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Page 1: ...TRG BO HF SSB RADIOTELEPHONE INSTRUCTION MANUAL RADIOTELEFONO DE HF SSB MANUALDEINSTRUCCIONES jJiiMf f Jti i5t aA f KENWOOD CORPORATION 862 0485 00 M MC 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 02 01 00 I l ...

Page 2: ...HF SSB RADIOTELEPHONE TRC BO INSTRUCTION MANUAL KENWOOD CORPORATION ...

Page 3: ...YSTOP 11 Scan Resume Methods 11 CHANNEL LOCKOUT 11 STARTING STOPPINGSCAN 11 NOISE BLANKER 11 CLARIFIER 11 KPE 1 SELECTIVE CALL UNIT OPTIONAL 11 MANUAL CALLING 12 MEMORY CALLING 12 RECEiViNG 12 CHANGING IDENTIFICATIONCODES 13 CHANGING CHARACTER MESSAGES 13 AUTOMATICANTENNATUNER 13 PRESETTING KAT 2INTERNALTUNER 13 KAT 2INTERNALTUNER OPTIONAL 13 KAT 1 MAT 100EXTERNALTUNER OPTIONAL 13 COMPUTER RADIOTE...

Page 4: ...aced into or removed from this container IMPORTANT NOTICE Government law prohibits the operation of unlicensed radio transmitters within the territories under government control Illegal operation is punishable by fine or imprisonment or both Refer service to a qualified licensed or certified technician only INTRODUCTION All KENWOOD radiotelephones incorporate the latest in advanced technology prov...

Page 5: ... RFground is required against whichthe antenna system can operate Bothof these conditionscan be met by providinga good earth ground foryourstation Buryone or more groundrods or a large copper plate under the ground and connect this to the radiotelephoneGNDterminal Use heavy gauge wireor a copper strap cut as short as possible forthis connection Allconnections mustbe clean and tight To antenna Eart...

Page 6: ...cess even ifthe cable is longer than required In particular never To antenna removethe fuse holdersfrom the cable After completing radiotelephone connections to the battery then reconnect any wiring removed from the negative terminal Ifthe power cable must be routed through a hole in the vehicle chassis or body for example inthe firewall at the front of the passenger compartment use a rubber gromm...

Page 7: ... MIC connector on the Front Panel 4 6 Buttons CID and j must be activated by your Dealer to function as described in this manual MICconnector Connect the supplied microphone to this connector Insert the connector from the microphone fully then screw the retaining ring clockwise until snug GND STBY MICCD B 0GND MIC STBY NC DOWNeJ 8V UP approx 10mA MIC connector Front Panel view SQUELCH control Cont...

Page 8: ...DC 0 5 A Mates with an RCApin plug CWKEY jack Usedfor connectinga key for CW operation Mates with a 6 0 mm 1 4 2 conductorplug External electronickeyers must use positivekeyingto be compatiblewith this radiotelephone Use a shielded cable betweenthe key and the radiotelephone Open terminalvoltageis approximately5 V DC VOX ANTI DELAY controls Usedfor adjustingthe Voice operatedTransmit VOX function ...

Page 9: ... while the Channel mode is selected 6 9 11 JQ IIIIIII Shows the receive and transmit frequencies or messages that are stored by your Dealer The messages may include alphanumeric characters spaces or symbols S1 3 5 7 SI 20 40 cS AF 2 e 8 10 While receiving serves as an S meter to display the received signal strength While transmitting serves as a relative transmit RF meter While acting as an RF met...

Page 10: ...and hold down POWER until HELLO appears on the Display DD 6 1 EJIiWOOD To switch OFF the radiotelephone press POWER again After the radiotelephone has been switched ON it can then be switched OFF or ON by using only the power switch on the DC power supply ADJUSTING VOLUME Turn the VOLUME control clockwise to increase the audio level turn counterclockwise to decrease the level KENWOOD ADJUSTING SQU...

Page 11: ...nsmit Power You can change the default transmit power setting stored for a channel by accessing the Menu mode Refer to Menu Setup on page 10 for details However you cannot change the transmit power beyond the limits specified by the Dealer Voice Modes 1 Selecta voice mode USB LSB AM channel 2 Pressand hold down the PTT switch TX appears iD S 1 3 5 7 9 20 40 dB RF 10 I Referto VOX below for informa...

