Kenwood TH-D7A, TH-D7E instruction manual

INSTRUCTION MANUAL

144/440 MHz FM DUAL BANDER

144/430 MHz FM DUAL BANDER

TH-D7E

TH-D7A

STACON

PACKET

BCON

DUP

KENWOOD CORPORATION

 B62-1004-00 (K,E) (A)

09 08 07 06 05 04 03 02 01 00

TH-D7 E 00 Cover 98.12.4, 0:09 PM1

Contents

Main INSTRUCTION MANUAL 144/440 MHz FM DUAL BANDER 144/430 MHz FM DUAL BANDER TH-D7 E 00 Cover 98.12.4, 0:09 PM1 TH-D7E TH-D7A THANK YOU! MODELS COVERED BY THIS MANUAL FEATURES NOTICES TO THE USER PRECAUTIONS CONTENTS Page Page SUPPLIED ACCESSORIES CONVENTIONS FOLLOWED IN THIS MANUAL PREPARATION INSTALLING THE NiCd BATTERY PACK CHARGING THE NiCd BATTERY PACK INSTALLING THE ANTENNA INSTALLING THE HAND STRAP/ BELT HOOK seirettaB dnaBFHV dnaBFHU H L LE H L LE enilaklA412233412203 INSTALLING ALKALINE BATTERIES CONNECTING WITH A REGULATED POWER SUPPLY CONNECTING WITH A CIGARETTE LIGHTER SOCKET FIRST QSO OPERATING BASICS SWITCHING POWER ON/OFF ADJUSTING VOLUME SELECTING A BAND SELECTING A FREQUENCY ADJUSTING SQUELCH 9 TRANSMITTING 1To transmit, press and hold the PTT switch and speak into the microphone in a normal tone of voice. 2When you finish speaking, release the PTT switch. GETTING ACQUAINTED ORIENTATION 11 INDICATORS CURSOR KEYS BAND A & B BASIC TRANSCEIVER MODES Page KEYPAD DIRECT ENTRY MENU SET-UP MENU ACCESS Level 1 1 2 Level 2 1 2 3 4 5 12121234121234567 1234 Level 3 MENU CONFIGURATION Page Page OPERATING THROUGH REPEATERS PROGRAMMING OFFSET 22 2Press [UP]/ [DWN] to select the appropriate tone frequency. 3Press [OK] to complete the setting. Activating Tone Function Press [F], [1] to switch the Tone function ON (or Selecting a Tone Frequency 1Press [F], [2] to select F2 (TONE FREQ). AUTOMATIC REPEATER OFFSET 24 REVERSE FUNCTION Press [REV] to switch the Reverse function ON (or AUTOMATIC SIMPLEX CHECK (ASC) 25 TONE FREQ. ID 2Press [OK] to program the identified frequency in place of the currently set tone frequency. MEMORY CHANNELS SIMPLEX & REPEATER OR ODD-SPLIT MEMORY CHANNEL? STORING ODD-SPLIT REPEATER FREQUENCIES STORING SIMPLEX FREQUENCIES OR STANDARD REPEATER FREQUENCIES CLEARING A MEMORY CHANNEL RECALLING A MEMORY CHANNEL NAMING A MEMORY CHANNEL CALL CHANNEL (TH-D7A ONLY) MEMORY-TO-VFO TRANSFER CHANNEL DISPLAY PARTIAL OR FULL RESET? noisreV .qerFOFV .qerF eziSpetS enoT .qerF A7D-HTzHM000.044zHk52zH5.88 E7D-HTzHM000.034zHk52zH5.88 noisreV .qerFOFV .qerF eziSpetS enoT .qerF A7D-HTzHM000.441zHk5zH5.88 E7D-HTzHM000.441zHk5.21zH5.88 33 SCAN detcelesehtsulplennahcllaC lennahcyromem This transceiver provides the following types of scans: tnerrucehtsulplennahcllaC ycneuqerfOFV nacSyromeM/llaC SELECTING SCAN RESUME METHOD MEMORY SCAN VFO SCAN MHz SCAN PROGRAM SCAN CALL/VFO SCAN (TH-D7A ONLY) CALL/MEMORY SCAN (TH-D7A ONLY) CONTINUOUS TONE CODED SQUELCH SYSTEM (CTCSS) SELECTING A CTCSS FREQUENCY 40 USING CTCSS 1Press [A/B] to select band A or B. 2Press [F], [3] to switch the CTCSS function ON (or CTCSS FREQ. ID 2Press [OK] to program the identified frequency in place of the currently set