Kenwood TS-2000X, TS-B2000 Communicating Aids, Receiving, Selecting Your Frequency

COMMUNICATING AIDS

RECEIVING

SELECTING YOUR FREQUENCY

In addition to turning the Tuning control or pressing Mic [UP]/[DWN], there are several other ways to select your frequency. This section describes additional methods of frequency selection that may save you time and effort.

■Direct Frequency Entry

When the desired frequency is far removed from the current frequency, directly entering a frequency from the numeric keypad is usually the fastest method.

1 Press [ENT].

• “- - - . - - - . - - ” appears.

2Press the numeric keys ([0] to [9]) to enter your desired frequency.

•Pressing [ENT] fills the remaining digits (the digits you did not enter) with 0 and completes the entry.

•To select 1.85 MHz for example, press [0], [0], [0], [1], [8], [5], then press [ENT] to complete the input (7 key strokes).

•To shorten the key strokes, you can also use [•]as MHz. Press [1], [•](MHz), [8], [5], then press [ENT] to complete the input (5 key strokes).

•Pressing [CLR] cancels the entry and restores the current VFO frequency.

Note:

◆You can enter the frequency in the range of 30.00 kHz to 1299.99999 MHz. Refer to the specifications for the available frequency range.

◆Attempting to enter a frequency that is outside the selectable frequency range causes an alarm to sound. The entered frequency is rejected.

◆When the entered frequency does not meet the current VFO frequency step size requirement, the nearest available frequency is automatically selected (Sub- receiver). The nearest available frequency is automatically selected after the entered frequency is changed (Main transceiver).

◆When the 10 Hz digit (last displayed digit) is entered, the digit 0 is automatically entered for the 1 Hz digit, and frequency entry is completed. The 1 Hz digit is not displayed.

◆When an entered frequency is accepted, RIT or XIT will be switched OFF, but the RIT or XIT offset frequency is not cleared.

◆After recalling memory channels 290 to 299 that have Start and End frequencies stored, the receive frequency can be changed by using Direct Frequency Entry within the programmed range.

■Using 1 MHz Steps

Pressing [+]/ [–]on the front panel changes Amateur bands. You can also use the MULTI/ CH control to change the operating frequency in steps of 1 MHz.

1 Press [1MHz/ SEL].

• “MHz” appears.

2Turn the MULTI/ CH control.

•Clockwise increases the frequency, counter- clockwise decreases the frequency.

3Press [1MHz/ SEL] to exit the function.

•“MHz” disappears.

If you prefer to change the frequency in steps of 100 kHz or 500 kHz steps rather than 1 MHz, press [FUNC], [1MHz/ SEL] then turn the MULTI/ CH control to select 100 kHz or 500 kHz.

Note: Even if 100 kHz or 500 kHz is selected for the [1MHz/ SEL] key, the MHz icon appears.

■Quick QSY

To move up or down the frequency quickly, use the MULTI/ CH control. Turning this control changes the operating frequency in steps of 5 kHz for SSB/ CW/ FSK and 10 kHz for FM/ AM (below 60 MHz).

•If you want to change the default frequency step size, press [FUNC], [9/ FINE/STEP]. Select 5 kHz, 6.25 kHz, 10 kHz, 12.5 kHz,

15 kHz, 20 kHz, 25 kHz, 30 kHz, 50 kHz or 100 kHz for FM/ AM, and 1 kHz, 2.5 kHz,

5 kHz, or 10 kHz for the other modes. The default step size is 5 kHz for SSB/ CW/ FSK/ AM and 10 kHz for FM (below 60 MHz).

•When changing the operating frequency by using the MULTI/ CH control, frequencies are rounded such that new frequencies are multiples of the frequency step size. To cancel this function, access Menu No. 04 and select OFF (default is ON).

•Within the AM broadcast band, the step size automatically defaults to the frequency step value in Menu No. 05. This step size can be switched between 9 kHz (all E-types: ON) and 5 kHz (K-type: OFF) via Menu No. 05.

Note: The programmed frequency step size for the MULTI/ CH control is stored independently for the HF/ 50 MHz, 144 MHz, 430 (440) MHz and 1.2 GHz bands (Main transceiver). You can also set a different frequency step size for SSB, CW, FSK, AM and FM modes. The sub-receiver also stores the independent frequency step size for 118 MHz (K-type only), 144 MHz, 300MHz (K-type only), and 430 (440) MHz bands. You can also set a different frequency step size for FM and AM.

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