Kenwood TH-F6A Contents, Chapter, Preparation, Your First Qso, Getting Acquainted, Menu Setup

CONTENTS

MODELS COVERED BY THIS MANUAL
MARKET CODES
NOTICE TO USER
PRECAUTIONS
THANK YOU	.............................................................	i
FEATURES		i
SUPPLIED ACCESSORIES		i
WRITING CONVENTIONS FOLLOWED		i
CONTENTS		ii
CHAPTER 1	PREPARATION
INSTALLING THE Li-ion BATTERY PACK		1
INSTALLING ALKALINE BATTERIES		1
INSTALLING THE ANTENNA		1
ATTACHING THE HAND STRAP		1
INSTALLING THE BELT CLIP		1
CHARGING THE Li-ion BATTERY PACK		2
CONNECTING TO A CIGARETTE LIGHTER
SOCKET		2
CONNECTING TO A REGULATED
POWER SUPPLY		2
CHAPTER 2	YOUR FIRST QSO
FIRST QSO		3
CHAPTER 3	GETTING ACQUAINTED
KEYS AND CONTROLS		4
DISPLAY		5
BASIC OPERATION
SWITCHING POWER ON/ OFF		6
ADJUSTING VOLUME		6
ADJUSTING SQUELCH		6
SELECTING A BAND		6
MULTI-SCROLL KEY		6
TRANSMITTING		7
Selecting Output Power		7
SELECTING A FREQUENCY		7
VFO mode		7
MHz mode		7
Direct Frequency Entry		7
CHAPTER 4	MENU SETUP
WHAT IS A MENU?		9
MENU ACCESS		9
SELECTING A MENU LANGUAGE		9
MENU FUNCTION LIST		9
ALPHABETICAL FUNCTION LIST		11
CHAPTER 5 OPERATING THROUGH REPEATERS
OFFSET PROGRAMMING FLOW		12
PROGRAMMING OFFSET		12
Selecting Offset Direction		12
Selecting Offset Frequency		12
Activating Tone Function		13
Selecting a Tone Frequency		13
AUTOMATIC REPEATER OFFSET		13
REVERSE FUNCTION		14
AUTOMATIC SIMPLEX CHECK (ASC)		14

TONE FREQ. ID SCAN		14
CHAPTER 6	MEMORY CHANNELS
SIMPLEX & REPEATER OR ODD-SPLIT MEMORY
CHANNEL?		15
STORING SIMPLEX FREQUENCIES OR
STANDARD REPEATER FREQUENCIES		15
STORING ODD-SPLIT REPEATER
FREQUENCIES		15
RECALLING A MEMORY CHANNEL		16
Using the Tuning Control or / keys		16
Using a Numeric Keypad		16
CLEARING A MEMORY CHANNEL		16
MEMORY RECALL MODE		16
NAMING A MEMORY CHANNEL		17
MEMORY CHANNEL GROUPS		18
RECALLING A MEMORY CHANNEL USING
MEMORY GROUP FUNCTION		18
ERASING MEMORY CHANNELS USING
MEMORY GROUP DELETE FUNCTION		18
MEMORY CHANNEL TRANSFER		18
MEMORY \ VFO TRANSFER		18
CHANNEL \ CHANNEL TRANSFER		18
CALL CHANNEL		19
RECALLING THE CALL CHANNEL		19
REPROGRAMMING THE CALL CHANNEL		19
INFORMATION CHANNELS		20
RECALLING AN INFORMATION CHANNEL		20
REPROGRAMMING THE INFORMATION
CHANNEL		20
CHANNEL DISPLAY		21
CHAPTER 7	SCAN
NORMAL SCAN		22
BAND SCAN		22
PROGRAM SCAN		23
Storing Program Scan Frequency Range		23
Performing the Program Scan		23
MHz SCAN	........................................................	23
MEMORY SCAN		24
ALL-CHANNEL SCAN		24
GROUP SCAN		24
Memory Group Link		24
CALL SCAN		25
PRIORITY SCAN		25
PROGRAMMING PRIORITY CHANNELS		25
USING PRIORITY SCAN		25
INFORMATION CHANNEL SCAN		26
VISUAL SCAN	........................................................	26
USING VISUAL SCAN (VFO)		26
USING VISUAL SCAN
(MEMORY CHANNEL)		27
MEMORY CHANNEL LOCKOUT		27
SCAN RESUME METHOD		27
CHAPTER 8	SELECTIVE CALL
CTCSS and DCS		28
CTCSS		28
USING CTCSS		28

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