Page 12: ... be activatedby your Dealerto function as describedhere Also the Dealersets eitherAFSK or FSKoperation FSK shift key downpolarity high Iowtone and FSK Reversefunctionsfor your radiotelephone FSKMODE 1 SelectanFSKchannel thenpress DATA DATA appears USB LSB disappears CH 03 C J 171I J 171n Lt c ILl 1 ILl ILl DATA 2 Followingthe instructionsprovidedwith your MultimodeCommunicationsProcessor MCP or Te...

Page 13: ...TION Note Menu Nos 08 15 may be unavailable depending on the Dealer settings Without the optional KPE 1 Selective Call Unit installed Menu Nos 06 and 07 can be accessed but they cannot be used I 1 is usedas a wild card Note Default selections are shown in bold face in the above table MEMORYBACKUP This radiotelephone contains an EEPROM to retain channel data for channels 1 10 Turning OFF the POWER ...

Page 14: ... LOCKOUT If you want to exclude any channels from being scanned these channels should be locked out 1 Select the channel that you want to lock out 2 Access Menu No 04 then choose ON LOCK OUT appears 0 USB 3 Exit Menu mode STARTING STOPPING SCAN I The SCAN button must be activated by your Dealer to function as described here I Tostart or stop scanning press SCAN Youcan also press MicrophonePTTto st...

Page 15: ...onePTT then enter plus A B C or D For example A 4 While still holding down Microphone PTT enter o You can release Microphone PTT immediately after pressing o The Identificationcodethat is stored in memory A B C or D plus the Character message that is stored for the same memory are sent For example the Identification code and Character message stored in memory A are sent o Afterthe code and message...

Page 16: ...atSteps 3 and 4 to enter upto 7 digits 6 Press MENU to exit Menu mode AUTOMATIC ANTENNA TUNER PRESETTING KAT 2 INTERNAL TUNER After each successfultuning session the Preset functionstoresthe data for the position of the tuning capacitors Then if the channel is changed the Preset functionautomaticallypositionsthe capacitorsusing data that was previouslystoredfor the new channel The first time that ...

Page 17: ...hown below ACC 1 CONNECTOR Viewed from the radiotelephone Rear Panel GND This is the signal ground pin TXD The transmitdata isthe serial data transferred from the radiotelephoneto the computer The output uses negative logic RXD The receivedata isthe serial data transferred from the computerto the radiotelephone The input uses negativelogic 14 CTS This signal is supplied from the computer to the ra...

Page 18: ... you purchased it or any authorized KENWOOD service center A copy of the service report will be returned with the radiotelephone Please do not send subassemblies or printed circuit boards Send the complete radiotelephone Tag all returned items with your name for identification Please mention the model and serial number of the radiotelephone in any communication regarding the problem SERVICENOTE If...

Page 19: ...s pressed The inputvOltageis outside 13 6V DC t15 11 6to 15 6V DC The receiveris nottuned to the correct frequency The Scan functionis working 1 The microphone plug is not inserted completely in the Front Panel MIC connector 2 Poorantennaconnection 3 The selectedchannel is receiveonly 4 You have selected the CW or DATA mode insteadof a voice mode 1 Poorantennaconnection 2 The antennalength is wron...

Page 20: ...her information IF 232C Personal computer dumb terminal Power cable RS 232C cable PC 1A PHONE PATCH CONTROLLER ACC 2 The PC 1A Phone Patch allows you to interface the radiotelephone with a telephone line External speaker Telephone line To EXT SP jack TRC BO To radiotelephone s MIC connector on the front panel ANTENNA TUNER AT If using an optional KAT 1 or MAT 100 External Tuner connect it here usi...

Page 21: ...nt of VOLUME control setting Chassis ground Squelch control Connect to TNC or MCP squelch control pin Preventsthe TNC MCPfrom transmittingwhile the receiversquelch is open Squelchopen High impedance Squelch closed Low impedance Radiotelephone PTT line control Connect to TNC or MCP transmit receive switching pin Microphone audio input at the MIC pin on the Front Panel MIC connector is muted when in...

