[chirp_users] Programming The Kenwood TH-F6

[Bruce MacAlister]

Glenn, as I remember it CB channel 19 is favored by truckers and sometimes
channel 17 for east-west travel.

73, Peace,سلام ,שָׁלוֹם, ειρήνη, Bruce ∞


On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 3:09 PM Glenn K0LNY <glennervin at cableone.net> wrote:

> I too plan on putting in the CB frequencies.
> Glenn
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> *From:* Bruce MacAlister <w4bruradio at gmail.com>
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> *Subject:* Re: [chirp_users] Programming The Kenwood TH-F6
>
> Glenn, I have a well worn, scratched up TH-F6. I don't use memory banks. I
> have just over 100 frequencies in my Chirp CSV that's shared with a TM-D700
> and a Baofeng UV82. Yes, there is a 0 and that's where I put 146.520
> hailing frequency. Receiving outside the VHF and UHF range is not good. I'm
> guessing the combination of filters and the antenna cause that. Because I
> want to track the truckers on CB on the road and I'm by the sea on
> vacation. Here are my HF frequencies:
>
> Air 118
> SEACH1 158.8
> SeaHF8mh 8.1
> CB19Truk 27.185
> CB9Emrcy 27.065
>
> 73, Peace,سلام ,שָׁלוֹם, ειρήνη, Bruce ∞
>
>
> On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 11:01 AM Glenn K0LNY <glennervin at cableone.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> I'm hoping my new programming cable comes today so I can program my
>> Kenwood TH-F6 hand-held.
>> So I know that it has over 400 memory slots, and it can RX all the HF
>> frequencies.
>> So I'm wondering how it works while in Chirp, so I can plan my CSV file.
>> Since I'm Blind and cannot read the display, I may have questions that
>> might otherwise seem obvious to you.
>>
>> 1: Does it have a channel 0, or do they start with 1?
>> 2: I read of banks of memories in groups of 50 for different bands.  Is
>> this have to be kept to, or is it just a convenience?
>> In my Baofeng's CSV file, they are intermixed.
>> 3: Can anyone recommend some common HF frequencies that I can program
>> into it?
>>
>> Thanks.
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