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USING THE TH K20A THE CURRENT STANDARD SET OF BASIC FEATURESS EXPECTED FROM
MODERN HANDHELDS IS PRESENT.  ENT.  THE SAME APPLIES TO THE MENU OPERATION,
WHICH IS ALSO PRETTY MUCH STANDARD TODAY ON Y ON THE KENWOOD RADIOS.  THE
OPERATOR PUSHES THE MENU BUTTON, TURNS THE ENC KNOB ON TOP OP OF THE RADIO
TO SELECT THE PARAMETER HE/SHEE WANTS TO CHANGE, PUSHES THE F KEY TO ENTER
ER THE MODE WHERE THE PARAMETER CAN BE CHANGED, ROTATES THE ENC KNOB ONCE
AGAINN TO ACTUALLY CHANGE THE PARAMETER, PRESSES S F AGAIN TO STORE IT AND
PTT TO EXIT THE MENU MODE.  THERE ARE 35 FUNCTIONS THAT CAN BE MODIFIED
FROM THE MENU LIST.  A PF KEY ON THE KEYPAD CAN BE CHANGED TO A USER
SELECTED FUNCTION BASED ON PERSONAL PREFERENCE.  A TOTAL OF 200 MEMORY
CHANNELS ARE AVAILABLE, MORE THAN ENOUGH FOR EVEN THE MOST DEMANDING
OPERATOR.  MEMORY CHANNELS CAN BE NAMED VERSUS JUST DISPLAYING THE
OPERATING FREQUENCY.  SCANNING CAPABILITY IS ALSO PRETTY MUCH STANDARDIZED
THE OPERATOR CAN SCAN ALL FREQUENCIES, SCAN FREQUENCY RANGES BETWEEN
FREQUENCIES SELECTED BY THE OPERATOR, SCAN MEMORY CHANNELS ONLY, SCAN THE
CALL CHANNEL A CHANNEL SELECTED BY THE OPERATOR, USUALLY THE MOST USED
REPEATER OR SIMPLEX FREQUENCY AND VFO OR MEMORY CHANNEL AND SCAN FOR
ACTIVITY ON A PRIORITY CHANNEL EVERY 3 SECONDS.  AUDIO REPORTS FROM
REPEATER CONTACTS WERE ALL FINE, BUT, OF COURSE, THE REPEATER ITSELF CAN
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