Kenwood TH-F6A Automatic Repeater Offset, Operating Through Repeaters, Activating Tone Function

5 OPERATING THROUGH REPEATERS

■Activating Tone Function

Press [TONE] to switch the Tone function ON (or OFF).

• “” appears when the Tone function is ON.

Note: You cannot use the Tone and CTCSS/ DCS functions at the same time. Switching the Tone function ON after activating the CTCSS/ DCS deactivates the CTCSS/ DCS function.

TH-F7E only: When you access repeaters that require 1750 Hz tones, you need not activate the Tone function. Press [CALL] without pressing the PTT switch to transmit a 1750 Hz tone (default setting).

■Selecting a Tone Frequency

1While the Tone function is ON, press [F], [TONE].

2Turn the Tuning control or press []/ [] to select the desired tone frequency.

3Press [] or [MNU] to complete the setting. Otherwise, press [PTT] to cancel.

Available Tone Frequencies

No.	Freq.	No.	Freq.	No.	Freq.	No.	Freq.
	(Hz)		(Hz)		(Hz)		(Hz)
01	67.0	12	97.4	23	141.3	34	206.5
02	69.3	13	100.0	24	146.2	35	210.7
03	71.9	14	103.5	25	151.4	36	218.1
04	74.4	15	107.2	26	156.7	37	225.7
05	77.0	16	110.9	27	162.2	38	229.1
06	79.7	17	114.8	28	167.9	39	233.6
07	82.5	18	118.8	29	173.8	40	241.8
08	85.4	19	123.0	30	179.9	41	250.3
09	88.5	20	127.3	31	186.2	42	254.1
10	91.5	21	131.8	32	192.8
11	94.8	22	136.5	33	203.5

Note: 42 different tones are available for the transceiver. These 42 tones includes 37 EIA standard tones and 5 non-standard tones.

TH-F7E only:

◆To transmit a 1750 Hz tone, simply press [CALL] without pressing the PTT switch (default setting). Release [CALL] to quit transmitting. You can also make the transceiver remain in the transmit mode for 2 seconds after releasing [CALL]; a 1750 Hz tone is not continuously transmitted. Access Menu No. 24 (1750 HOLD) and select “ON”.

◆If you desire to assign [CALL] for recalling the Call channel in place of transmitting the 1750 Hz tone, access Menu No. 23 (CALL KEY) and select “CALL”.

AUTOMATIC REPEATER OFFSET

This function automatically selects an offset direction, according to the frequency that you select on the

2 m and 1.25 m (TH-F6A only) bands. The transceiver is programmed for offset direction as shown below. To obtain an up-to-date band plan for repeater offset direction, contact your national Amateur Radio association.

TH-F6A (U.S.A. and Canada)

This complies with the standard ARRL band plan.

144.0		145.5		146.4			147.0		147.6
145.1			146.0			146.6		147.4			148.0 MHz
	S	–	S		+	S	–	+		S	–
	S: Simplex
222.0							223.920				225.0 MHz
				S						–
	S: Simplex
TH-F7E (Europe/ Others)
144.0							145.6			145.8 146.0 MHz
				S					–		S
	S: Simplex

Note: Automatic Repeater Offset does not function when Reverse is ON. However, pressing [REV] after Automatic Repeater Offset has selected an offset (split) status, exchanges the receive and transmit frequencies.

1Press [MNU].

2Turn the Tuning control or press []/ [] to select Menu No. 5 (AUTO OFFSET).

3Press [] or [MNU].

4Turn the Tuning control or press []/ [] switch the function ON or OFF.

5Press [] or [MNU] to store the setting. Otherwise, press [PTT] to cancel.

Note: If you select the frequency within the amateur radio band on the B-band, the Automatic Repeater Offset function is also activated in any modes.

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