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