KENWOOD CORPORATION
TH-D7A
TH-D7E
144/440 MHz FM DUAL BANDER
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FEATURES
MODELS COVERED BY THIS MANUAL
NOTICES TO THE USER
PRECAUTIONS
CHAPTER
PREPARATION
FIRST QSO
OPERATING BASICS
SCAN
SYSTEM CTCSS
FUNCTIONS
MICROPHONE CONTROL
WIRELESS REMOTE CONTROL
SKY COMMAND 2 TH-D7AONLY
MAINTENANCE
OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES
SUPPLIED ACCESSORIES
Accessory
KEY+ POWER ON
CONVENTIONS FOLLOWED IN THIS MANUAL
1INSTALLING THE NiCd BATTERY PACK
CHARGING THE NiCd BATTERY PACK
latch, then slide the battery pack back
PREPARATION
INSTALLING THE HAND STRAP/ BELT HOOK
INSTALLING THE ANTENNA
Batteries
INSTALLING ALKALINE BATTERIES
Batteries
CONNECTING WITH A REGULATED POWER SUPPLY
CONNECTING WITH A CIGARETTE LIGHTER SOCKET
FIRST QSO
SWITCHING POWER ON/OFF
ADJUSTING VOLUME
OPERATING BASICS
SELECTING A BAND
ADJUSTING SQUELCH
Selecting Output Power
Press F, MENU to select high default, low, or
economic low power lowest
TRANSMITTING
GETTING ACQUAINTED
1ORIENTATION
INDICATORS
CURSOR KEYS
BAND A & B
7UP/ DWN keys
14OK key
BASIC TRANSCEIVER MODES
Function Select mode
VFO mode
Memory Recall mode
Packet mode
Full Duplex mode
page
KEYPAD DIRECT ENTRY
Battery Saver
POWER OFF
A/B+ POWER ON
Adjust
F, 2 UP/ DWN
F, 2 1 s
F, 4 UP/ DWN
F, 4 1 s
8MENU ACCESS
MENU SET-UP
MENU CONFIGURATION
Default
Level
Selections
Default
Level
Level
Level
Default
Level
Level
Selections
OPERATING THROUGH REPEATERS
Offset Programming Flow
3 Press OK to complete the setting
PROGRAMMING OFFSET
Selecting Offset Direction
2 Press UP/ DWN to select the appropriate offset
13 Selecting a Tone Frequency
AUTOMATIC REPEATER OFFSET
REVERSE FUNCTION
AUTOMATIC SIMPLEX CHECK ASC
TONE FREQ. ID
MEMORY CHANNELS
7CHANNEL?
6SIMPLEX & REPEATER OR ODD-SPLITMEMORY
Parameter
STORING ODD-SPLITREPEATER FREQUENCIES
5Press PTT+OK
RECALLING A MEMORY CHANNEL
3Press MR+ POWER ON
CLEARING A MEMORY CHANNEL
NAMING A MEMORY CHANNEL
CALL CHANNEL TH-D7AONLY
9 Recalling the Call Channel
Reprogramming the Call Channel
2 Press VFO
MEMORY-TO-VFOTRANSFER
CHANNEL DISPLAY
PARTIAL OR FULL RESET?
