Selecting A Frequency - Kenwood TH-F6A Instruction Manual

TRANSMITTING
1 To transmit, hold the transceiver approximately
5 cm (2 inches) from your mouth, then press and
hold the PTT switch and speak into the
microphone in your normal tone of voice.
• The status LED on the top panel lights red and
bar-graph meter appears.
• If you press [PTT] while you are outside of the
transmission coverage, a high pitched error
beep sounds.
2 When you finish speaking, release the PTT switch.
Note: If you transmit countinuously for more than 10 mintues, the
internal time-out timer generates a warning beep and the transceiver
stops transmitting. In this case, release the PTT switch and let the
transceiver cool down for a while, then press the PTT switch again to
resume transmitting {page xx}.
Selecting Output Power
Selecting lower transmission power is the best way to
reduce the battery consumption, if communication is
still reliable. You can configure different power levels
for transmission {page xx}.
Press [LOW].
• Each time you press [LOW], the indicator cycles
between "H" (high), "L" (low), and "EL" (economic
low).
Note:
You can store different output power setting for the A and B-band.
When you change the output power, it is reflected to all available
amateur bands for A or B-band.

SELECTING A FREQUENCY

VFO mode
This is the basic mode for changing the operating
frequency. Turn the Tuning control clockwise to
increase the frequency. Turn the Tuning control
counterclockwise to decrease the frequency. Or,
press [ ]/ [ ] to change the frequency.
If the desired operating frequency is far away from
the current frequency, it is quicker to use the MHz
tuning mode.
1 Press [MHz].
• A MHz digit blinks.
2 Turn the Tuning control or press [ ]/[ ] to select
the desired MHz digit.
3 After selecting the desired MHz digit, press [MHz]
to exit the mode and return to normal tuning
mode.
4 You may further adjust the frequency using the
Tuning control or [ ]/[ ].
Direct Frequency Entry
In addition to turn the Tuning control or press [ ]/[ ],
there is another way of selecting the frequency.
When the desired frequency is far away from the
current frequency, you can directly enter a frequency
from the numeric keypad.
1 Press [VFO].
• You must be VFO mode to make the direct
frequency entry.
2 Press [ENT].
• "– – – – – – " appears.
3 Press the numeric keys ([0] to [9]) to enter your
desired frequency. [MHz] can be used to
complete the MHz digits entry.
• Pressing [ENT] fills the remaining digits (the
digits you did not enter) with 0 and completes
the entry.
• To select 145.000 MHz for example, press [1],
[4], [5] then press [ENT] to complete the entry.
Example 1 (100 MHz < f < 1000 MHz)
To enter 438.320 MHz:
Key in
[ENT]
[4], [3], [8]
[3], [2], [0]
Note: You do not have to press [MHz] when you are entering 3-
digit MHz number.
4 GETTING ACQUAINTED
Display
– – – – – –
4 3 8. – – –
4 3 8. 3 2 0
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