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MEMORY CHANNELS

NAMING A MEMORY CHANNEL

You can name memory channels using up to 8

alphanumeric characters.

When you recall a named

memory channel, its name appears on the display in

place of the stored frequency.

Names can be call

signs, repeater names, cities, names of people, etc.

1

Press

[MR]

to recall your desired memory

channel.

2

Press

[F]

,

[MN<->f]

to enter memory name input

mode.

•

The entry cursor appears.

3

Turn the

Tuning

control or press

[

]

/

[

]

to select

the first character.

•

You can enter alphanumeric characters plus

special ASCII characters.

Refer to the

following table for the available characters.

•

Press

[MONI]

to delete the character at the

cursor position.

•

You can also use the numeric keypad to enter

a character (Special ASCII characters are not

available).

For example, each press of

[2]

switches entry as a, b, c, 2, A, B, C and then

back to a.

•

While pressing and holding

[LAMP]

, turn the

Tuning

control to jump to the first character of

each ASCII character group.

4

Press

[

]

.

•

The cursor moves to the next digit.

5

Repeat steps 3 and 4 to enter up to 8 digits.

•

Pressing

[

]

after selecting the 8th digit

completes the programming.

•

To complete programming before entering less

than 8 digits, press

[MNU]

or press

[

]

twice.

•

Press

[

]

to move the cursor back.

•

Press

[PTT]

(

[F]

,

[VFO]

,

[MR]

, or

[CALL]

) to

cancel the entry.

After storing a memory name, pressing

[MN<->f]

switches the display between the memory name and

the frequency.

Note:

◆

You can also name the DTMF memory channels {page 31} and

Information Channels {page 20} but you cannot name the Call

channel {page 19}.

◆

You cannot assign a memory name to a channel that does not

contain data.

◆

You can overwrite stored names by repeating steps 1 to 5.

◆

The stored name is erased when you clear the memory channel

data.

Available Characters Using the Numeric Keypad

Available Characters Using the Tuning Control

F

M

T

D

y

e

K

s

r

e

t

c

a

r

a

h

C

e

l

b

a

l

i

a

v

A

1

q

z

1

Q

Z

2

a

b

c

2

A

B

C

3

d

e

f

3

D

E

F

4

g

h

i

4

G

H

I

5

j

k

l

5

J

K

L

6

m

n

o

6

M

N

O

7

p

r

s

7

P

R

S

8

t

u

v

8

T

U

V

9

w

x

y

9

W

X

Y

0

e

c

a

p

s

0

#

?

!

'

.

,

–

/

&

#

(

)

<

>

;

:

"

@

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

X

Y

Z

[

\

]

^

_

`

a

b

c

d

e

f

g

h

i

j

k

l

m

n

o

p

q

r

s

t

u

v

w

x

y

z

{

|

}

~

P

S

!

"

#

$

%

&

’

(

)

+

,

–

.

/

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

:

;

<

=

>

?

@

À

Á

Â

Ã

Ä

Å

Æ

Ç

È

É

Ê

Ë

Ì

Í

Î

Ï

Ñ

Ò

Ó

Ô

Õ

Ö

Ø

Ù

Ú

Û

Ü

ß

OE

à

á

â

ã

ä

å

æ

ç

è

é

ê

ë

ì

í

î

ï

ñ

ò

ó

ô

õ

ö

oe

ø

ù

ú

û

ü

Ÿ

ÿ

´

y

ˆ

S

´

Y

ˆ

s

Additional Characters for the TH-F7E

Available Characters

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