Kenwood TH-D72E User Manual Page 1

INSTRUCTION MANUAL144/440 MHz FM DUAL BANDERTH-D72A144/430 MHz FM DUAL BANDERTH-D72E©Version: 1.00

MEMORY CH – 1MEMORY CHANNELSIn Memory channels, you can store frequencies and related data that you often use. Then you need not reprogram the data e

MEMORY CH – 2STORING ODD-SPLIT REPEATER FREQUENCIESSome repeaters use a receive and transmit frequency pair with a non-standard offset. To access tho

MEMORY CH – 3NAMING A MEMORY CHANNELYou can name Memory channels using up to 8 characters. When you recall a named Memory channel, its name appears o

MEMORY CH – 4Key Name [KEY] [F], [KEY] [KEY] (1s) MR modeWhileTransmitting[KEY] + Power ON[PTT]Transmission – X TX/RX X –[LAMP]Backlight ONBacklight O

SCANScan is a useful feature for hands-off monitoring of your favorite frequencies. Becoming comfortable with all types of Scan will increase your op

SCAN – 2VFO SCANVFO Scan monitors all frequencies tunable on the band, using the current frequency step size.1 Select your desired band.2 Press [VFO]

SCAN – 3Q Naming a Memory Group You can name Memory group using up to 8 characters.1 Press [MHz], then press [ ]/[ ] or rotate the Tuning control to

SCAN – 4PROGRAM SCANProgram Scan is identical to VFO Scan except that you select a frequency range for the scan.Q Setting Scan Limits You can store

CTCSS/ DCS/ CROSS TONE – 1CTCSS/ DCS/ CROSS TONECTCSSYou may sometimes want to hear calls only from specific persons. The Continuous Tone Coded Squel

CTCSS/ DCS/ CROSS TONE – 2CTCSS FREQUENCY SCANThis function scans through all CTCSS frequencies to identify the incoming CTCSS frequency on a received

CONTENTS – 1OPERATING THROUGH REPEATERS ... REPEATER –REPEATER ACCESS...

CTCSS/ DCS/ CROSS TONE – 3DCS CODE SCANThis function scans through all DCS codes to identify the incoming DCS code on a received signal. You may find

DUAL TONE MULTI-FREQUENCY (DTMF)The keys on the keypad function as DTMF keys; the 12 keys found on a push-button telephone plus 4 additional keys (A,

DTMF – 2Q Transmitting Stored DTMF Codes1 Press and hold [PTT].2 While transmitting, press [MENU].• The last called DTMF Memory channel number and nam

EchoLink®What is EchoLink ?EchoLink allows you to communicate with other amateur radio stations over the internet, using VoIP (voice-over-IP) technolo

EchoLink – 2Q Selecting a Transmit Speed Some EhoLink node station may not respond correctly if a DTMF code is transmitted at fast speed. If this h

OTHER OPERATIONSPOWER ON MESSAGEEach time you switch the transceiver on, “HELLO” (default) appears on the display for approximately 2 seconds. You ca

OTHER OP – 2AUTO POWER OFF (APO)Automatic Power off is a background function that monitors whether or not any operations have been performed (keys pre

OTHER OP – 3KEY BEEPYou can turn the transceiver beep function “Off”, “RADIO & GPS”, “RADIO Only” or “GPS Only as desired.1 Enter Menu mode and ac

OTHER OP – 4Q Microphone Keys There are 3 microphone PF (Programmable Function) keys: [PF1], [PF2], and [PF3]. You can assign your own desired func

OTHER OP – 5TX INHIBITYou can inhibit the transmission to prevent unauthorized individuals from transmitting, or to eliminate accidental transmissions

CONTENTS – 2CTCSS/ DCS/ CROSS TONE...CTCSS/ DCS/ CROSS TONE –USING CTCSS ...

