Kenwood TH-D7A, TH-D7E SELECTING YOUR STATION ICON

SELECTING YOUR STATION ICON

Select an icon which will be displayed on the monitors of other stations as your ID. You may select an icon depending on your current location.

1Press [MENU] to enter Menu mode.

2Press [2], [5] to select “2–5 (ICON)”.

STA CON

96 BCONDUP

5 7 9

3 Press [UP]/ [DWN] to select from 15 icons plus “OTHERS”.

• The following 15 icons are selectable:

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Press [OK].

5

Press [MENU] to exit Menu mode.

KENWOOD

SSTV

Triangle

Jogger

Aircraft

Jeep

Home

Boat

Recreation

vehicle

Portable

Car

Truck

(tent)

Yacht

Motorcycle

Van

APRS supports approximately 200 icons. It allows users to select each icon by specifying a combination of two ASCII codes, for example, / and !. One is a symbol code, and the other is a table identification code (either / or \). If you select “OTHERS” in step 3, you can proceed to steps for specifying combinations of two codes. This method is described in the separate manual (document file) that comes with an optional PG-4W cable. This manual describes the APRS in further details.

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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