User manual KENWOOD TM-271

[. . . ] INSTRUCTION MANUAL 144 MHz FM TRANSCEIVER VHF FM TRANSCEIVER TM-271A 144 MHz FM TRANSCEIVER TM-271E TM-271 MENU © B62-1738-00 (K, E, M2, M3) 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 02 01 00 THANK YOU! Thank you for choosing this KENWOOD transceiver. KENWOOD always provides Amateur Radio products which surprise and excite serious hobbyists. As you learn how to use this transceiver, you will find that KENWOOD is pursuing "user friendliness". in Menu mode, you will see a text message on the display that lets you know what you are configuring. [. . . ] Names can be call signs, repeater names, cities, names of people, etc. In order to use the Memory Name function, the Memory Channel capacity must be set to 100 channels. To change the Memory Channel capacity from 200 to 100, access Menu No. 1 Press [MR] and turn the Tuning control to recall your desired Memory Channel. 16 (M. NAME). 7 3 Press [MENU]. · A blinking cursor appears. 5 Press [MR]. · The cursor moves to the next digit. · To move to the previous digit, press [VFO]. To delete the character at the current cursor position, press [F]. 6 Repeat steps 4 and 5 to enter up to 6 digits. 7 Press [MENU] to complete the entry. · Press any key other than [MR], [VFO], [F], and [MENU] to cancel the entry. · To complete an entry of less than 6 characters, press [MENU] two times. 8 Press any key other than [MENU] to exit Menu Mode. After storing a Memory Name, the Memory Name appears in place of the operating frequency. This menu toggles the display mode between the Memory Name ("MN") and frequency display ("FRQ"). Note: You cannot name the Call Channel {page 35}. You cannot assign a Memory Name to a channel that does not contain data. The stored name is erased when you clear the Memory Channel data. 4 Turn the Tuning control to select a desired alphanumeric character. · You can enter the following alphanumeric characters: 0 ~ 9, A ~ Z, ­ (hyphen), / (slash), and a space. · Rather than using the Tuning control, you can use the Mic keypad (keypad models only) to enter alphanumeric characters {page 64}. 32 MEMORY CHANNEL TRANSFER MEMORY \ VFO TRANSFER After retrieving frequencies and associated data from Memory Recall Mode, you can copy the data to the VFO. This function is useful, for example, when the frequency you want to monitor is near the frequency stored in a Memory Channel. 1 Press [MR], then turn the Tuning control or press Mic [UP]/[DWN] to recall the desired Memory Channel. · Alternatively, press [CALL] to select the Call Channel. CHANNEL \ CHANNEL TRANSFER You can copy channel information from one Memory Channel to another. This function is useful when storing frequencies and associated data that you temporarily change in Memory Recall Mode. 1 Press [MR], then turn the Tuning control or press Mic [UP]/[DWN] to recall the desired Memory Channel. 2 Press [F]. 2 Press [F], [VFO] to copy the Memory Channel data to the VFO. Note: On odd-split channels, the above operation copies only the receive frequency to the VFO (not the transmit frequency). To copy the transmit frequency of an odd-split channel, press [REV] before performing the transfer. You can also transfer the Program Scan memory channels (L0/U0 ~ L2/U2), the Priority Channel (Pr), and the Weather Alert Channel (AL) (K market models only) to the VFO. Lockout status and Memory Names are not copied from a Memory Channel to the VFO. 3 Select the Memory Channel where you would like the data copied by using the Tuning control or pressing Mic [UP]/[DWN]. 7 4 Press [MR]. 33 The tables below illustrate how data is transferred between Memory Channels. Channel 0 ~ 199 Receive frequency Transmit frequency Tone frequency Offset direction CTCSS frequency DCS code Tone/ CTCSS/ DCS ON/ OFF status Offset frequency Reverse ON Frequency step size Memory Channel name1 Memory Channel Lockout ON/ OFF Narrow FM ON/ OFF a a a a a a a a a a a a a a Channel 0 ~ 199 Receive frequency Transmit frequency Tone frequency Offset direction CTCSS frequency DCS code Tone/ CTCSS/ DCS ON/ OFF status Offset frequency Reverse ON Frequency step size Memory Channel name1 Memory Channel Lockout ON/ OFF Narrow FM ON/ OFF Channel 0 ~ 199 Receive frequency Transmit frequency Tone frequency Offset direction CTCSS frequency DCS code Tone/ CTCSS/ DCS ON/ OFF status Offset frequency Reverse ON Frequency step size Memory Channel name1 Memory Channel Lockout ON Narrow FM ON/ OFF 1 2 a a a a a a a a a a a a a a L0/U0 ~ L2/U2, Pr, AL Receive frequency Transmit frequency Tone frequency Offset direction CTCSS frequency DCS code Tone/ CTCSS/ DCS ON/ OFF status Offset frequency Reverse ON Frequency step size 2 7 Memory Channel name1 Memory Channel Lockout OFF Narrow FM ON/ OFF When "100" is selected in Menu No. 15 (M. CH). Note: When transferring an odd-split channel, the Reverse status, Offset direction, and Offset frequency are not transferred {pages 23, 26}. [. . . ] 3 Press [MENU]. · "SURE ?" appears. VFO Reset Method 1: 1 With the transceiver power OFF, press [VFO]+[ (Power). · The VFO reset confirmation message appears. ] 2 Press [VFO]. · "SURE ?" appears. · Press any key other than [MENU] to cancel. 3 Press [VFO] again to reset the transceiver. · "WAIT" appears momentarily. 4 Press [MENU] to reset the transceiver. · "WAIT" appears momentarily. VFO Reset Method 2: 1 Press [F], [MENU] and turn the Tuning control to select Menu No. 3 Press [MENU]. · "SURE ?" appears. VFO RESET This resets the transceiver parameters excluding the DTMF Memory, the Memory channel contents, and the Call channel contents. There are two methods available for resetting the transceiver. Note: Menu No. [. . . ]