OTHER OP – 6Q VOX on Busy You can configure the transceiver to force VOX transmission even if the transceiver is receiving a signal.1 Enter Menu mo

GPS (GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM)What is GPS?GPS, standing for Global Positioning System, is becoming common nowadays. Following is a brief introductio

GPS – 2INTERNAL GPS FUNCTION ON/OFFTurn this function Off when connecting an external GPS receiver to the COM terminal.Press [F], [MARK] to turn the I

GPS – 3SWhen set to “GPS Only”, you can operate only the following key functions.KeyName[KEY] [F], [KEY] [KEY] (1s)[KEY] + Power ON[LAMP]LampContinuou

GPS – 4Q SBAS Through the SBAS (Satellite Based Augmentation System) geostationary satellite, when using the system which offers the information of

GPS – 5LOG SETUPQ Track Log Acquisition Type You can set the conditions for saving portable Track information as GPS Logger. You can change the se

GPS – 6MARK WAY POINTYou can register up to 100 points with the location’s latitude, longitude, altitude, time, name, and icon. Names and icons can b

GPS – 7Q Detailed Display of a Mark Waypoint The details of a Mark Waypoint are spread across 3 screen pages.Page 1:• Rotate the Tuning control: Cha

PACKET OPERATIONConnect this transceiver to your personal computer via a Terminal Node Controller (TNC). You can send messages or commands to far away

PACKET – 2TNC COMMANDS LISTThe commands supported by the built-in TNC are listed below. You must enter a space between a command name (or short-form)

CONTENTS – 3VOX on Busy... 6MASKING BANDS...

PACKET – 3Command Name Short Description Parameter DefaultDISPLAY DISPCauses the TNC to display the current status of all the commands. You can also s

PACKET – 4Command Name Short Description Parameter DefaultLOCATION LOCIf set to EVERY, sends GPS data at intervals of the specified period (n). If se

PACKET – 5Command Name Short Description Parameter DefaultPACTIME PACTIf set to EVERY, sends a packet at intervals of the specified period (n). If se

PACKET – 6Command Name Short Description Parameter DefaultUNPROTO USpecifies call signs to send a packet in Unprotocol mode. Call1 is the call sign o

APRS – 1APRS®APRS DATA COMMUNICATION (APRS BEACON)X This function uses the APRS format for data communications including your station position, messag

4 Press [ ]/[ ] or rotate the Tuning control to enterthe current year, then press [OK].5 Press [ESC ] to exit Menu mode.Note:X When used at room tempe

APRS – 3RECEIVING APRS DATAEach time a new APRS packet is received, the frequencydisplay is interrupted to show information as below:• The received A

APRS – 4DISPLAY EXAMPLEPage 1 :Call signSituationStation iconPosition comment11 For packets received from Mic-encoder stations includingTM-D710s, TM-D

APRS – 5Page 8:(Packet path)F: First Repeat (Degipeater) Station's Call signL: Last Repeat (Degipeater) Station's Call signPage 9:Receive da

APRS – 6FILTER FUNCTIONThis function allows you to select only the specified typesof data from the station list.1 Press [LIST] and display the list of

CONTENTS – 4DCD Sense ... 10TX delay time ...

APRS – 7• When a duplicate message from the same station isreceived, the reception interrupt display does not appearand an error tone sounds. When th

APRS – 8TRANSMITTING A MESSAGE1 Press [MSG].• The message list appears on the display.2 Press [MENU].• The message list menu appears on the displa

APRS – 9BASIC SETTINGSQ My Call Sign Program your call sign using a maximum of 9alphanumeric characters. You may include SSIDcharacters in the strin

APRS – 10SETTING INTERNAL TNCQ Data Band Access Menu 310. On this transceiver you can select data band for APRSmode independent of the selection for

APRS – 11Q Output Type Access Menu 332. Waypoint: Waypoint/ DGPS information is forwarded. The call sign and positioning data received fromanother

APRS – 12Q Longitude Entry Access Menu 363.<Menu 3W0: “dd°mm.mm’ ”><Menu 3W0: “dd°mm’ss.s” ”> The east/ west longitude is entered.SETTIN

