Bar Antenna; Fine Tuning Mode - Kenwood TH-F6A Instruction Manual

8 ENHANCED COMMUNICATIONS
SELECTING A MODE FOR B-BAND
When using B-band, the following receiving mode is
available.
R e e c i v i g n m o e d
L S / B U S B
C W
A M
F M / F M N
W F M
LSB/ USB/ AM/ FM/ WFM
To select the receiving mode for B-band:
1 Press [VFO].
2 Press [A/B] to select B-band.
3 Press [BAND] and then turn the Tuning control or
press [ ]/ [ ] to select the desired frequency.
4 Press [MODE] until you select the desired
receiving mode. The mode icon cycles
FM WFM AM
then goes back to FM.
Note:
To select FMN (Narrow FM), access Menu No. 29 and select
"ON" {below}.
LSB, USB, and CW modes can be selected in the frequencies
below 470 MHz only.
36
A a v l i b a e l f e r u q n e y c a r g n s e
≤
1 0 0 k H z f < 4 7 0 M H z
≤
1 0 0 k H z f < 4 7 0 M H z
≤
1 0 0 k H z f < 1 3 . G H z
≤
2 9 7 . M H z f < 1 3 . G H z
≤
2 9 7 . M H z f < 1 3 . G H z
LSB USB CW, and

BAR ANTENNA

Although the supplied wide-band helical antenna is
used for receiving B-band frequencies, due to the
size and length limitation, it may not suitable for the
low HF band (below 7 MHz) receiption. The
transceiver features a built-in bar antenna for the
receiption frequency below 7 MHz. The transceiver
automatically switches to the bar antenna when you
select a frequency below 7 MHz for the B-band.
However, you can connect an external antenna to the
antenna connector instead.
To disable the built-in bar antenna:
1 Press [MNU].
2 Turn the Tuning control or press [ ]/ [ ] to select
Menu No. 26 (BAR ANT).
3 Press [s s s s s ], [MNU].
4 Turn the Tuning control or press [ ]/ [ ] to select
"DISABLE".

FINE TUNING MODE

When you operate the B-band in LSB, USB, CW, or
AM mode, you can turn the FINE Tuning function ON.
The Fine Tuning frequency step size can be selected
from 50 Hz, 100 Hz (default), or 1000 Hz.
Activating Fine Tuning
To activate the FINE Tuning function:
1 Select a frequency (below 470 MHz) on
the B-band.
• Operating mode must be LSB, USB, CW or
AM.
2 Press [FINE].
• 100 Hz digits appears.
3 Turn the Tuning control or press [ ]/ [ ] to tune to
a station.
Note:
Fine Tuning functions works only when you operate the
frequency below 470 MHz.
You cannot activate the Fine Tuning function on the A-band.
When you change the mode to FM, the frequency will be
automatically adjusted to the next available frequency.
While in the Fine Tuning mode, you cannot perform VFO step
size change {page xx}, MHz mode {page xx}, and MHz Scan
{page xx}.
When you perform the Visual Scan {page xx}, Information
Channel Memory recall {page xx}, Information Channel Scan
{page xx}, VFO mode {page xx}, Memory channel recall {page
xx}, Call channel recall {page xx}, or direct frequency entry {page
xx}, the transceiver exits the Fine Tuning mode.