Kenwood TH-D7A, TH-D7E 25

	Level 1			Level 2	Selections	Default	Ref.
	Level 1			Level 2	Selections	Default	page
							page
			1	My call sign	See reference page.	—	58

					White/ Black/ Blue/ Red/
			2	Color for call sign	Magenta/ Green/ Cyan/	White	59
					Yellow

			3	Message	See reference page.	—	58

					White/ Black/ Blue/ Red/
			4	Color for message	Magenta/ Green/ Cyan/	White	59
3		SSTV			Yellow

			5	RSV report	See reference page.	—	58
			5	RSV report	See reference page.	—	58

					White/ Black/ Blue/ Red/
			6	Color for RSV report	Magenta/ Green/ Cyan/	White	59
					Yellow

			7	Superimposition Execute	See reference page.	—	59

			8	SSTV mode	See reference page.	—	57

			9	VC-H1 Control	ON/ OFF	OFF	60

			1	Commander call sign	See reference page.	—	86
		SKY
		SKY	2	Transporter call sign	See reference page.	—	86
		CMD	2	Transporter call sign	See reference page.	—	86
4
			3	Tone frequency select	See reference page.	—	86
		(TH-D7A
		(TH-D7A
		only)
		only)	4	Sky Command mode select	Commander/ Transporter/	OFF	85
			4	Sky Command mode select	OFF	OFF	85
					OFF

