Kenwood TM-481A Instruction Manual

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Contents

iiCONTENTSVFO MODE .......................................................... 15MHz M ODE .......................................................... 16D IRECT FREQUENCY E NTRY ..................................... 16CHAPTER 5 MENU SETUPWHAT IS A MENU? ................................................ 18MENU ACCESS ...................................................... 18MENU FUNCTION LIST .......................................... 19CHAPTER 6 OPERATING THROUGH REPEATERSOFFSET PROGRAMMING FLOW .......................... 22PROGRAMMING AN OFFSET ............................... 23SELECTING AN O FFSET DIRECTION ............................ 23SELECTING AN O FFSET F REQUENCY ........................... 23A CTIVATING THE TONE F UNCTION .............................. 24S ELECTING A TONE FREQUENCY ................................ 24AUTOMATIC REPEATER OFFSET ........................ 25TRANSMITTING A 1750 Hz TONE ......................... 25REVERSE FUNCTION ............................................ 26AUTOMATIC SIMPLEX CHECK (ASC) .................. 26TONE FREQUENCY ID SCAN ............................... 27CHAPTER 7 MEMORY CHANNELSNUMBER OF MEMORY CHANNELS ..................... 28SIMPLEX & REPEATER OR ODD-SPLITMEMORY CHANNEL? ............................................ 28STORING SIMPLEX FREQUENCIES ORSTANDARD REPEATER FREQUENCIES ............. 29STORING ODD-SPLIT REPEATERFREQUENCIES ...................................................... 30RECALLING A MEMORY CHANNEL ..................... 30SUPPLIED ACCESSORIES ...................................... 1WRITING CONVENTIONS FOLLOWEDIN THIS MANUAL ...................................................... 1CHAPTER 1 PREPARATIONMOBILE INSTALLATION .......................................... 2DC POWER CABLE CONNECTION ......................... 3Mobile Operation .................................................. 3Fixed Station Operation........................................ 4Replacing Fuses................................................... 5ANTENNA CONNECTION ........................................ 5ACCESSORY CONNECTIONS ................................ 6External Speaker .................................................. 6Microphone........................................................... 6PC Connection ..................................................... 7CHAPTER 2 YOUR FIRST QSOCHAPTER 3 GETTING ACQUAINTEDFRONT PANEL ......................................................... 9DISPLAY ................................................................. 10REAR PANEL .......................................................... 12MICROPHONE ........................................................ 12MIC KEYPAD DIRECT ENTRY .................................... 13CHAPTER 4 OPERATING BASICSSWITCHING THE POWER ON/OFF ...................... 14ADJUSTING THE VOLUME .................................... 14ADJUSTING THE SQUELCH ................................. 14TRANSMITTING ..................................................... 15SELECTING AN OUTPUT POWER ................................ 15SELECTING A FREQUENCY ................................. 15