Edits to User Guide section 6.

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Steven Franke 2021-07-28 08:20:30 -05:00
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NOTE: A special value of *USB* is available for custom USB devices
like those used by some SDR kits. This is not the same a virtual
like those used by some SDR kits. This is not the same as the virtual
serial port provided by USB connected transceivers and CAT
interfaces, for those use the COM or serial port name that
refers to them.

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=== Download Samples
The following steps will download sample audio Wave files that were originally recorded
by WSJT-X. These files can be read in to simulate realtime operation.
by WSJT-X. These files can be read in and processed by WSJT-X to simulate realtime
operation.
- Select *Download samples...* from the *Help* menu.

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- Select *File | Open* and navigate to
+...\save\samples\FT8\210703_133430.wav+. The waterfall and Band
Activity window should look something like the following screen shots:
Activity/Rx Frequency windows should look something like the following screen shots:
- You may want to pretend you are K1JT
by entering that callsign temporarily as *My Call* on the
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.Decoding Overview
Decoding takes place at the end of a receive sequence. With *Decode* set
to *Deep*, three decoding passes will be done. The *Decode* button on the
to *Deep*, three decoding passes will be done and the *Decode* button on the
mainwindow will illuminate three times, once for each pass.
The first decoding attempt in each decoding pass is done at the selected Rx frequency,
indicated by the U-shaped green marker on the waterfall frequency
scale. Results appear in both the left (*Band Activity*) and right
(*Rx Frequency*) text windows on the main screen. The program then
finds and decodes all signals in the selected mode over the displayed
frequency range. The red marker on the waterfall scale indicates your
scale. All decodes appear in the left (*Band Activity*) window. The right
(*Rx Frequency*) text window displays any decodes obtained at the current
Rx frequency along with any decodes addressed to *My Call* (K1JT in this case).
The red marker on the waterfall scale indicates your
Tx frequency.
Twenty one FT8 signals are decoded from the example file. The number
of decodes is shown at the bottom of the main window.
When this file was recorded HA5WA was finishing a QSO with K1JT and
of decodes is shown in a box at the bottom of the main window.
When this file was recorded HA5WA was finishing a QSO with K1JT, and
his 73 message is shown in red because it is addressed to *My Call* (in this case K1JT).
The *Band Activity* window shows this message along with
all decodes at other frequencies. By default, lines containing `CQ`
By default, lines containing `CQ`
are highlighted in green, and lines with *My Call* (K1JT)
in red. Notice that K1JT has two callers; HA0DU and EA3AGB.
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waterfall spectral display. You should be able to confirm the
following behavior:
- Double-click on one of the decoded lines highlighted in
- Double-click on one of the decoded *CQ* messages highlighted in
green. These actions produce the following results:
** Callsign and locator of a station calling CQ are copied to the *DX
Call* and *DX Grid* entry fields.
** Callsign and locator of the station calling CQ are copied to the *DX
Call* and *DX Grid* entry fields.
** Messages are generated for a standard minimal QSO.

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// Status=review
Set up the Wide Graph (also called the Waterfall).
The WSJT-X Wide Graph window displays the frequency spectrum of the received audio. Usually, the
upper portion of the window shows a waterfall plot of the frequency spectrum (a spectrogram) and
a line plot of the current or average spectrum. Controls at the bottom of the window are used to
set up the displayed audio frequency range, color palette, and scaling of the spectrum displays.
A control on the bottom right of the Wide Graph (displayed as *Spec nn%*) allows the user to control
the vertical fraction of the window that is occupied by the spectrum line plot.
It is important to set appropriate lower and upper
audio frequency limits for the Wide Graph because these limits define the FT8 decoder's search window:
audio frequency limits for the Wide Graph because these limits define the FT8 decoder's search window.
For this tutorial, the limits will be set to cover 100-3300 Hz:
- Set *Start* = 100 Hz.
- Set *Bins/Pixel* = 5. Smaller/larger values make the Wide Graph cover a smaller/larger
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frequencies in the spectrum:
- *Flatten* = checked
The line plot can be set up to display the current (un-averaged) spectrum or the cumulative (averaged)
spectrum:
- Select *Cumulative* for data display
- Set the *Gain* and *Zero* sliders for the waterfall and spectrum to near midscale
The *Spec* setting determines what fraction of the vertical extent of the Wide Graph will
be used for the line plot of the spectrum. Setting *Spec* to 0 will eliminate the line plot.
The *Spec nn%* setting determines what fraction of the vertical extent of the Wide Graph will
be used for the line plot of the spectrum. Setting *Spec* to 0 will eliminate the line plot and
a setting of 100 will eliminate the spectrogram and show only the line plot:
- Set *Spec* = 25%
- Set *Spec* = 50%