diff --git a/doc/user_guide/images/Astronomical_data.png b/doc/user_guide/images/Astronomical_data.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..116707b3d Binary files /dev/null and b/doc/user_guide/images/Astronomical_data.png differ diff --git a/doc/user_guide/images/VHF_controls.png b/doc/user_guide/images/VHF_controls.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..897adb270 Binary files /dev/null and b/doc/user_guide/images/VHF_controls.png differ diff --git a/doc/user_guide/settings-reporting.adoc b/doc/user_guide/settings-reporting.adoc index 9b26f7131..5902e806c 100644 --- a/doc/user_guide/settings-reporting.adoc +++ b/doc/user_guide/settings-reporting.adoc @@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ image::images/reporting.png[align="center",alt="Reporting Screen"] descriptions of their effects, see <> section. -- _Network_: Check *Enable PSK Reporter Spotting* to send reception -reports to the {pskreporter} mapping facility. +- _Network Services_: Check *Enable PSK Reporter Spotting* to send +reception reports to the {pskreporter} mapping facility. - _UDP Server_: This group of options controls the network name or address and port number used by a program that will receive status diff --git a/doc/user_guide/vhf-and-up.adoc b/doc/user_guide/vhf-and-up.adoc index 862edf6a4..3be5bc312 100644 --- a/doc/user_guide/vhf-and-up.adoc +++ b/doc/user_guide/vhf-and-up.adoc @@ -1,2 +1,47 @@ +V1.6.0 is the first _WSJT-X_ version to include features specifically +designed for use on VHF and higher bands. These features include JT4, +a mode particularly useful for EME on the microwave bands; Echo mode, +for detecting and measuring your own lunar echoes; and automatic +Doppler tracking for the EME path. Note that sub-modes JT65B and +JT65C are present in v1.6.0, but are not yet fully implemented for EME +purposes. - +- Check the box labeled _Enable VHF/UHF/Microwave features_ on the +*Settings | General* tab to activate the VHF-and-up features. You +will probably want to check also the boxes _Decode at t = 52 s_ and +_Allow Tx frequency changes while transmitting_ to allow for the EME +path delay and permit Doppler tracking while transmitting. In +appropriate modes the main window will reconfigure itself to include +controls supporting the additional features. + +image::images/VHF_controls.png[align="center",alt="VHF Controls"] + +IMPORTANT: Not all transceivers permit computer adjustments +of Tx frequency while transmitting. Among those that do are the +IC735, IC756 Pro II, IC910-H, FT-847, TS-2000 (with Rev 9 firmware +upgrade), Flex 1500 and 5000, HPSDR, Anan-10, Anan-100, and KX3. + +- On the *View* menu, select *Astronomical data* to display a window +with important information for tracking the Moon and performing +automatic Doppler control. + +image::images/Astronomical_data.png[align="center",alt="Astronomical data"] + +- Note that two types of Doppler control are provided. Use _Full +Doppler to DX Grid_ if you know your QSO partner's locator and he/she +is not using Doppler control. Use _Constant frequency on Moon_ to +correct only for your own (one-way) Doppler shift. For any other +station that does the same thing, you will then have full Doppler +correction. + +=== EME with JT4 + +- Select *JT4* from the *Mode* menu. + +- Select the desired submode, which determines the tone spacing. +Higher spacings are used on the higher microwave bands, to allow for +larger Doppler spreads. For example, JT4F is generally used for EME on +the 10 GHz band. + +- If you are using a transverter, set the appropriate offset on the +*Settings | Frequencies* tab. diff --git a/doc/user_guide/wspr.adoc b/doc/user_guide/wspr.adoc index 48202bb27..b68ca9857 100644 --- a/doc/user_guide/wspr.adoc +++ b/doc/user_guide/wspr.adoc @@ -1,23 +1,24 @@ -- Select *WSPR-2* from the *Mode* menu. The main window will simplify -itself by removing controls not used in WSPR mode. +- Select *WSPR-2* from the *Mode* menu. The main window will +reconfigure itself to the WSPR interface, removing some controls not +used in WSPR mode. + +- Configure the Wide Graph as suggested in the screen shot below. + +image::images/WSPR.png[align="center",alt="WSPR mode"] - Use the mouse to set the width and height of the main window as desired. - Select an active WSPR frequency (for example, 10.1387 MHz). -- Configure the Wide Graph as suggested in the following screen shot. - - Click *Monitor* to start a WSPR receiving period. - If you will be transmitting as well as receiving, select a suitable -value for *Tx Pct* (percentage of 2-minute sequences devoted to +value for *Tx Pct* (average percentage of 2-minute sequences devoted to transmitting) and activate the *Enable Tx* button. - Select your Tx power (in dBm) from the drop-down list. -image::images/WSPR.png[align="center",alt="WSPR mode"] - - To enable automatic band-hopping, check the indicated box and click *Schedule* to select the bands you will use at each time of day.