STORING SIMPLEX FREQUENCIES OR NAMING A MEMORY CHANNEL MEMORY CHANNEL GROUPS Direct Frequency Entry STANDARD REPEATER FREQUENCIES 1 Press [VFO]. 1 Press [VFO]. • You must be VFO mode to make the direct You can name memory channels using up to 8 2 Turn the Tuning control or press to select frequency entry. alphanumeric characters. When you recall a named your de s ire d frequency in the amateur radio bands. 2 Press [ENT]. memory channel, its name appears on the display in • You can also directly enter desired frequency using the • “– – – – – – ” appears. place of the stored frequency. Names can be call keypad. signs, repeater names, cities, names of people, etc. 4 If storing a standard repeater frequency, select the following data: 1 Press [MR] to recall your desired memory channel. • Offset direction 2 Press [F], [MN<->f] to enter memory name input • Tone function, if necessary mode. • CTCSS/ DCS function, if necessary 3 Press the numeric keys ([0] to [9]) to enter your • The entry cursor appears. RECALLING A MEMORY CHANNEL desired frequency. [MHz] can be used to USING MEMORY GROUP FUNCTION If storing a simplex frequency, you may select other complete the MHz digits entry. It is sometimes a tedious endeavor to scroll through related data (CTCSS or DCS settings, etc.). 400 memory channels sequencially. However, using

a Group memory recall function, you can access your 5 Press [F]. desired memory channel numbers more quickly. • A memory channel number appears and blinks. 1 Press [MR] to enter Memory Recall mode. 3 Turn the Tuning control or press to select • “ ” indicates the current channel is empty; “ ” 2 While pressing and holding [LAMP], turn the • Pressing [ENT] fills the remaining digits (the the first character. appears if the channel contains data. Tuning control to select a group. digits you did not enter) with 0 and completes • You can enter alphanumeric characters plus • Memory channel number “L0”/ “U0” ~ “L9”/ “L9”, “I-0” ~ “I-9”, and “Pr1” and “Pr2” are reserved for other the entry. special ASCII characters. Refer to the functions. Do not use these memories to store the TX/ • To select 145.000 MHz for example, press [1], following table for the available characters. Reprogramming the Call Channel RX data. [4], [5] then press [ENT] to complete the entry. 4 Press [ ]. 1 Press [BAND] to select your desired amateur • The cursor moves to the next digit. radio band. 6 Turn the Tuning control or press to select 5 Repeat steps 3 and 4 to enter up to 8 digits. 2 Select your desired frequency and related data the memory channel in which you want to store the Reverse Function (Tone, CTCSS, DCS, or Shift, etc., 145.500/433.300 = data. To swap the transmit and receive frequencies to check • Pressing [ ] after selecting the 8th digit Norwegian Call Channel (Telephony). 7 Press [MR] to store the data to the channel. signal from the other station: completes the programming. Press [REV] to switch the Reverse function ON (or • To complete programming after entering less • When you program the Call channel as an

OFF). than 8 digits, press [ ] twice. odd-split channel, select a receive • “R” appears when the function is ON. • Press [ ] to move the cursor back. frequency first. STORING ODD-SPLIT REPEATER • Pressing [F] deletes the character at the cursor 3 Press [F], [CALL]. FREQUENCIES position. • The selected frequency and related data are You can also use the keypad to enter alphanumeric stored in the Call channel for the selected characters, in step 3. For example, each press of band. Some repeaters use a receive and transmit frequency [2] sets the entry as a, b, c, 2, A, B, C, and then back To also store a separate transmit frequency, pair with a non-standard offset. If you store two to a. Press [0] to enter a space or 0. continue with the following steps. separate frequencies in a memory channel, you can 4 Select the desired transmit frequency. AUTOMATIC SIMPLEX CHECK (ASC) After storing a memory name, pressing [MN<->f] operate on those repeaters without programming the switches the display between the memory name and 5 Press [F]. While using a repeater, the ASC function periodically offset frequency and direction. the frequency. 6 Press [PTT]+[CALL]. checks the strength of a signal that you are receiving Note: • The separate transmit frequency is stored in directly from the other station. If the station’s signal is 1 Store the desired receive frequency and related You can also name the DTMF memory channels and the Call channel. strong enough to allow direct contact without a data by following the procedure given for simplex Information Channels but you cannot name the Call repeater, “R” indicator on the display starts blinking. or standard repeater frequencies, above. channel. You cannot assign a memory name to a channel Press [REV] (1 s) to switch the function ON. 2 Turn the Tuning control or press to select that does not contain data. You can overwirite stored • “R” appears when the function is ON. the desired transmit frequency. names by repeating steps 1 to 5. The stored name is 3 Press [F], [MR]. erased when you clear the memory channel 4 Turn the Tuning control or press to select data. the memory channel you programmed in step 1. 5 Press [PTT]+[MR].

