Preparation Flow - Kenwood TM-D710A (K type) Instruction Manual

PREPARATION FLOW

The following steps should guide you to a good start of
Sky Command operation. First connect the Transporter to
the HF transceiver.
1 <On the Commander and Transporter> Select the
same VHF and UHF frequencies.
Band A: VHF frequency
Band A: UHF frequency
Note: Configure the squelch to an appropriate level for both the VHF
and UHF band on the Commander and Transporter. If the squelch
is not set to an appropriate level, the transceivers may enter a BUSY
state due to noise signals and be unable to transmit.
2 <On the Commander> Access Menu 700 to program a
callsign (9 digits max.) for the Commander.
• You may enter your exact callsign; ex. W6DJY.
3 <On the Commander> Access Menu 701 to program a
callsign (9 digits max.) for the Transporter.
• This callsign must be different from the one for the
Commander. So you may add SSID characters; ex.
W6DJY-1.
4 <On the Transporter> Access Menu 700 to program
the same callsign as you entered in step 2.
5 <On the Transporter> Access Menu 701 to program
the same callsign as you entered in step 3. The same
callsign as you entered in step 2.
6 <On the Commander and Transporter> Access Menu
702 and select the tone frequency.
• Select the same tone frequency on both transceivers.
7 <On the Commander> Access Menu 703 and select
"COMMANDER".
• "Push [ 0 ] key to start Commander!!" appears.
Band B: UHF frequency
or
Band B: VHF frequency
8 <On the Transporter> Access Menu 703 and select
"TRANSPORTER".
Now the Commander and Transporter are in Sky Command
mode. For operations in this mode, see "CONTROL
OPERATION". First switch ON the HF transceiver and press
[SYNC] on the Commander. To exit the Sky Command
mode, access Menu 703 and select "OFF".
Note:
◆ Unless you program callsigns, you cannot select "COMMANDER"
or "TRANSPORTER" using Menu 703.
◆ On the HF transceiver, select 9600 bps and 1 stop bit (default)
using the Menu Set-up function.
◆ Adjust the audio level on both the Transporter and HF transceiver
while listening to audio output from the Commander. An
appropriate position of the AF control on the HF transceiver might
be in the range, 8:30 to 9:00.
◆ To distinguish your various stations or nodes, you can have up
to 15 Secondary Station IDentifiers (SSIDs); ex. W6DJY-1 to
W6DJY-15. You always have to put a dash between your callsign
and SSID number.
ATTENTION: Use only after verifying that there is no reception
disruption during communications.
SKY CMD-2