From 11396731d5100b196ebd37a357034dc52daa641c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joe Taylor Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2022 13:07:26 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Starting work on updating use of Echo mode in the User Guide. --- doc/user_guide/en/introduction.adoc | 3 ++- doc/user_guide/en/new_features.adoc | 9 +++++---- 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/user_guide/en/introduction.adoc b/doc/user_guide/en/introduction.adoc index 2cc1f6917..cead851f7 100644 --- a/doc/user_guide/en/introduction.adoc +++ b/doc/user_guide/en/introduction.adoc @@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ provides a mapping facility, archival storage, and many other features. *Echo* mode allows you to detect and measure your own station's echoes -from the moon, even if they are far below the audible threshold. +from the moon and to make other measurements useful for optimizing +your EME station's performance. _WSJT-X_ provides spectral displays for receiver passbands as wide as 5 kHz, flexible rig control for nearly all modern radios used by diff --git a/doc/user_guide/en/new_features.adoc b/doc/user_guide/en/new_features.adoc index f2bf6b237..5bc46628e 100644 --- a/doc/user_guide/en/new_features.adoc +++ b/doc/user_guide/en/new_features.adoc @@ -15,10 +15,11 @@ that station. of situations with available _a priori_ (AP) information. - *Echo* mode now offers a *Clear Avg* button and produces reliable -measurements of SNR even when Doppler spread is large. The *Measure* -function can be used to measure SNR for a received unmodulated carrier --- for example, a key-down test signal emitted by another station and -reflected from the Moon. +measurements of SNR even when Doppler spread is large. Its *Monitor* +function can be used to measure SNR for a received unmodulated +carrier such as a key-down test signal emitted by another station and +reflected from the Moon, and to measure Sun, Moon, and ground noise as +aids for optimizing an EME station's performance. - New buttons on the main window allow quick changes between modes FT4, FT8, MSK144, Q65, and JT65. Another new button allows toggling