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