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Steve Dresser <[log in to unmask]>
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Blind-Hams For blind ham radio operators <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 25 Apr 2004 00:52:16 -0400
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Don,

I'm pretty sure you can change the frequency step on either receiver.  The
available functions are 5, 6.25, 10, 12.5, 15, 20, 25, and 50KHz.  If you
change your step to 10, you will be unable to enter frequencies like
146.625 because they will round down.  The default step sizes are 5KHz for
2 meters, 20KHz for 220, and 25KHz for 440.  At some point, you may want to
consider using the software to program the radio because you can control
everything including some menu settings that are very difficult to use when
you can't read the display.  For example, you can use the software to link
memory groups together, or program your call in as the startup message on
the display.  Kind of neat when sighted hams turn on your radio and see
your call instead of "Hello!"

Steve

On Saturday 4/24/04 19:57 Don Bishop wrote:
>I was just reading in the manual about changing the frequency step on the
>th-f6a.  Maybe I'm missing something, but in the manual, it seems that you
>have to be
>in B band to change this.  Can you do it in a band?  It appears to be a 5
>Khz step on 2 meters for instance, and I'd like to change it to 10.  Also,
>not sure of the
>frequency step for 220 and 440.  I'm talking about when you tune the main
>tuning after locating a receive frequency in a band.  Looks like you
>should be able to
>do this with function 0 but not sure of that, nor of the available choices.
>
>Maybe I'm missing something in the manual somewhere.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Don W6SMB

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