Contents

Page THANK YOU MODELS COVERED BY THIS MANUAL TH-D7A: TH-D7E: FEATURES NOTICES TO THE USER PRECAUTIONS PREPARATION FIRST QSO OPERATING BASICS GETTING ACQUAINTED CHAPTER SCAN CONTINUOUS TONE CODED SQUELCH SYSTEM (CTCSS) DUAL TONE MULTI-FREQUENCY(DTMF) FUNCTIONS VC-H1 SYSTEM® APRS® MESSAGE WIRELESS REMOTE CONTROL (TH-D7AONLY) SUPPLIED ACCESSORIES Accessory Part Number CONVENTIONS FOLLOWED IN THIS MANUAL Instruction PREPARATION Batteries VHF Band UHF Band INSTALLING THE ANTENNA INSTALLING THE HAND STRAP/ BELT HOOK INSTALLING ALKALINE BATTERIES CONNECTING WITH A REGULATED POWER SUPPLY FIRST QSO OPERATING BASICS ADJUSTING SQUELCH ■ Selecting Output Power 1ORIENTATION GETTING ACQUAINTED INDICATORS CURSOR KEYS BAND A & B 7UP/ DWN keys DWN 14OK key BASIC TRANSCEIVER MODES VFO mode Memory Recall mode [MR] Function Select mode Full Duplex mode [DUP] 10 Packet mode KEYPAD DIRECT ENTRY [4] [DUAL] MENU SET-UP MENU CONFIGURATION Level Selections Default Ref Page Page OPERATING THROUGH REPEATERS ■Selecting Offset Direction ■Selecting Offset Frequency 13■ Selecting a Tone Frequency AUTOMATIC REPEATER OFFSET U.S.A. and Canada versions REVERSE FUNCTION [REV] AUTOMATIC SIMPLEX CHECK (ASC) [REV] (1 s) [REV] TONE FREQ. ID [2] (1 s) [OK] (1 s) [1] MEMORY CHANNELS 6SIMPLEX & REPEATER OR ODD-SPLITMEMORY STORING ODD-SPLITREPEATER FREQUENCIES RECALLING A MEMORY CHANNEL [3] CLEARING A MEMORY CHANNEL 3Press [MR]+ POWER ON NAMING A MEMORY CHANNEL [A/B] [MN<->f] 9■ Recalling the Call Channel ■Reprogramming the Call Channel MEMORY-TO-VFOTRANSFER CHANNEL DISPLAY [A/B]+ POWER ON PARTIAL OR FULL RESET 1Press [F]+ POWER ON 12VHF Band Defaults Version VFO Freq SCAN SELECTING SCAN RESUME METHOD 5• Time-Operatedmode 9• Carrier-Operatedmode 14 • Seek mode VFO SCAN 2Press [VFO] (1 s) MEMORY SCAN 2Press [MR] (1 s) ■Locking Out a Memory Channel ■Setting Scan Limits ■Using Program Scan CONTINUOUS TONE CODED SQUELCH SYSTEM (CTCSS) USING CTCSS CTCSS FREQ. ID [4] (1 s) DUAL TONE MULTI-FREQUENCY(DTMF) FUNCTIONS ■TX Hold 4■ Storing a DTMF Number in Memory ■Transmitting a Stored DTMF Number MICROPHONE CONTROL AUXILIARY FUNCTIONS CHANGING FREQUENCY STEP SIZE PROGRAMMABLE VFO TONE ALERT BEEP ON/OFF ADJUSTING VOLUME BALANCE 1 Press [BAL] 17 LAMP FUNCTION [LAMP] ADJUSTING DISPLAY CONTRAST AUTOMATIC POWER OFF (APO) BATTERY SAVER POWER-ONMESSAGE TRANSCEIVER LOCK [F] (1 s) TX INHIBIT SWITCHING AM/FM MODE (TH-D7AONLY) ADVANCED INTERCEPT POINT (AIP) SWITCHING TX DEVIATION (TH-D7EONLY) PACKET OPERATION CONNECTING WITH A PERSONAL COMPUTER OPERATING TNC •Command mode [Ctrl]+[C] •Converse mode Page SELECTING DATA BAND FULL DUPLEX DX PACKETCLUSTERS MONITOR SLOW-SCANTELEVISION (SSTV) WITH VC-H1 ENTERING CALL SIGN/ MESSAGE/ RSV Readability Video Signal Strength SELECTING COLOR FOR CALL SIGN/ MESSAGE/ RSV VC-H1CONTROL AUTOMATIC PACKET/ POSITION REPORTING SYSTEM® [BCON] RECEIVING APRS DATA Indicator Meaning What is Included Selections ACCESSING RECEIVED APRS DATA 41 Press [LIST] [A/B] (1 s) Page PROGRAMMING A CALL SIGN SELECTING YOUR STATION ICON ENTERING LATITUDE/ LONGITUDE DATA [POS] 11 Press [OK] SELECTING A POSITION COMMENT ENTERING STATUS TEXT PROGRAMMING A GROUP CODE All calls: Special: Alternate net: [A] PROGRAMMING A PACKET PATH Method 1 (Specific path): Method 2 (Generic path): Method 3 (WIDEN-Npath): Method 4 (SSID path): Number of SELECTING BEACON TRANSMIT METHOD [BCON] again SELECTING BEACON TRANSMIT INTERVAL RESTRICTING RECEPTION OF APRS DATA [B] APRS® MESSAGE RECEIVING A MESSAGE New ACCESSING RECEIVED APRS MESSAGES 31 Press [MSG] [MSG] qMessage Type wRX or TX ENTERING A MESSAGE [TNC] TRANSMITTING A MESSAGE WIRELESS REMOTE CONTROL (TH-D7AONLY) 7 Press [PTT]+[MR]+ POWER ON CONTROL OPERATION KENWOOD ➡[ENT]) or ([VFO] ➡ [UP]/ [DWN]) To recall a memory channel: [TONE SEL] SKY COMMAND 2 (TH-D7AONLY) CONNECTING THE TRANSPORTER WITH THE HF [SYNC] PROGRAMMING CALL SIGNS On Commander On Transporter PROGRAMMING A TONE FREQUENCY [POWER] Key Function UP/ DWN A/B [FAST] MAINTENANCE TROUBLESHOOTING Problem Probable Cause Corrective Action Press [A/B]+ POWER ON to exit Press [BAL], then [UP]/ [DWN] to Page Ref. Page OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES PG-3J PG-4W PG-4V PG-4R EQUIPMENT CONNECTIONS SPECIFICATIONS Transmitter Receiver APPENDIX Page Page Page QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE Page INDEX