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John Miller <[log in to unmask]>
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Blind-Hams For blind ham radio operators <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 28 Nov 2004 13:37:28 -0500
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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
>> >
>

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