http://blog.gmane.org/gmane.recreation.radio.hardware.kenwood.th-f7e hourly 1 1901-01-01T00:00+00:00 http://gmane.org/img/gmane-25t.png http://gmane.org http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.recreation.radio.hardware.kenwood.th-f7e/259 My TH-F7 has an 2 kHz offset in SSB Modes I have to tune 2 KHz higher in LSB mode and 2 kHz lower in USB Mode to get the "zero beat" of a carrier. Is this a normal behavior of the radio in SSB Modes? Please can anybody confirm or comment this!? Best 73! and tnxs de DG7RJ (Wolfgang) ------------------------------------ bluxerwj 2008-11-22T12:39:35 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.recreation.radio.hardware.kenwood.th-f7e/254 Have I done the right thing? That is buying a TH-F7E it seems very very deaf on the uk tv audio frequencies "using a discone" Kenwood must assume it receives there as they list the frequncies in the manual. 250- 350mhz am hopeless. Also the hf frequencies using a 20ft wire antenna`hopeless with int ant off. MW wave using the in built ferrite not bad and the vhf air except below 118mhz am. Any body in the UK comment please? Regards and thanks Chas ------------------------------------ bty863644 2008-10-26T15:51:21 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.recreation.radio.hardware.kenwood.th-f7e/248 Hi! I already posted this problem before and thought is was explained by interference from VFO A. But now I'm running into the same problem again and it's getting weirder... Setting: TH-F7E, MARS/CAP modded by dealer, single VFO mode Problem: when receiving a 163.x MHZ VHF frequency on VFO A, I get an S9 reading. However, the same frequency only comes in on VFO B just over the background noise, say S1 or S2 max. On UHF there is no dramatic difference. If VFO A was deaf outside the amateur bands, that would be logical, but the situation is the opposite. I read the article at http://article.gmane.org/gmane.recreation.radio.hardware.kenwood.th-f7e/21 where this occurred on UHF, but that affected BOTH VFO's. It was caused by using high power at 446MHz. Can anyone explain this? Could this be caused by Tx on VHF with high power? I use my F7E as a scanner also, using both VFO's at the same time (to compensate for the lousy scanrate), and since the HT is on my belt I could have triggered the PTT but Robert Elsinga 2008-09-13T09:48:51 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.recreation.radio.hardware.kenwood.th-f7e/244 I have finally found a USB to RS232 connection that works. Maplin are selling them for £12.99. I've had 3 others from various sources ranging from £3 to £9 which did not work. But this one does, so now I can programme my TH-F7 from my computer, which like all modern ones, does not have an RS232 port. Does anyone know of a better programme than the Kenwood one? 73 Tony G4CJC ------------------------------------ tdx2002uk 2008-09-06T11:03:39 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.recreation.radio.hardware.kenwood.th-f7e/242 Hi Are the mods on the mic speaker plugs to allow the plugs to go further in, or are they to allow the plugs to get into the plastic case? I actually took the case apart and reamed out the case to get the plugs in till the faces mated together. I know, butcher! But i am an engineer who doesn't mind playing with his gear. Do the plugs not go in far enough in their original form? Regards G3WBB ------------------------------------ Ted Avery 2008-08-14T20:09:32 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.recreation.radio.hardware.kenwood.th-f7e/241 "I've been using the good ol' TH-F7E since almost 4 years. I think now" "the time has come to upgrade to a newer and better model." "What model can you guys recommend ???" Hello Are you finding particular problems with the F7E or are you just itching for a new toy? The F7e does have a few minor documented problems like the charge socket failing and sometimes the antenna socket. Some have quiet audio but a mic or a case mod sorts that out but thats about it. If you have none of these then I don't think there is a newer better model. Kenwood don't make one, unless you want the APRS of the D7 and that had more bugs than the F7 ever did. I don't suppose receiver performance has improved much since its design and the ergonomics are as good as anything else that size. You have scanner style coverage plus HF, shortwave and VHF broadcast. all mode receive, built in LW antenna, all the tone formats you could want and fairly good battery life. Its tough as old boots, light emough to tote around all day and kav 2008-08-11T22:04:40 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.recreation.radio.hardware.kenwood.th-f7e/233 Dear Friends, I would amplify my TH-F7 rf output: Could you give me some suggestion? '73 IV3ZXO ------------------------------------ andrea.fontanini 2008-07-29T15:30:25 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.recreation.radio.hardware.kenwood.th-f7e/228 The SSB and CW feature of the TH7-E make this radio a keeper, but I have a speaker problem and need some help fixing it. Does anyone else have a tinny speaker sound on their TH-F7E. I've noticed how mellow the sound on my Yaesu VX-5 handheld is compared to the TH-F7E. It's like a bad static day on the TH-F7E compared to a no background static day on the VX-5. The TH-7E sound is like a car radio with the treble at max and the bass off. Hopefully someone will know how to adjust something to bring in more bass and less treble. Recently I was an official at a bike race out ten miles on a country road from the base and the TH7-E was not up to the task even with a hot VHF repeater. Later back home I noticed the difference even more pronounced comparing the sound of an FM radio station on the two radios. Somebody please tell me how to adjust something to fix this. I've already tried an antenna tuner and external speaker without much improvement. Fred AK5U ------------------------------- fredlozo 2008-07-14T13:37:39 