Kenwood TH-F6A Instruction Manual

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3911 OPERATOR CONVENIENCES]YEK[ ]YEK[+]F[PMAL VER PMAL 2 NI.NMINOM f>-<NM TTAB TUO.LWOL zHM EDOM PETSDNAB ENIF LAUDB/A OFV LAUSIV V>MOFNI RM XOV NI.MLQS LLAC 3 IRP NI.CLAB zH0571 3 LES.T TTAENOT 1 TFIHSUNM1 Tuning control (Up or Down) can be also programmed.2 The light stays ON until you press the key again {above}.3 Both keys cannot be assigned to the PF keys at the same time(TH-F7E only).You can also press [PTT] to assign a function key toalternate VFO and Memory Recall mode.MONITORWhen you are receiving while the squelch function isON, weak signals may become intermittent.Or, if the CTCSS or DCS function is ON, you maywant to disable the squelch function temporarily tomonitor the current channel activities.In these cases, use the Monitor function to disablethe squelch function temporarily.To activate the Monitor function:1 Press and hold [MONI].• The speaker is unmuted and you can monitorthe signals.2 Release [MONI] key to return to normal operation.NARROW BAND FM OPERATIONBy default, if you select FM mode, the transceiveroperates in normal FM deviation (±5 kHz) mode forboth transmission and reception. You can alsooperate the transceiver in narrow band FM deviation(±2.5 kHz) mode on 2 m, 1.25 m (TH-F6A only), and70 cm bands for both A and B-bands. To operate thetransceiver in narrow band FM:1 Press [MNU].2 Turn the Tuning control or press [ ]/ [ ] to selectMenu No. 29 (FM NARROW).3 Press [ ] or [MNU].4 Turn the Tuning control or press [ ]/ [ ] to select“ON”.5 Press [ ] or [MNU] to store the setting.Otherwise, press [ ] or [PTT] to cancel.When narrow band FM operation is ON, “FMN”appears instead of “FM”.Note:uWhen you select “9600” bps for the Menu No. 28 (PACKET) , theoperating mode temporarily returns to a normal FM mode.uYou can store the narrow band FM operation status to eachamateur radio band.POWER-ON MESSAGEYou can change the greeting message (a maximumof 8 characters) when the transceiver is turned ON.1 Press [MNU].2 Turn the Tuning control or press [ ]/ [ ] to selectMenu No. 15 (PWR-ON MSG).3 Press [ ] or [MNU].• The current message and entry cursor appear.4 Turn the Tuning control or press [ ]/ [ ] to selectthe first character.• You can enter alphanumeric characters plusspecial ASCII characters. Refer to the table onpage 17 for the available characters.• For other method of selecting characters, referto “NAMING A MEMORY CHANNEL” step 3 onpage 17.5 Press [ ].• The cursor moves to the next digit.6 Repeat steps 4 and 5 to enter up to 8 digits.• Pressing [ ] after selecting the 8th digitcompletes the programming.• To complete programming before entering thecharacters less than 8 digits, press [MNU] or[ ] twice. To cancel, press [ ] or [PTT].• Press [ ] to move the cursor backward.PROGRAMMABLE VFOIf you want to limit the operating frequencies within acertain range, program the upper and lowerfrequency limits to the program VFO parameters. Forexample, if you select 144 MHz for the lower limit and145 MHz for the upper limit, the tunable range will belimited from 144.000 MHz to 145.995 MHz.1 Press [A/B] to select the A-band.2 Press [VFO].3 Press [BAND] until you select the desiredamateur radio band to configure theprogrammable VFO frequency range.4 Press [MNU].5 Turn the Tuning control or press [ ]/ [ ] to selectMenu No. 4 (PROG VFO).//