Kenwood TM-V7A Instruction Manual

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Contents

iiCONTENTSSUPPLIED ACCESSORIES ...................................... 1CONVENTIONS FOLLOWED IN THIS MANUAL....... 11 PREPERATION FOR MOBILE AND FIXED STATION OPERATIONMOBILE INSTALLATION ........................................... 2Installation Example .............................................. 2Installation Steps .................................................. 2DC POWER CABLE CONNECTION .......................... 3Mobile Operation .................................................. 3Fixed Station Operation ........................................ 4Replacing Fuses ................................................... 5ANTENNA CONNECTION ......................................... 5ACCESSORY CONNECTIONS ................................. 6External Speakers ................................................ 6Microphone ........................................................... 6PACKET EQUIPMENT CONNECTIONS ................... 62 YOUR FIRST QSO3 GETTING ACQUAINTEDBASIC TRANSCEIVER MODES ................................ 8BUTTON FUNCTION DISPLAY ................................. 9FRONT PANEL ........................................................ 10REAR PANEL .......................................................... 12MICROPHONE ........................................................ 13INDICATORS ........................................................... 14TRANSCEIVER GUIDE ........................................... 154 OPERATING BASICSSWITCHING POWER ON/OFF ............................... 16ADJUSTING VOLUME ............................................ 16ADJUSTING SQUELCH .......................................... 16SELECTING A BAND .............................................. 16SELECTING FREQUENCIES .................................. 17Tuning Control .................................................... 17Microphone [UP]/[DWN] Buttons ......................... 17TRANSMITTING ...................................................... 18Selecting Output Power ...................................... 185 MENU SET-UPWHAT IS A MENU? ................................................. 19MENU ACCESS ...................................................... 19MENU CONFIGURATION ....................................... 206 OPERATING THROUGH REPEATERSREPEATER ACCESS .............................................. 22Selecting Offset Direction .................................... 23Selecting Offset Frequency ................................. 24Activating Tone Function ..................................... 24Selecting a Tone Frequency ................................ 25Automatic Repeater Offset(U.S.A./ Canada/ Europe Only) ........................... 26REVERSE FUNCTION ............................................ 27Automatic Simplex Checker (ASC) ...................... 277 MEMORY CHANNELSSIMPLEX OR SPLIT MEMORY CHANNEL? ........... 28VHF/UHF MEMORY CHANNEL RATIO ................... 29STORING DATA IN SIMPLEX CHANNELS.............. 30STORING DATA IN SPLIT CHANNELS ................... 30RECALLING MEMORY CHANNELS ....................... 31CLEARING MEMORY CHANNELS ......................... 31NAMING MEMORY CHANNELS ............................. 32CALL CHANNEL ..................................................... 33Recalling the Call Channel .................................. 33