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Russ Kiehne <[log in to unmask]>
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For blind ham radio operators <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Mon, 22 May 2006 07:57:05 -0700
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Before I worry about blocking out anything, I first want to get the radio to 
work.  I'm not able to program a pl, use the b band without holding the moni 
button.  When I first started using the radio, all was working fine.  I must 
have pressed some key combination that changed something.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Kenyon" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 7:44 AM
Subject: Re: Storing a Frequency in TH-F6A Memory


> You know that you can use the two bnds together to listen to twodifferent
> freqs, or one at a time too. What functions are you specifically looking
> to block out?
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> On Mon, 22 May 2006, Russ Kiehne wrote:
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>> This is why I ask, if some functions can be locked out.  I can still 
>> change
>> the power level, change from a to b band. Change the squelch.  Some keys
>> work and others don't.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 7:37 AM
>> Subject: Re: Storing a Frequency in TH-F6A Memory
>>
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>> > you have the key pad locked, hold the function key for 1 second and 
>> > that
>> > should fix it.
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Russ Kiehne" <[log in to unmask]>
>> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> > Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 10:32 AM
>> > Subject: Re: Storing a Frequency in TH-F6A Memory
>> >
>> >
>> >> After pressing the 6 key, turning the tuning dial, the radio changed
>> >> frequencies.  Pressing the 6 key over and over again, I only get a 
>> >> high
>> >> beep.
>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
>> >> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> >> Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 7:10 AM
>> >> Subject: Re: Storing a Frequency in TH-F6A Memory
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>> did you try turning up the volume on the B band? hitting the 6 key,
>> >>> tuning
>> >>> the dial up about 2 clicks? if not, I'd hate to say but you might 
>> >>> have a
>> >>> defect somewhere.
>> >>> ----- Original Message -----
>> >>> From: "Russ Kiehne" <[log in to unmask]>
>> >>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> >>> Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 10:05 AM
>> >>> Subject: Re: Storing a Frequency in TH-F6A Memory
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>>I tried turning down the volume and pressing the moni key and no 
>> >>>>luck.
>> >>>> I tried turning the squelch off and no go.
>> >>>> I cannot change the status of the tone using the & 7 key.  All I get 
>> >>>> is
>> >>>> a
>> >>>> high beep when I press it over and over again.
>> >>>> ----- Original Message -----
>> >>>> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
>> >>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> >>>> Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2006 10:09 PM
>> >>>> Subject: Re: Storing a Frequency in TH-F6A Memory
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>> you might have got the squelch too high, the tones on for receive 
>> >>>>> too,
>> >>>>> or,
>> >>>>> on the b band, you could have the volume for the B band too low, I
>> >>>>> found
>> >>>>> if
>> >>>>> you turn the volume all the way down, and hit moni, as I recall, it
>> >>>>> will
>> >>>>> bring the volume back to match the other band while you hold the 
>> >>>>> moni
>> >>>>> button
>> >>>>> so you might check that too. My moni button no longer works most of
>> >>>>> the
>> >>>>> time, but when it does, I seem to recall that was the case when I
>> >>>>> played
>> >>>>> around with it.
>> >>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>> >>>>> From: "Pat Byrne" <[log in to unmask]>
>> >>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> >>>>> Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2006 7:43 PM
>> >>>>> Subject: Re: Storing a Frequency in TH-F6A Memory
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>> You might have gotten the receiver in the "other" tone decode 
>> >>>>>> mode;
>> >>>>>> press the 7 key until you get the low beep and then you're sure to 
>> >>>>>> be
>> >>>>>> in the "carrier" access mode.
>> >>>>>> Pat, K9JAU At 05:26 PM 5/21/2006, you wrote:
>> >>>>>>>Here's another thing interesting about this problem.  On the b 
>> >>>>>>>band,
>> >>>>>>>I
>> >>>>>>>have
>> >>>>>>>to hold the mono button to hear anything.  I'm not sure what to do
>> >>>>>>>with
>> >>>>>>>the
>> >>>>>>>radio now.  I may have to get sighted help.
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