Kenwood TM-261A - Manual (Page 36)

NAMING MEMORY CHANNELS
You can name memory channels using up to 6 characters
and 5 dots. When you recall a named memory channel, its
name appears on the display instead of the stored
frequency. Names can be callsigns, repeater names,
cities, persons’ names, etc.
■ Storing a Name in Memory
1 Press [MR] to select Memory Recall.
2 Turn the Tuning control, or press microphone
[UP]/[DWN], to select the desired memory channel.
3 Switch OFF the power to the transceiver.
4 Press [MN]+POWER ON.
• The first digit blinks.
Turn the Tuning control, or press microphone
[UP]/[DWN], to select the first digit.
• To enter a dot after the first digit, press [MR], Pressing
[MR] again clears the dot.
Press [MN].
• The second digit blinks.
7 Repeat Steps 5 and 6 to enter up to 6 digits.
• When you enter less than 6 digits, press [MHz], [F],
[TONE], [REV], or microphone [PTll to complete
entry.
• To re-enter the preceding digit, press [VFO].
• A dot cannot be entered after the sixth digit.
After storing a name, pressing [MN] toggles between
name display and frequency display for the memory
channel.
Note:
♦ If you do not enter the next digit within 10 seconds, the digits
already entered are stored and the entry cursor is cleared.
♦ Names can be assigned only to memory channels in which you
have stored frequencies and related data.
♦ The stored names can be overwritten by repeating Steps 1 - 7 .
♦ The stored names also are erased by clearing memory channels
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