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Sky cmd- programming a tone frequency, Control operation – Kenwood RC-D710 User Manual

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SKY CMD-

PROGRAMMING A TONE FREQUENCY

On receiving a tone from the Commander, the Transporter

causes the HF transceiver to enter Transmit mode. On

both the Commander and Transporter, access Menu 702

and select the desired, same tone frequency.

CONTROL OPERATION

When in the Sky Command mode, the Microphone keys

of the Commander will function as below. First switch

ON the HF transceiver and press Microphone [0] on the

Commander.

Each time you press the desired key, the Commander

will automatically enter transmit mode and send the

corresponding control command to the Transporter.

Key

Function

[1] (PWR)

Power ON/ OFF

[2] (RX)

HF frequency receive ON/ OFF

[3] (MODE)

Modulation mode switch

[4] (RIT)

RIT ON/ OFF

[5] (XIT)

XIT ON/ OFF

[6] (CLR)

RIT offset or XIT offset clear

[7] (SPLIT)

Split-frequency ON/ OFF

[8] (M>V)

Transfer from Memory to VFO

[9] (A/B)

In VFO mode: VFO A/ VFO B switch

In Memory Recall mode: no change

[0] (SYNC)

Current settings retrieve (from HF

transceiver)

[A] (MONI)

To monitor the UHF band on the

Commander

[B] (M/V)

VFO/ Memory Recall mode switch

[C] (UP)

XIT/ RIT offset frequency increase

[D] (DOWN)

XIT/ RIT offset frequency decrease

[ ]

1

(FAST)

In LSB, USB, or CW mode: 10 Hz/ 1 kHz

switch

In FM or AM mode: 1 kHz/ 10 kHz switch

[#]

2

(ENTER)

In VFO mode: frequency entry ON

In Memory Recall mode: channel number

entry ON

[PTT]

To transmit audio on an HF frequency

1

“FS” appears when you select 1 kHz step (LSB/ USB/ CW) or 10 kHz

step (FM/ AM).

2

After pressing Mic [#], press Mic [0] to [9] to enter a frequency or

memory channel number.

Note: To change the frequency or memory channel on the HF

transceiver, rotate the

Tuning control.