1Press F+ POWER ON
12VHF Band Defaults
UHF Band Defaults
Scan Type
SCAN
Scan Range
SELECTING SCAN RESUME METHOD
5 Time-Operatedmode
9 Carrier-Operatedmode
14 Seek mode
VFO SCAN
MEMORY SCAN
2Press VFO 1 s
2Press MR 1 s
MHz SCAN
Locking Out a Memory Channel
Setting Scan Limits
PROGRAM SCAN
4 Press F, MR
2 Press VFO
Using Program Scan
CALL/VFO SCAN TH-D7AONLY
CALL/MEMORY SCAN TH-D7AONLY
22 Press VFO
CONTINUOUS TONE CODED SQUELCH SYSTEM CTCSS
SELECTING A CTCSS FREQUENCY
USING CTCSS
CTCSS FREQ. ID
DUAL TONE MULTI-FREQUENCYDTMF FUNCTIONS
MANUAL DIALING
TX Hold
Freq. Hz
4 Storing a DTMF Number in Memory
AUTOMATIC DIALER
Press OK
Transmitting a Stored DTMF Number
1 Press PTT+MENU
MICROPHONE CONTROL
AUXILIARY FUNCTIONS
DIRECT FREQUENCY ENTRY
CHANGING FREQUENCY STEP SIZE
PROGRAMMABLE VFO
TONE ALERT
BEEP ON/OFF
ADJUSTING VOLUME BALANCE
ADJUSTING DISPLAY CONTRAST
17 LAMP FUNCTION
BLANKING A BAND DISPLAY
AUTOMATIC POWER OFF APO
BATTERY SAVER
POWER-ONMESSAGE
TRANSCEIVER LOCK
SWITCHING AM/FM MODE TH-D7AONLY
SWITCHING TX DEVIATION TH-D7EONLY
TX INHIBIT
ADVANCED INTERCEPT POINT AIP
PACKET OPERATION
equipment
CONNECTING WITH A PERSONAL COMPUTER
Command mode
OPERATING TNC
Converse mode
on your personal computer. First connect the
PREPARATION FLOW
transceiver to the personal computer page
SELECTING DATA BAND
FULL DUPLEX
DX PACKETCLUSTERS MONITOR
SLOW-SCANTELEVISION SSTV WITH VC-H1
ENTERING CALL SIGN/ MESSAGE/ RSV
EXECUTING SUPERIMPOSITION
SELECTING COLOR FOR CALL SIGN/ MESSAGE/ RSV
VC-H1CONTROL
AUTOMATIC PACKET/ POSITION REPORTING SYSTEM
OPERATION FLOW
Indicator
What is Included?
RECEIVING APRS DATA
Meaning
ACCESSING RECEIVED APRS DATA
41 Press LIST
Some icons may appear with characters if the received icon data includes them. The following are examples
PROGRAMMING A CALL SIGN
SELECTING YOUR STATION ICON
ENTERING LATITUDE/ LONGITUDE DATA
9 Press OK
1 Press MENU to enter Menu mode
2 Press 2, 3 to select “2-3My Pos”
SELECTING A POSITION COMMENT
ENTERING STATUS TEXT
Press UP/ DWN to select a character
PROGRAMMING A GROUP CODE
All calls
Special
Alternate net
PROGRAMMING A PACKET PATH
Method 1 Specific path
Method 2 Generic path
Method 3 WIDEN-Npath
Method 4 SSID path
SELECTING BEACON TRANSMIT METHOD
2 Press 2, 9 to select “2-9DATA TX”
BCON again
1 Press MENU to enter Menu mode
SELECTING BEACON TRANSMIT INTERVAL
RESTRICTING RECEPTION OF APRS DATA
APRS MESSAGE
10OPERATION FLOW
RECEIVING A MESSAGE
ACCESSING RECEIVED APRS MESSAGES
31 Press MSG
qMessage Type
e Status
ENTERING A MESSAGE
TRANSMITTING A MESSAGE
1Press PTT+VFO+ POWER ON
WIRELESS REMOTE CONTROL TH-D7AONLY
PREPARATION
CONTROL OPERATION
7 Press PTT+MR+ POWER ON
ENT or VFO UP/ DWN To recall a memory channel
SKY COMMAND 2 TH-D7AONLY
TRANSCEIVER
CONNECTING THE TRANSPORTER WITH THE HF
contact your authorized KENWOOD dealer
yOn the Commander and Transporter
PREPARATION FLOW
On Commander
PROGRAMMING CALL SIGNS
PROGRAMMING A TONE FREQUENCY
On Transporter
Tuning
POWER
MODE
FAST
Page
MAINTENANCE
SERVICE
SERVICE NOTE
CLEANING
TROUBLESHOOTING
Problem
Press A/B+ POWER ON to exit
Probable Cause
Press BAL, then UP/ DWN to
Problem
Probable Cause
Corrective Action
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
Problem
Probable Cause
Corrective Action
Operating the
OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES
SMC-32
SMC-33
SMC-34
PG-3J
PG-4W
PG-4V
PG-4R
1CONNECTING EQUIPMENT FOR REMOTE CONTROL
CONNECTING OTHER EXTERNAL EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT CONNECTIONS
SPECIFICATIONS
General
VHF Band
UHF Band
Transmitter
VHF Band
UHF Band
Receiver
TNC COMMANDS LIST
APPENDIX
Short
Description
Default
Short
Parameter
Description
Default
Short
Parameter
Description
Default
Short
Parameter
Description
INDEX