Kenwood TH-F6A Transmitting, Selecting A Frequency, Selecting Output Power, VFO Mode, MHz Mode

3 GETTING ACQUAINTED

TRANSMITTING

1To transmit, hold the transceiver approximately

5 cm (2 inches) from your mouth, then press and hold the PTT switch and speak into the microphone in your normal tone of voice.

•The status LED on the top panel lights red and bar-graph meter appears.

•If you press [PTT] while you are outside of the transmission coverage, a high pitched error beep sounds.

2When you finish speaking, release the PTT switch.

Note: If you transmit continuously for more than 10 minutes, the internal time-out timer generates a warning beep and the transceiver stops transmitting. In this case, release the PTT switch and let the transceiver cool down for a while, then press the PTT switch again to resume transmitting {pages 40, 51}.

■Selecting Output Power

Selecting lower transmission power is the best way to reduce the battery consumption, if communication is still reliable. You can configure different power levels for transmission {page 41}.

Press [LOW].

•Each time you press [LOW], the indicator cycles between “H” (high), “L” (low), and “EL” (economic low).

Note:

◆You can store different output power setting for the A and B- band.

◆When you change the output power, it is reflected to all available amateur bands for A or B-band.

SELECTING A FREQUENCY

■VFO Mode

This is the basic mode for changing the operating frequency. Turn the Tuning control clockwise to increase the frequency. Turn the Tuning control counterclockwise to decrease the frequency. Or, press []/ [] to change the frequency.

■MHz Mode

If the desired operating frequency is far away from the current frequency, it is quicker to use the MHz tuning mode.

To adjust the MHz digit:

1Press [MHz].

• A MHz digit blinks.

2Turn the Tuning control or press []/ [] to select the desired MHz digit.

3After selecting the desired MHz digit, press [MHz] to exit the mode and return to normal VFO mode {above}.

4You may further adjust the frequency using the Tuning control or []/ [].

Note: MHz mode does not function in AM band.

■Direct Frequency Entry

In addition to turn the Tuning control or press

[]/ [], there is another way of selecting the frequency. When the desired frequency is far away from the current frequency, you can directly enter a frequency from the numeric keypad.

1Press [VFO].

•You must be in the VFO mode to make the direct frequency entry.

2Press [ENT].

•“– – – – – –” appears.

3Press the numeric keys ([0] to [9]) to enter your desired frequency. [MHz] can be used to complete the MHz digits entry.

•Pressing [ENT] fills the remaining digits (the digits you did not enter) with 0 and completes the entry.

•To select 145.000 MHz for example, press [1], [4], [5] then press [ENT] to complete the entry.

•If you want to revise the MHz digits only, press [VFO] in place of [ENT].

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