John,

Not only does the radio remember the step size, but it also remembers the
mode you selected for a particular frequency.

Steve

On Sunday 11/28/04 13:37 John Miller wrote:

>You might be right, I don't use that part of it that often to know that for
>sure but it seems you might be right, that sounds familiar.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Sunday, November 28, 2004 1:05 PM
>Subject: Re: the t h -f6a, general coverage rx?
>
>
> > John,
> >
> > I think the radio has different step sizes depending on what band you're
> > in.  For example, entering 1.030 goes to 1030 KHz on the AM broadcast
> > band,
> > where the step size defaults to 10KHz unless you've changed it.  If you
> > entered something like 15.560, the step size would default to 5KHz.
> >
> > Steve
> >
> > On Sunday 11/28/04 12:43 John Miller wrote:
> >
> >>Are you hitting the * key for the decimal point? for like 7.255 are you
> >>hitting the #7, then *, then 255 then enter, and starting with enter?
> >>which
> >>is the # key, between 0 and D key? That's all I can think of unless you
> >>have
> >>the step size set do the freq you enter isn't with in the range for the
> >>step
> >>size you set while tuning up and down though I think it would just round
> >>to
> >>the nearest if that was the case.
> >>----- Original Message -----
> >>From: "Jerry Neufeld" <[log in to unmask]>
> >>To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >>Sent: Sunday, November 28, 2004 12:29 PM
> >>Subject: the t h -f6a, general coverage rx?
> >>
> >>
> >> > Hello folks.
> >> >
> >> > Silly as this may sound, although I have come to know Kenwood's little
> >> > ht
> >> > quite well, including the software that runs with the handheld, I seem
> >> > to
> >> > have difficulties in keying random, non-ham-band frequencies such as
> >> > 12.2mhz, 120mhz etc. Using the B band, the handheld simply refuses to
> >> > go
> >> > to
> >> > many but not all frequencies I key in. Is the B band of the t h f 6a
> >> > genuinely a general coverage receiver and, if so, what am I doing
> >> > wrong? I
> >> > know the freqs are not showing up since I have had my sighted
> >> > assistants
> >> > at
> >> > school look at the display as I attempt to move from one segment of the
> >> > spectrum to another. Switching modes is, of course, not at all a
> >> > problem.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks to anyone who might have a hint for me about what to do here.
> >> >
> >> > Jerry
> >> >
> >