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