CTCSS frequency. DUAL TONE MULTI-FREQUENCY (DTMF) FUNCTIONS MANUAL DIALING AUTOMATIC DIALER Page 44 MICROPHONE CONTROL The key functions you can assign are shown below: Press [F] first. ]0[ lennahCyromeM FFO/NOtuokcoL ]5[ tceles.qerftesffO ]1[ FFO/NOenoT ]6[ hctiwsMF/MA 1Press Mic [1], [2], or [3]+ POWER ON depending on which key you want to reprogram. AUXILIARY FUNCTIONS DIRECT FREQUENCY ENTRY PROGRAMMABLE VFO CHANGING FREQUENCY STEP SIZE TONE ALERT BEEP ON/OFF ADJUSTING VOLUME BALANCE LAMP FUNCTION ADJUSTING DISPLAY CONTRAST BLANKING A BAND DISPLAY BATTERY SAVER AUTOMATIC POWER OFF (APO) POWER-ON MESSAGE TRANSCEIVER LOCK TX INHIBIT SWITCHING AM/FM MODE (TH-D7A ONLY) ADVANCED INTERCEPT POINT (AIP) SWITCHING TX DEVIATION (TH-D7E ONLY) PACKET OPERATION OPERATING TNC CONNECTING WITH A PERSONAL COMPUTER PREPARATION FLOW FULL DUPLEX SELECTING DATA BAND DX PACKETCLUSTERS MONITOR SLOW-SCAN TELEVISION (SSTV) WITH VC-H1 ENTERING CALL SIGN/ MESSAGE/ RSV SELECTING COLOR FOR CALL SIGN/ MESSAGE/ RSV EXECUTING SUPERIMPOSITION VC-H1 CONTROL AUTOMATIC PACKET/ POSITION REPORTING SYSTEM OPERATION FLOW 63 rotacidnI gninaeM ?dedulcnIsitahW Pd noitisopetacilpuD tnemmoc noitatsamorfataD detcelesehtedistuo }57egap{egnar Q? yreuQ gnidnesroftseuqeR noitamrofni ??dedocedebtonnactahttekcaP RECEIVING APRS DATA ACCESSING RECEIVED APRS DATA 65 PROGRAMMING A CALL SIGN SELECTING YOUR STATION ICON ENTERING LATITUDE/ LONGITUDE DATA 69 SELECTING A POSITION COMMENT gninruteR!ycnegremE ecivreSnIytiroirP 3Press [UP]/ [DWN] to select the desired comment. 4Press [OK] to complete the setting. 5Press [MENU] to exit Menu mode. ENTERING STATUS TEXT PROGRAMMING A GROUP CODE PROGRAMMING A PACKET PATH Page 74 LAUNAM fosserphcaE ]NOCB[ SRPAehtstimsnart .atad 2sserp,FFOnoitcnufehthctiwsoT ]NOCB[ .niaga TTP SELECTING BEACON TRANSMIT METHOD 3Press [UP]/ [DWN] to select Manual (default), PTT, or Auto. 4Press [OK] to complete the setting. 5Press [MENU] to exit Menu mode. SELECTING BEACON TRANSMIT INTERVAL RESTRICTING RECEPTION OF APRS DATA OPERATION FLOW APRS MESSAGE RECEIVING A MESSAGE 78 qepyTegasseM 9~0 Z~A, uoyotegassemlanosrepA 9~0 ACCESSING RECEIVED APRS MESSAGES ENTERING A MESSAGE TRANSMITTING A MESSAGE WIRELESS REMOTE CONTROL (TH-D7A ONLY) PREPARATION CONTROL OPERATION SKY COMMAND 22 22 2 (TH-D7A ONLY) 84 CONNECTING THE TRANSPORTER WITH THE HF TRANSCEIVER PREPARATION FLOW PROGRAMMING CALL SIGNS PROGRAMMING A TONE FREQUENCY CONTROL OPERATION 88 When [SYNC] is pressed, the Commander shows the current settings of the HF transceiver as below: yr u q e w t MAINTENANCE GENERAL INFORMATION SERVICE SERVICE NOTE CLEANING TROUBLESHOOTING Page Page Page OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES 95 PG-4W VC-H1 PG-4V PG-3J EQUIPMENT CONNECTIONS CONNECTING EQUIPMENT FOR REMOTE CONTROL Make connections as shown when remotely controlling equipment. CONNECTING OTHER EXTERNAL EQUIPMENT SPECIFICATIONS Page APPENDIX TNC COMMANDS LIST Page Page Page QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE Page INDEX