Yeah, that's easy to do when they're as complicated as the TH-F6A.  Come to
think of it, I have that problem with lots of modern stuff.  I have to stop
and think of how to do things, and sometimes end up figuring them out again
and again.  It makes me long for the good old days when each control had
only one function, and radios were peppered with lots of differently shaped
buttons, switches, and knobs.

Steve

On Sunday 11/28/04 18:03 John Miller wrote:

>I know it remembers the mode, that much I remember but I don't play with my
>HT's in the fall and winter much so I forget a lot over that time.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Sunday, November 28, 2004 5:51 PM
>Subject: Re: the t h -f6a, general coverage rx?
>
>
> > 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
> >> >> >
> >> >
> >