APRS – 13STORING STATUS TEXT Status text is another comment to transmit with positiondata. Unlike a position comment, you can make anydesired comment

APRS – 14Q QSY Transmission Operation1 Access Menu 3A0.2 Set it to “On”.3 Access Menu 3A1.4 Set it to “On” or “Off”.5 Access Menu 3A2.6 Set it to “On”

APRS – 15SELECTING YOUR STATION ICONAccess Menu 3C0. Select an icon which will be displayed on the monitorsof other stations as your ID. You may selec

APRS – 16SETTING TX BEACONQ Packet Transmit MethodAccess Menu 3D0. Select the operation method for transmitting APRSpackets. The table concludes how

CONTENTS – 5DIGIPEAT ... 21UICHECK ...

APRS – 17Q Proportional PathingAccess Menu 3E1. This function automatically changes the transmit packetpath with the elapsed time. Operation example

APRS – 18SmartBeaconing Operation:SpeedTransmissionIntervalCornerPeggingAbove the <HighSpeed><Fast Rate>OperatesnormallyUnder <HighSpee

APRS – 19Relay:This is one of the digipeat types used in Europe.1 Set the <Type> to “Relay”, then press [MHz].2 Set <Relay> to “Off” or

APRS – 20VOICE ALERT This function will notify another station as to whether ornot they are within communications range by emittingbeacon tones.When a

APRS – 21SETTING AS A DIGIPEATERQ DIGIPEAT Access Menu 3K0. When using the TH-D72 as a digipeater, set whether ornot your call sign is included in t

APRS – 22Q UITRACE When using the TH-D72 as a digipeater, set whether ornot UITRACE digipeat runs. When the received UI Frame character string match

APRS – 23PROGRAMMING A MESSAGE GROUP CODEAccess Menu 3S0 . Use a message group code to exchange messages onlyamong your group members. With one or mor

APRS – 24SETTING INTERRUPT DISPLAYQ Display Area Access Menu 3U0. Selects the Display area. Entire Always: The received new data, duplicatedata, a

APRS – 25SELECTING A DISPLAY UNITQ Speed, Distance Access Menu 3V0. Select to “mi/h, mile”, “km/h, km”, or “knots, nm”.Q Altitude, Rainfall Access

APRS – 26DX PACKETCLUSTERS MONITORDX PacketClusters are networks which consist of nodesand stations who are interested in DXing and contesting.If one

REPEATER – 1REPEATER ACCESSMost repeaters use a receive and transmit frequency pair with a standard or non-standard offset (odd-split). In addition,

TRANSCEIVER RESETThere are 3 types of transceiver reset available:VFO ResetUse to initialize the VFO and accompanying settings.Partial ResetUse to ini

SKY COMMAND SYSTEM IIThe SKY COMMAND SYSTEM II allows remote control of a TS-2000, TS-2000X, TS-B2000, TS-480HX, TS-480SAT, TS-590S, TS-570D, TS-570S,

SKY CMD – 2PREPARATION FLOWThe following steps should guide you to a good start of Sky Command operation. First connect the Transporter to the HF tran

SKY CMD – 3PROGRAMMING CALL SIGNSThe built-in TNCs of the Commander and Transporter communicate each other when you send a control command from the Co

WEATHER ALERT (TH-D72A ONLY)The Weather Alert is available only in the USA and Canada. When activated, this function will check for a received NOAA 1

WIRELESS OPERATION (TH-D72A ONLY)If you also have a Kenwood multi-band mobile transceiver, you can control one of its bands by sending DTMF tones from

REPEATER – 2Q Selecting a Tone Frequency To select the tone frequency required to access your desired repeater:1 Turn the Tone function On.2 Press

REPEATER – 3TRANSMITTING A 1750 Hz TONEMost repeaters in Europe require that a transceiver transmit a 1750 Hz tone. On a TH-D72E, simply pressing [CAL