• The transmit frequency is stored in the memory • While direct contact is possible, “R” icon blinks. channel. • To quit the function, press [REV] momentarily. CLEARING A MEMORY CHANNEL To clear an individual memory channel: Note: When you recall an odd-split memory channel, “+” 1 Recall the memory channel you want to erase. and “–” appear on the display. To confirm the transmit 2 Switch the transceiver OFF. frequency, press [REV]. 3 Press [MR]+ [ ]. • An erase confirmation message appears. 4 Press [MR] to erase the channel data. • The contents of the memory channel are erased. • To quit clearing the memory channel, press any key other than [MR].

Storing Program Scan Frequency Range ALL-CHANNELKe nSCwANoo d TH-F7 2m repeater, . In -0.6Mhz Kenwood TH-F7 1 Press [VFO]. The transceiver scansMinimanual all of the memory chann els in 145.600: Oslo, Alvdal, Svekollen, Rørvik, Høyanger, 2 Press [BAND] to select your desired band. which you have stored frequencies. Kristiansund Minimanual 3 Turn the Tuning control or press to select 1 Press [MR] (1 s). 145.625: Horten, Mjøs, Stord, Flekkefjord, Kristiansand, Version 1.00 your de sired start frequency. • Scan starts from the last memory channel , Fosen, Florø, Tromsø, Molde 4 Press [F], then turn the Tuning control or press number and ascends up through the channel 145.6375: Oslo local, Nesodden to select a memory channel from L0 ~ L9. numbers (default). Turn the Tuning control or 145.650: Grenland, Kongsvinger, Ålesund, Fosen, Åseral, press to change the scanning direction. Harstad 1, Hallingdal, Haugesund, Hammerfest • To jump to a desired channel while scanning, 145.6625: Moss quickly turn the Tuning control. 145.675: Hønefoss, Stjørdal, , Mo (Veten i 2 To stop the All-Channel Scan, press [MR] or ), Sandnes, Bremanger, Mandal [PTT]. 145.700: Alta, Arendal, Førde, Lista, Tr.heim (Bringen), 5 Press [MR] to store the start frequency in the Kongsberg, Mosjøen, Sauda memory channel. 145.7125: Tr.heim (Liaåsen) 6 Turn the Tuning control or press to select GROUP SCAN 145.725: Drammen, Sandnessjøen, Egersund, Voss, your desired end frequency. For the purpose of Group Scan, you can select a Gudbrandsdal, S.Sunnmøre, Midt-Troms 7 Press [F], then Turn the Tuning control or press particular memory group to be scanned. 145.7375: Gardermoen, Sauda to select the corresponding channel from 1 Press [MR] to enter Memory Scroll mode. 145.750: Bergen, Sandefjord, Bodø 1, Kr.sand, Tromsø, U0 ~ U9 (you must select the same numeric value 2 Turn the Tuning control or press to select Kirkenes, Fagernes, Tr.heim (Bjørnåsen) as in step 4). a memory channel in the group you want to scan. 145.7625: Romerike (Bjørnåsen) • For example, if you selected L0 in step 4, you For example, if you want to scan the group 0 145.775: -, Hallingdal, Søndeled, Namsos, must select U0 in this step. memory channels, recall memory channel 12 Gulen, Molde, Nordkapp, Stavanger, 8 Press [MR] to store the end frequency in the (group 0 contains memory channels 0 ~ 49). 145.7875: Follo, Tromsø, Fosen memory channel. 3 Press [MHz] (1 s). • The memory channels within the selected 70cm repeater, Norway. In -2Mhz group are scanned. Performing the Program Scan 434.600: Oslo, portable/Bislingen • If the group is linked to other groups,all the linked 1 Press [VFO]. 