Page 22: ... 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 Ch RX Freq TXFreq Function No 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 ...

Page 23: ...cter string TX is called a command It tells the radiotelephone to do something There are numerous commands available for control of the radiotelephone These commands may be incorporated into a computer program written in any high level language Programming methods vary from computer to computer therefore refer to the instruction manuals provided with the terminal program and computer COMMANDS A co...

Page 24: ... For No of mat Name Digits Format No 1 SW 1 0 OFF 1 ON 2 MODE 1 1 LSB 5 AM 2 USB 6 DATA 3 CW 4 FREQUENCY 11 Represented in Hz Ex 00008192000 is 8 192 MHz 5 CLARIFIER 5 The first digit is u or FREQUENCY u_ and the remaining four digits indicate the frequency in Hz Ex 1000is 1 00kHz u_ canbe used for U 7 MEMORY 2 Represented using CHANNEL 01 80 9 MEMORY 1 0 Receive CHANNEL 1 Transmit SPLIT DATA 10 M...

Page 25: ... High Low MR Reads memory MX Sets or reads AlP OFF ON NB Sets or reads Noise Blanker OFF ON PC Sets or reads transmit power PS Sets or reads power OFF ON PT Sets or reads the pitch frequency RC Clears Clarifier frequency RD Lowers Clarifier frequency RU Raises Clarifier frequency RX Selects receive mode SC Sets or reads Scan OFF ON SD Sets or reads Semi Break in delay time SM S meter and TX RF met...

Page 26: ...is shown When oblique lines are drawn in the 1st and 2nd columns there is no Answer command f The number of command digits is shown Corresponds to the parameter of the command format Corresponds to the Format number in the Parameter Table For the parameter formats refer to the Parameter Table Indicates the function of the parameter COMMAND TABLES Note Parameters that have a Parameter Function of N...

Page 27: ...1 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 E 8 8 I I 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 0 I I Parameter IFormat I Parameterfunction Reads model number of the radiotelephone Note The TAG SOmodelnumberis 016 u 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 c g II I I I wE E 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 e 1I D I I I 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 g 1I D I0 1 6 I I I g e E E 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 e 8...

Page 28: ...I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 g 1 M C 1 1 P2 1 1 I E E E 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 E 8 8 I I Co 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 3 42 1 1 Parameter IFormatI Parameterfunction i Sets or reads modes PI 1 2 1 MODE u g I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 IM D 1 PI I I 1 E E E 8 8 g I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 S E 1 M D 1 1 1 E 8 I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 g 1 M D 1 PI ...

Page 29: ... 1 E c e 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 2 IM X PI I 1 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 E 8 8 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 8 c I I Parameter IFormat I Parameter function Sets Noise Blanker OFF ON or reads status PI I 1 I OISEBLANKER OFFION 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1 N B 1P1 1 E E E 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 6 E IN B 1 I a 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14...

Page 30: ...14 g P T I I c E 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 E IP T IPI I c E E 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 E 8 I I 8 s 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 36 39 40 41 42 6 c 0 I I Parameter IFormatI Parameterfunction i Sets or Clarifier frequency shift to 0 u E 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 R C I E E 8 8 g 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 g II I E 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 E 2 II I E E ...

Page 31: ...9 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 36 39 40 41 42 cS c I I Parameter IFormal I Parameter function Sets or reads Semi Break in delay time p I49 I SEMI BREAK IN DELAY TIME Note 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 PI oooo FULL Is D I PI I I I PI Q2DO IBOO SEMI nE E 200 Hz steps E 8 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 a1 Is D I I I 5 E 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Is D I PI I I I E E 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 ...

Page 32: ...meterfunction g Sets or reads VOX delay time P I 51 Ivox DELAY TIME u 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Iv 0 I P1 I I I i8E E E 8 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 11 12 13 14 i E Iv 0 I I I E c E 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 IV DI P1 I I I E E E 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 8 8 I I 5 Co 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 5 c 0 I I Parameter IFormat I Parameter function i Sets VOX OFF...

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