Kenwood TM-642A Service Manual

TM-­‐642 S ervice M anual P DF
Some n otes o n t his P DF a re r equired a s i t's n ot p ossible t o r epresent t he p rinted
manual 1 00%.
• The t ext o nly p ages ( up t o p age 3 0) a re s canned g ray s cale a t 3 00 d pi. I d id
not r etouch t hem i n P hotoshop.
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I've s plit t hese i nto 1 1x17 i nch p ages.
• The r emaining p ages a re 1 1x15.5 i n t he o riginal a nd a re 1 1x17 i n t his
document.
• The i mage p ages w ere s canned a t 1 200 d pi a nd s traightened i n P hotoshop b y
hand t hen a ssembled i nto t he p ages. T hese w ere e xported a t 4 00 d pi i nto
Acrobat.
• I've p rinted a ll t he 1 1x17 i mages o ut o n m y 1 1x17 p rinter a nd c hecked t hem
against t he o riginal m anual. O nly t he b lock d iagram h as v isible d istortion
where t he i mages d o n ot l ine u p. T his i s m inor I HMO.
• The o riginal P hotoshop f iles a re a vailable o nline a nd e ven t he o riginal t iff's
scans c an b e d ownloaded a t:
http://keekles.org/~kb9mci/tm742-­‐service-­‐manual/raw/tm742raw.tar.bz2
(I'm a ware i t s ays 7 42, b ut i t i ndeed t he 6 42. I t's 8 .1gb a nd I d id n ot f eel l ike
re-­‐uploading i t.)
• The e ntire d ocument w as O CR'd i n A crobat, i t's n ot 1 00% b ut s earching
works m ost o f t he t ime.
The o nly m anual I c an f ind i s t he 7 42 m anual a nd i t's a b ad s can. T he b oard
diagrams a re u nreadable i n i t. I 'd l ove t o g et m y h ands o n a 7 42 m anual, b ut a s
these a re o ut o f p rint I 've b een u nable t o l ocate o ne. I f y ou h ave o ne t hat I c ould
borrow o r b uy p lease c ontact m e.
I d o a sk t hat y ou d o n ot h ost t his f ile o n a s ite t hat r equires r egistration o r
membership t o d ownload i t ( looking a t y ou m ods.dk), o r s ell i t o n e Bay o r a nywhere
else. I 've d one t his a s a s ervice t o t he a mateur r adio c ommunity, a nd a ll s hould b e
able t o b enefit f rom t he f ree e xchange o f i nformation. I 've p ut o ver 1 0 h ours i nto
doing t his r ight, a nd a sk t hat y ou r espect m y w ishes.
Thank y ou,
Bryan F ields, K B9MCI
bryan@bryanfields.net