Kenwood TM-271A, TM-271E YOUR FIRST QSO

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YOUR FIRST QSO

Are you ready to give your transceiver a quick try?

Reading this section should get your voice on the

air right away. The instructions below are intended

only as a quick guide. If you encounter problems

or there is something you would like to know more,

read the detailed explanations given later in this

manual.

YOUR FIRST QSO

qPress [ ] (Power) briefly to switch the transceiver

power ON.

•A high pitched double beep sounds and a Power-on

message appears momentarily. The various indicators

and the current operating frequency appear on the LCD.

•The transceiver stores the current parameters when it is

turned OFF and automatically recalls those parameters

the next time you turn the transceiver ON.

wTurn the Volume control clockwise, to the 9 o’clock

position.

eTurn the Tuning control to select a reception

frequency.

•You may further turn the Volume control to adjust the

volume level of the signal.

rTo transmit, hold the microphone approximately 5 cm

(2 inches) from your mouth.

tPress and hold Mic [PTT], then speak in your normal

tone of voice.

yRelease Mic [PTT] to receive.

uRepeat steps r, t, and y to continue

communication.

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Contents

Main INSTRUCTION MANUAL Page THANK YOU! MODELS COVERED BY THIS MANUAL MARKET CODES FEATURES PRECAUTIONS NOTICES TO THE USER CONTENTS Page Page SUPPLIED ACCESSORIES WRITING CONVENTIONS FOLLOWED IN THIS MANUAL PREPARATION MOBILE INSTALLATION DC POWER CABLE CONNECTION M OBILE O FIXED STATION OPERATION REPLACING FUSES ANTENNA CONNECTION ACCESSORY CONNECTIONS EXTERNAL SPEAKER M PC C 7 CONNECTING TO A TNC (E MARKET MODELS ONLY) YOUR FIRST QSO GETTING ACQUAINTED FRONT PANEL tt tt tMR key uu DISPLAY Page REAR PANEL MICROPHONE M IC K OPERATING BASICS SWITCHING THE POWER ON/OFF ADJUSTING THE VOLUME ADJUSTING THE SQUELCH TRANSMITTING SELECTING AN OUTPUT POWER SELECTING A FREQUENCY VFO M MHZ MODE D IRECT F REQUENCY E Example 1 Example 2 Example 3 MENU SETUP WHAT IS A MENU? MENU ACCESS MENU FUNCTION LIST Page Page OPERATING THROUGH REPEATERS OFFSET PROGRAMMING FLOW PROGRAMMING AN OFFSET SELECTING AN OFFSET DIRECTION SELECTING AN OFFSET FREQUENCY A SELECTING A TONE FREQUENCY Available Tone Frequencies AUTOMATIC REPEATER OFFSET K market version only E market version only TRANSMITTING A 1750 Hz TONE REVERSE FUNCTION AUTOMATIC SIMPLEX CHECK (ASC) TONE FREQUENCY ID SCAN MEMORY CHANNELS NUMBER OF MEMORY CHANNELS SIMPLEX & REPEATER OR ODD-SPLIT MEMORY CHANNEL? STORING SIMPLEX FREQUENCIES OR STANDARD REPEATER FREQUENCIES STORING ODD-SPLIT REPEATER FREQUENCIES RECALLING A MEMORY CHANNEL USING THE TUNING CONTROL U SING THE M ICROPHONE K CLEARING A MEMORY CHANNEL NAMING A MEMORY CHANNEL MEMORY CHANNEL TRANSFER MEMORY \ VFO TRANSFER CHANNEL \ CHANNEL TRANSFER 34 The tables below illustrate how data is transferred between Memory Channels. CALL CHANNEL RECALLING THE CALL CHANNEL REPROGRAMMING THE CALL CHANNEL WEA THER ALER T (K M ARKET M ODELS O PROGRAMMING THE WEATHER RADIO FREQUENCY ENABLING A WEATHER ALERT CHANNEL DISPLAY Page SCAN NORMAL SCAN BAND SCAN PROGRAM SCAN MHZ SCAN MEMORY SCAN ALL-CHANNEL SCAN GROUP SCAN CALL SCAN PRIORITY SCAN PROGRAMMING A PRIORITY CHANNEL USING PRIORITY SCAN MEMORY CHANNEL LOCKOUT SCAN RESUME METHOD SELECTIVE CALL CTCSS AND DCS CTCSS SELECTING A CTCSS FREQUENCY Available CTCSS Tone Frequencies CTCSS F REQUENCY ID S DCS SELECTING A DCS CODE sedoCSCD401 DCS CODE ID SCAN DUAL TONE MULTI-FREQUENCY (DTMF) FUNCTIONS MANUAL DIALING )zH(.qerF 9021 6331 7741 3361 796 123A 077 456B 258 789C 149 0#D DTMF M DTMF TX H AUTOMATIC DIALER STORING A DTMF NUMBER IN MEMORY CONFIRMING STORED DTMF NUMBERS TRANSMITTING A STORED DTMF NUMBER ADJUSTING THE DTMF TONE TRANSMISSION SPEED ADJUSTING THE PAUSE DURATION DTMF LOCK AUXILIARY FUNCTIONS APO (AUTO POWER OFF) BEAT SHIFT S-METER SQUELCH SQUELCH HANG TIME BEEP FUNCTION BUSY CHANNEL LOCKOUT FREQUENCY STEP SIZE DISPLAY BACKLIGHT PERMANENT BACKLIGHT A LOCK FUNCTION DATA COMMUNICATION SPEED TUNE ENABLE MICROPHONE PF KEYS (K Programmable Functions NARROW BAND FM OPERATION POWER-ON MESSAGE PROGRAMMABLE VFO TIME-OUT TIMER 63 MICROPHONE CONTROL MIC LOCK OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES TROUBLESHOOTING MAINTENANCE G ENERAL I S SERVICE NOTE C RESETTING THE TRANSCEIVER INITIAL SETTINGS FULL RESET Full Reset Method 1: VFO R VFO Reset Method 1: VFO Reset Method 2: TROUBLESHOOTING Page 71 SPECIFICATIONS Specifications are subject to change without notice due to advancements in technology.