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.recreation.radio.hardware.kenwood.th-f7e/225 On ebay there are lots of programming cables for the f7e. Some serial, some USB. Are they any good? Can I f&^&ck up my Kenwood with a bad cable? ------------------------------------ pd1rh 2008-07-10T19:37:40 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.recreation.radio.hardware.kenwood.th-f7e/222 Just bought an f7e and very pleased with it. Something that I cannot find in the manual: how to select a step with an offset. Example: scanning the 27Mc band. Step 10kHz, offset 5kHz. If I select step=10kHz I get 27.120, 27.130, 27.140 etc. But I want 27.125, 27.135, 27.145 etc. Also the european PMR band has such an offset. My old AOR8000 scanner had such an offset button. Where is it on the f7e? ------------------------------------ pd1rh 2008-07-06T21:25:16 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.recreation.radio.hardware.kenwood.th-f7e/218 can anyone help me pon this one i have a modified th-f74 extended tx im trying to transmit on pmr freq channel 5 sub channel 25 signal i can recieve but when im txing on to a pmr seems there is a carrier but no modulation. Hpow exactly should i set the kenwood to tx ob pmr freq ch5 sub 25 please adrian ------------------------------------ Adrian 2008-06-15T16:20:43 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.recreation.radio.hardware.kenwood.th-f7e/212 Hi! Since it looks like the standard TH-F7E antenna is poorly tuned for the HAM bands, I'm thinking of buying a Diamond SRH-519. This one seems much better tuned at 145 and 435 MHz (if the reviews at eham.net are correct). But I also use the TH-F7E outside the HAM bands (with permission ofcourse). And for listening to FM radio and more. Is the SRH 519 wide enough to use on a MARS/CAP enabled TH-F7E? And how wel suited is the antenna for RX on 10MHz-1200MHz? Robert Elsinga 2008-03-22T09:37:22 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.recreation.radio.hardware.kenwood.th-f7e/205 I charged my TH-F7e last night. However it now will not switch on. Realising that I might have pulled out the plug before disconnecting the charger from the mains, I wonder if I have damaged something. mods.dk gives information about a blown fuse and I have taken the radio apart and checked that -the fuse is okay. But, are there other fuses? Anything else I can do? I can't do a reset because it won't turn on, and holding power and F wouldn't do anything anyway because the keyboard is locked from when I was using it yesterday. Help! 73 Stephen G4SJP ------------------------------------ g4sjp 2008-03-19T10:10:19 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.recreation.radio.hardware.kenwood.th-f7e/200 Poland aym ------------------------------------ Mirosław Ćwiąkała 2008-03-17T15:04:59 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.recreation.radio.hardware.kenwood.th-f7e/192 Hi! I's like to hook my (soon to arrive) TH-F7E up to a computer, controling it from the screen. I'd like to connect audio out to my computer's Line In and the audio in to a boom mic. But the manual doesn't show audio being available when setting menu 9 to PC. I did found a message on the internet that is was available. Can anyone clarify on this matter? Can I use the same setup when menu 9 is set to TNC/9600bps? That way I get audio directly off the discriminator. Robert =8-) ------------------------------------ Robert Elsinga =8- 2008-03-16T11:15:56 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.recreation.radio.hardware.kenwood.th-f7e/191 Hi! In a few days I will get my TH-F7E, complete with extended TX mod (to use it also on the PMR446 channels). But, it can TX on 138-174 and 410- 470 MHz. So I would like to know at what frequencies I can safely transmit without causing any damage to the transceiver. And: can I transmit on more frequencies at Low or ELow power? Does anyone have any data on this? And if the standard antenna is only tuned for TX in a small band, are there other antennas that cover a wider TX range? Preferably not longer that the standard antenna. =8-) Robert =8-) ------------------------------------ Robert Elsinga =8- 2008-03-16T11:08:32 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.recreation.radio.hardware.kenwood.th-f7e/187 VENDO KENWOOD TH F7 USED ONLY RX. THANK'S scattil 2008-01-09T19:56:36 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.recreation.radio.hardware.kenwood.th-f7e/186 Hi, Does some one have a description how could I use APRS on the TH-F7? rgds, Andrea andrea.fontanini 2008-01-09T11:17:15 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.recreation.radio.hardware.kenwood.th-f7e/181 Wonder if anyone has a board layout diagram for the rig. I have a friends rig on the bench at the moment. New PA device has produced some output power but not enough and RX sensitivity is down so need to find my way round. Thanks Rob G4RQJ g4rqj 2007-12-17T13:30:24 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.recreation.radio.hardware.kenwood.th-f7e/178 I need to replace the rubber cover that protects the SP/MIC and charger connector on the side of the radio. Also the No: 5 on my DTMF pad is not working too good these days so I'm looking to buy the parts and fit them myself. Where can I buy these parts from either in the UK or overseas. 73 de Colin G1IVG Colin Lowe 2007-12-12T23:35:23 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.recreation.radio.hardware.kenwood.th-f7e/172 Just discovered that the pin of my SMA adapter has broken off in the SMA connector of the radio. Before I take the radio apart, can someone tell me if it would be possible to get at the connector and push the pin out (if it is not sealed that is) and can anyone suggest a UK source for these connectors please? Many thanks in advance! 73 Roger MW0IDX K3IDX Roger 2007-12-08T16:48:08 Search the mailing list at Gmane query http://search.gmane.org/?group=$group=gmane.recreation.radio.hardware.kenwood.th-f7e