Kenwood Comprehensive Guide to TH-F6A and TH-F7E Portable Radio Features

11 OPERATOR CONVENIENCES

[KEY]

LAMP	REV
MONI	MN<->f
LOW	MHz
BAND	FINE
A/B	VFO
INFO	MR
SQL	CALL3
BAL	1750 Hz3
TONE	/	1
MNU	/

[F] + [KEY]

LAMP2	MN.IN
BATT	L.OUT
MODE	STEP
DUAL
VISUAL	M>V
VOX	M.IN
PRI	C.IN
T.SEL	ATT
SHIFT

Note:

◆When you select “9600” bps for the Menu No. 28 (PACKET) , the operating mode temporarily returns to a normal FM mode.

◆You can store the narrow band FM operation status to each amateur radio band.

POWER-ON MESSAGE

You can change the greeting message (a maximum of 8 characters) when the transceiver is turned ON.

1	Press [MNU].
2	Turn the Tuning control or press [ ]/ [ ] to select
	Menu No. 15 (PWR-ON MSG).
3	Press [ ] or [MNU].

1Tuning control (Up or Down) can be also programmed.

2The light stays ON until you press the key again {above}.

3Both 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 to alternate VFO and Memory Recall mode.

MONITOR

When you are receiving while the squelch function is ON, weak signals may become intermittent.

Or, if the CTCSS or DCS function is ON, you may want to disable the squelch function temporarily to monitor the current channel activities.

In these cases, use the Monitor function to disable the squelch function temporarily.

To activate the Monitor function:

1Press and hold [MONI].

•The speaker is unmuted and you can monitor the signals.

2Release [MONI] key to return to normal operation.

NARROW BAND FM OPERATION

By default, if you select FM mode, the transceiver operates in normal FM deviation (±5 kHz) mode for both transmission and reception. You can also operate the transceiver in narrow band FM deviation (±2.5 kHz) mode on 2 m, 1.25 m (TH-F6A only), and 70 cm bands for both A and B-bands. To operate the transceiver in narrow band FM:

1Press [MNU].

2Turn the Tuning control or press []/ [] to select Menu No. 29 (FM NARROW).

3Press [] or [MNU].

4Turn the Tuning control or press []/ [] to select “ON”.

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

When narrow band FM operation is ON, “FMN” appears instead of “FM”.

• The current message and entry cursor appear.

4Turn the Tuning control or press []/ [] to select the first character.

•You can enter alphanumeric characters plus special ASCII characters. Refer to the table on page 17 for the available characters.

•For other method of selecting characters, refer to “NAMING A MEMORY CHANNEL” step 3 on page 17.

5Press [].

•The cursor moves to the next digit.

6Repeat steps 4 and 5 to enter up to 8 digits.

•Pressing [] after selecting the 8th digit completes the programming.

•To complete programming before entering the characters less than 8 digits, press [MNU] or [] twice. To cancel, press [] or [PTT].

•Press [] to move the cursor backward.

PROGRAMMABLE VFO

If you want to limit the operating frequencies within a certain range, program the upper and lower frequency limits to the program VFO parameters. For example, if you select 144 MHz for the lower limit and 145 MHz for the upper limit, the tunable range will be limited from 144.000 MHz to 145.995 MHz.

1Press [A/B] to select the A-band.

2Press [VFO].

3Press [BAND] until you select the desired amateur radio band to configure the programmable VFO frequency range.

4Press [MNU].

5Turn the Tuning control or press []/ [] to select Menu No. 4 (PROG VFO).

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