Kenwood TM-271A User Manual
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CONTENTS
SELECTING A FREQUENCY .................................. 15
VFO M
ODE
.......................................................... 15
MHz M
ODE
.......................................................... 16
D
IRECT
F
REQUENCY
E
NTRY
...................................... 16
CHAPTER
5
MENU SETUP
WHAT IS A MENU? ................................................. 18
MENU ACCESS ...................................................... 18
MENU FUNCTION LIST .......................................... 19
CHAPTER
6
OPERATING THROUGH REPEATERS
OFFSET PROGRAMMING FLOW ........................... 22
PROGRAMMING AN OFFSET ................................ 23
S
ELECTING
AN
O
FFSET
D
IRECTION
.............................. 23
S
ELECTING
AN
O
FFSET
F
REQUENCY
............................ 23
A
CTIVATING
THE
T
ONE
F
UNCTION
................................ 24
S
ELECTING
A
T
ONE
F
REQUENCY
................................. 24
AUTOMATIC REPEATER OFFSET .......................... 25
TRANSMITTING A 1750 Hz TONE .......................... 25
REVERSE FUNCTION ............................................ 26
AUTOMATIC SIMPLEX CHECK (ASC) .................... 26
TONE FREQUENCY ID SCAN ................................ 27
CHAPTER
7
MEMORY CHANNELS
NUMBER OF MEMORY CHANNELS ...................... 28
SIMPLEX & REPEATER OR ODD-SPLIT
MEMORY CHANNEL? ............................................. 28
STORING SIMPLEX FREQUENCIES OR
STANDARD REPEATER FREQUENCIES ............... 29
STORING ODD-SPLIT REPEATER
FREQUENCIES ....................................................... 30
SUPPLIED ACCESSORIES ...................................... 1
WRITING CONVENTIONS FOLLOWED
IN THIS MANUAL ...................................................... 1
CHAPTER
1
PREPARATION
MOBILE INSTALLATION ........................................... 2
DC POWER CABLE CONNECTION .......................... 3
Mobile Operation .................................................. 3
Fixed Station Operation ........................................ 4
Replacing Fuses ................................................... 5
ANTENNA CONNECTION ......................................... 5
ACCESSORY CONNECTIONS ................................. 6
External Speaker .................................................. 6
Microphone ........................................................... 6
PC Connection ..................................................... 6
CONNECTING TO A TNC (E M
ARKET
M
ODELS
O
NLY
) .... 7
CHAPTER
2
YOUR FIRST QSO
CHAPTER
3
GETTING ACQUAINTED
FRONT PANEL .......................................................... 9
DISPLAY .................................................................. 10
REAR PANEL .......................................................... 12
MICROPHONE ........................................................ 12
M
IC
K
EYPAD
D
IRECT
E
NTRY
...................................... 13
CHAPTER
4
OPERATING BASICS
SWITCHING THE POWER ON/OFF ........................ 14
ADJUSTING THE VOLUME ..................................... 14
ADJUSTING THE SQUELCH .................................. 14
TRANSMITTING ...................................................... 15
S
ELECTING
AN
O
UTPUT
P
OWER
................................. 15