Kenwood TH-D7A Portable Radio User Manual


 
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CONTENTS
SUPPLIED ACCESSORIES ...................................... 1
CONVENTIONS FOLLOWED IN THIS MANUAL....... 1
CHAPTER 1 PREPARATION
INSTALLING THE NiCd BATTERY PACK .................. 2
CHARGING THE NiCd BATTERY PACK ................... 2
INSTALLING THE ANTENNA .................................... 3
INSTALLING THE HAND STRAP/ BELT HOOK......... 3
INSTALLING ALKALINE BATTERIES ........................ 4
CONNECTING WITH A REGULATED POWER
SUPPLY .................................................................... 5
CONNECTING WITH A CIGARETTE LIGHTER
SOCKET.................................................................... 5
CHAPTER 2 FIRST QSO
CHAPTER 3 OPERATING BASICS
SWITCHING POWER ON/OFF ................................. 7
ADJUSTING VOLUME .............................................. 7
SELECTING A BAND ................................................ 7
SELECTING A FREQUENCY .................................... 7
ADJUSTING SQUELCH ............................................ 8
TRANSMITTING........................................................ 9
Selecting Output Power ........................................ 9
CHAPTER 4 GETTING ACQUAINTED
ORIENTATION......................................................... 10
INDICATORS........................................................... 11
CURSOR KEYS ...................................................... 12
BAND A & B ............................................................. 12
BASIC TRANSCEIVER MODES .............................. 13
KEYPAD DIRECT ENTRY ....................................... 15
CHAPTER 5 MENU SET-UP
MENU ACCESS ...................................................... 16
MENU CONFIGURATION ....................................... 17
CHAPTER 6 OPERATING THROUGH REPEATERS
PROGRAMMING OFFSET ...................................... 21
Selecting Offset Direction.................................... 21
Selecting Offset Frequency ................................. 21
Activating Tone Function ..................................... 22
Selecting a Tone Frequency ................................ 22
AUTOMATIC REPEATER OFFSET ......................... 23
REVERSE FUNCTION ............................................ 24
AUTOMATIC SIMPLEX CHECK (ASC).................... 24
TONE FREQ. ID ...................................................... 25
CHAPTER 7 MEMORY CHANNELS
SIMPLEX & REPEATER OR
ODD-SPLIT MEMORY CHANNEL? ......................... 26
STORING SIMPLEX FREQUENCIES OR
STANDARD REPEATER FREQUENCIES ............... 27
STORING ODD-SPLIT REPEATER
FREQUENCIES....................................................... 27
RECALLING A MEMORY CHANNEL....................... 28
CLEARING A MEMORY CHANNEL......................... 28
NAMING A MEMORY CHANNEL............................. 29
CALL CHANNEL (TH-D7A ONLY) ............................ 30
Recalling the Call Channel .................................. 30
Reprogramming the Call Channel ....................... 30
MEMORY-TO-VFO TRANSFER .............................. 31
CHANNEL DISPLAY ................................................ 31
PARTIAL OR FULL RESET?.................................... 32