Kenwood TH-F6A Instruction Manual
Multi-band portable transceiver, dual-band portable transceiver
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- Page 1 INSTRUCTION MANUAL MULTI-BAND PORTABLE TRANSCEIVER TH-F6A DUAL-BAND PORTABLE TRANSCEIVER TH-F7E KENWOOD CORPORATION © B62-1441-00 (K) 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 02 01 00...
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Page 2: Models Covered By This Manual
The transceiver may overheat. • Do not modify this transceiver unless instructed by this manual or by KENWOOD documentation. • When using a regulated power supply, connect the specified DC cable (option) to the DC IN jack on the transceiver. -
Page 3: Thank You
FEATURES – – • Ultra compact design – – • 2 m, 1.25 m (TH-F6A only), and 70 cm amateur radio band FM transceiver operation & c i t – • A separate wide band, all-mode receiver, built-in — •... -
Page 4: Table Of Contents
CONTENTS MODELS COVERED BY THIS MANUAL TONE FREQ. ID SCAN ......... 14 MARKET CODES CHAPTER 6 MEMORY CHANNELS NOTICE TO USER PRECAUTIONS SIMPLEX & REPEATER OR ODD-SPLIT MEMORY CHANNEL? ............15 THANK YOU ............. i STORING SIMPLEX FREQUENCIES OR FEATURES ............... i STANDARD REPEATER FREQUENCIES .. - Page 5 ABOUT THE B-BAND ..........33 SERVICE NOTE ..........47 B-BAND FREQUENCY ........33 CLEANING ............47 B-band Frequency Coverage (TH-F6A) ..33 BACKUP BATTERY ..........47 B-band Frequency Coverage (TH-F7E) ..34 TROUBLESHOOTING ........... 48 SELECTING A MODE FOR THE B-BAND ..... 34 MICROPROCESSOR RESET .......
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Page 6: Chapter 1 Preparation
PREPARATION 3 Align the two tabs on the battery case cover, then INSTALLING THE Li-ion BATTERY PACK close the cover until the locking tabs click. Note: Because the battery pack is provided uncharged, you must charge the battery pack before using it with the transceiver. To charge the battery pack, refer to “CHARGING THE Li-ion BATTERY PACK”... -
Page 7: Charging The Li-Ion Battery Pack
1 PREPARATION ground. If the transceiver is turned OFF, the 2 LEDs CHARGING THE Li-ion BATTERY PACK light orange while charging. When the charging completes, they turn OFF {above}. The Li-ion battery pack can be charged after it has been installed onto the transceiver. The battery pack is provided uncharged for safety purposes. -
Page 8: Chapter 2 Your First Qso
] (POWER) briefly to switch the transceiver power ON. • A high pitched double beep sounds and then “KENWOOD” and “HELLO !!” appear momentarily. The various indicators and 2 frequencies appear on the LCD. • The transceiver stores the parameters when it is turned OFF. -
Page 9: Chapter 3 Getting Acquainted
GETTING ACQUAINTED KEYS AND CONTROLS Antenna Tuning Control VOL Control PTT switch Display SP/MIC jack LAMP Key Multi-scroll Speaker/ Mic. MONI Key Power Switch DC IN jack Keypad Battery release A/ B-band status LEDs Green : Busy : Transmitting Orange: Charging... -
Page 10: Display
3 GETTING ACQUAINTED DISPLAY 19 20 q EL Appears when the transmit output power is set to Low Appears when the Lock function is ON {page 38}. (“L”) or Economic Low (“EL”) {pages 7, 40}. Appears when the function key is pressed. Appears when the transmit output power is set to High (“H”) {pages 7, 40}. -
Page 11: Basic Operation Switching Power On/ Off
3 GETTING ACQUAINTED • The higher the level, the stronger the signals BASIC OPERATION must be, to receive. SWITCHING POWER ON/ OFF • 6 different levels can be set 1 Press [ ] (POWER) briefly to switch the (-- -- -- -- --: level 0 ~ || || || || ||: level 5). transceiver power ON. -
Page 12: Transmitting
3 GETTING ACQUAINTED MHz Mode TRANSMITTING If the desired operating frequency is far away from 1 To transmit, hold the transceiver approximately the current frequency, it is quicker to use the MHz 5 cm (2 inches) from your mouth, then press and tuning mode. - Page 13 3 GETTING ACQUAINTED Example 1 (100 MHz < f < 1000 MHz) Example 6 To enter 438.320 MHz: To enter 810 kHz (B-band only): Key in Display Key in Display [ENT] – – – – – – [ENT] – – – – – – [4], [3], [8] 4 3 8.
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Page 14: Chapter 4 Menu Setup
MENU SETUP WHAT IS A MENU? SELECTING A MENU LANGUAGE Many functions on this transceiver are selected or You can select either English or Japanese (Katakana) for the menu description. To switch the language: configured via a software-controlled Menu, rather than through the physical controls of the transceiver. - Page 15 4 MENU SETUP i t c — e l i t t i i n i c i t o l l v i t y t i s i t v i t t f i...
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Page 16: Alphabetical Function List
4 MENU SETUP ALPHABETICAL FUNCTION LIST — — —... -
Page 17: Chapter 5 Operating Through Repeaters
2 m band is 600 kHz (all models); the default on the 70 cm Select a band. band is 5.0 MHz (TH-F6A) or 1.6 MHz (TH-F7E); the default on the 1.25 m band is 1.6 MHz (TH-F6A). -
Page 18: Activating Tone Function
Press [TONE] to switch the Tone function ON (or This function automatically selects an offset direction, OFF). according to the frequency that you select on the 2 m and 1.25 m (TH-F6A only) bands. The • “ ” appears when the Tone function is ON. -
Page 19: Reverse Function
5 OPERATING THROUGH REPEATERS REVERSE FUNCTION TONE FREQ. ID SCAN The reverse function exchanges a separate receive This function scans through all tone frequencies to and transmit frequency. So, while using a repeater, identify the incoming tone frequency on a received you can manually check the strength of a signal that signal. -
Page 20: Chapter 6 Memory Channels
MEMORY CHANNELS In memory channels, you can store frequencies and STORING SIMPLEX FREQUENCIES OR related data that you often use. Then you need not STANDARD REPEATER FREQUENCIES reprogram those data every time. You can quickly recall a programmed channel through simple 1 Press [VFO].