Kenwood TH-F7E User Manual - Page 18

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OPERATING THROUGH REPEATERS

■

Activating Tone Function

Press

[TONE]

to switch the Tone function ON (or

OFF).

•

“

” appears when the Tone function is ON.

Note:

You cannot use the Tone and CTCSS/ DCS functions at

the same time.

Switching the Tone function ON after activating

the CTCSS/ DCS deactivates the CTCSS/ DCS function.

TH-F7E only:

When you access repeaters that require 1750 Hz

tones, you need not activate the Tone function.

Press

[CALL]

without pressing the

PTT

switch to transmit a 1750 Hz tone

(default setting).

■

Selecting a Tone Frequency

1

While the Tone function is ON, press

[F]

,

[TONE]

.

2

Turn the

Tuning

control or press

[

]

/

[

]

to

select the desired tone frequency.

3

Press

[

]

or

[MNU]

to complete the setting.

Otherwise, press

[PTT]

to cancel.

Available Tone Frequencies

.

o

N

.

q

e

r

F

)

z

H

(

.

o

N

.

q

e

r

F

)

z

H

(

.

o

N

.

q

e

r

F

)

z

H

(

.

o

N

.

q

e

r

F

)

z

H

(

1

0

0

.

7

6

2

1

4

.

7

9

3

2

3

.

1

4

1

4

3

5

.

6

0

2

2

0

3

.

9

6

3

1

0

.

0

0

1

4

2

2

.

6

4

1

5

3

7

.

0

1

2

3

0

9

.

1

7

4

1

5

.

3

0

1

5

2

4

.

1

5

1

6

3

1

.

8

1

2

4

0

4

.

4

7

5

1

2

.

7

0

1

6

2

7

.

6

5

1

7

3

7

.

5

2

2

5

0

0

.

7

7

6

1

9

.

0

1

1

7

2

2

.

2

6

1

8

3

1

.

9

2

2

6

0

7

.

9

7

7

1

8

.

4

1

1

8

2

9

.

7

6

1

9

3

6

.

3

3

2

7

0

5

.

2

8

8

1

8

.

8

1

1

9

2

8

.

3

7

1

0

4

8

.

1

4

2

8

0

4

.

5

8

9

1

0

.

3

2

1

0

3

9

.

9

7

1

1

4

3

.

0

5

2

9

0

5

.

8

8

0

2

3

.

7

2

1

1

3

2

.

6

8

1

2

4

1

.

4

5

2

0

1

5

.

1

9

1

2

8

.

1

3

1

2

3

8

.

2

9

1

1

1

8

.

4

9

2

2

5

.

6

3

1

3

3

5

.

3

0

2

Note:

42 different tones are available for the transceiver.

These

42 tones includes 37 EIA standard tones and 5 non-standard

tones.

TH-F7E only:

◆

To transmit a 1750 Hz tone, simply press

[CALL]

without

pressing the

PTT

switch (default setting).

Release

[CALL]

to

quit transmitting.

You can also make the transceiver remain

in the transmit mode for 2 seconds after releasing

[CALL]

; a

1750 Hz tone is not continuously transmitted.

Access Menu

No. 24 (1750 HOLD) and select “ON”.

◆

If you desire to assign

[CALL]

for recalling the Call channel

in place of transmitting the 1750 Hz tone, access Menu

No. 23 (CALL KEY) and select “CALL”.

AUTOMATIC REPEATER OFFSET

This function automatically selects an offset direction,

according to the frequency that you select on the

2 m and 1.25 m (TH-F6A only) bands.

The

transceiver is programmed for offset direction as

shown below.

To obtain an up-to-date band plan for

repeater offset direction, contact your national

Amateur Radio association.

TH-F6A (U.S.A. and Canada)

This complies with the standard ARRL band plan.

+

–

–

–

+

S

S

S

S

144.0

145.5

146.4

147.0

147.6

145.1

146.0

146.6

147.4

148.0 MHz

S: Simplex

S

S: Simplex

–

222.0

225.0 MHz

223.920

TH-F7E (Europe/ Others)

S

S

S: Simplex

–

144.0

146.0 MHz

145.8

145.6

Note:

Automatic Repeater Offset does not function when Reverse is

ON.

However, pressing

[REV]

after Automatic Repeater Offset has

selected an offset (split) status, exchanges the receive and transmit

frequencies.

1

Press

[MNU]

.

2

Turn the

Tuning

control or press

[

]

/

[

]

to select

Menu No. 5 (AUTO OFFSET).

3

Press

[

]

or

[MNU]

.

4

Turn the

Tuning

control or press

[

]

/

[

]

switch

the function ON or OFF.

5

Press

[

]

or

[MNU]

to store the setting.

Otherwise, press

[PTT]

to cancel.

Note:

If you select the frequency within the amateur radio band on

the B-band, the Automatic Repeater Offset function is also activated

in any modes.

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