHARGING THE Li-ion BATTERY PACK ................. 2CONNECTING TO A CIGARETTE LIGHTERSOCKET .................................................................. 2CONNECTING TO A REGULATEDPOWER SUPPLY .................................................... 2CHAPTER 2 YOUR FIRST QSOFIRST QSO ............................................................. 3CHAPTER 3 GETTING ACQUAINTEDKEYS AND CONTROLS .......................................... 4DISPLAY ................................................................. 5BASIC OPERATIONSWITCHING POWER ON/ OFF .......................... 6ADJUSTING VOLUME ........................................ 6ADJUSTING SQUELCH ...................................... 6SELECTING A BAND .......................................... 6MULTI-SCROLL KEY ........................................... 6TRANSMITTING .................................................. 7Selecting Output Power .................................. 7SELECTING A FREQUENCY .............................. 7VFO mode ...................................................... 7MHz mode ...................................................... 7Direct Frequency Entry ................................... 7CHAPTER 4 MENU SETUPWHAT IS A MENU? .................................................. 9MENU ACCESS ...................................................... 9SELECTING A MENU LANGUAGE ......................... 9MENU FUNCTION LIST .......................................... 9ALPHABETICAL FUNCTION LIST ......................... 11CHAPTER 5 OPERATING THROUGH REPEATERSOFFSET PROGRAMMING FLOW ......................... 12PROGRAMMING OFFSET ................................ 12Selecting Offset Direction .............................. 12Selecting Offset Frequency ........................... 12Activating Tone Function ............................... 13Selecting a Tone Frequency .......................... 13AUTOMATIC REPEATER OFFSET ....................... 13REVERSE FUNCTION .......................................... 14AUTOMATIC SIMPLEX CHECK (ASC) .................. 14