Kenwood TM-271A - Manual (Page 5)

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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