434.625: Kongsberg, N.Hordaland, Kongsvinger, groups are also scanned. Sunnhordaland, 2 Turn the Tuning control or press to select 4 To stop the Group Scan, press [MHz] or [PTT ]. 434.650: Horten, Midt-Troms, Sauda a frequency within the frequency range of memory channel L0/ U0 ~ L9/ U9. 434.675: Stjørdal, Hønefoss, Sandnes-Jæren 3 Press [VFO] (1 s) to start the Program Scan. Memor y Group Link 434.700: Bergen, Modum, Fredrikstad 4 To stop the Program Scan, press [VFO] or [PTT]. Although the 400 memory channels are divided into 8 434.725: Voss, Os i Østerdalen, Drammen, Tromsø groups, you may sometimes want to scan two or more 434.750: Narvik, Gjørvik, Spåtind, Haugesund Band Scan groups. 434.775: Oslo, Stavanger, Fosen A – Alfa P – Papa 1 Press [MNU] to enter Menu mode. 434.800: Sandefjord 1 Press [VFO]. B – Bravo Q – Quebec 2 Turn the Tuning control or press to select 434.825: Nedre Romerike 2 Press [BAND] to select your desired band. C – Charlie R – Romeo Menu No. 2 (M.GRP LINK). 434.850: Trondheim (Gråkallen), Grenland (Vealøs) 3 Turn the Tuning control or press to select 3 Press [ ] or [MNU]. 434.875: Eidsvoll/Misteberget (Gardemogruppa) D – Delta S – Sierra the frequency outside of the Program Scan • The memory group numbers appear. 434.900: Follo, Tr.heim frequency range {below}. E – Echo T – Tango 434.925: (Bø (Lifjell) 4 Press [VFO] (1 s) to start the Band Scan. F – Foxtrot U – Uniform 434.950: Tønsberg (Nøtterøy) 5 To stop the Band Scan, press [VFO] or [PTT]. 434.975: Røyken G – Golf V – Victor If you press any of the following keys during the scan, the transceiver exits the Scan: [F], [F] (1 s), [LAMP], H – Hotel W – Whiskey Other frequencies: [MONI], [SQL], Tuning control, 144.300: SSB call channel I – India X – X-Ray 4 Move the cursor using [ ]/ [ ], then turn the 144.700/433.700: Emergency, cross-band repeaters J – Juliett Y – Yankee Tuning control or press to select or deselect the group to be linked. 145.200: Space communication, ISS uplink K – Kilo Z – Zulu MHZ Scan 145.400: Emergency, main frequency • Linked groups appear at the bottom of the L – Lima Æ – Ærgis 1 Press [VFO]. display (in the example below, groups 0, 1, 3 145.450: Emergency, spare frequency 2 Turn the Tuning control or press to select and 5 are linked). 145.475: Emergency, spare frequency during emergency M – Mike Ø – Øresund/Ødis a frequency in which to perform the MHz Scan. If 145.000/145.600: Emergency, portable repeaters N – November Å - Åsa you want to scan the entire 145 MHz frequency, 145.500: Mobile call channel select any frequency between 145.000 and 145.800: Space communication, ISS downlink O - Oscar 149.995 MHz (for example, select 145.650 MHz). 433.400: Emergency, main frequency Scan will operate between 145.000 MHz and 433.400: and up to: 145.999 MHz. 5 Press [MNU] to store the setting. Otherwise, 433.575: FM Simplex 3 Press [MHz] (1 s) to start the MHz Scan. press [PTT] to cancel. 433.500: Mobile call channel The original of this document can be found at: 4 To stop the MHz Scan, press [MHz] or [PTT] 434.600/433.000: Emergency, portable repeaters

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