Many updates to User Guide, mostly to reflect changes in "click behavior".
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| @ -76,11 +76,11 @@ fully automated QSOs. | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| === VHF Contest Mode | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| A special *VHF Contest Mode* can be activated for FT8 and MSK144 modes | ||||
| by checking a box on the *Settings | Advanced* tab.  This mode is | ||||
| configured especially for VHF contests in which four-character grid | ||||
| locators are the required exchange.  When *Contest Mode* is active, | ||||
| the standard QSO sequence looks like this: | ||||
| A special *NA VHF Contest* mode can be activated for FT8 and MSK144 | ||||
| modes by checking a box on the main window.  This mode is configured | ||||
| especially for contests in which four-character grid locators are the | ||||
| required exchange.  When *NA VHF Contest* mode is active, the standard | ||||
| QSO sequence looks like this: | ||||
| 
 | ||||
|  CQ K1ABC FN42 | ||||
|                       K1ABC W9XYZ EN37 | ||||
|  | ||||
| @ -16,10 +16,10 @@ image::main-ui.png[align="center",alt="Main UI and Wide Graph"] | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| Decoding takes place at the end of a receive sequence and proceeds in | ||||
| two steps.  The first decode is done at the selected Rx frequency, | ||||
| indicated by the U-shaped green marker on the waterfall 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Tx frequency. | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| @ -51,8 +51,8 @@ Call* and *DX Grid* entry fields. | ||||
| ** The *Tx even* box is checked or cleared appropriately, so that you | ||||
| will transmit in the proper (odd or even) minutes. | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| ** The Rx and Tx frequency markers are moved to the frequency of the | ||||
| CQing station. | ||||
| ** The Rx frequency marker is moved to the frequency of the CQing | ||||
| station. | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| ** The *Gen Msg* ("`generated message`") radio button at bottom right  | ||||
| of the main window is selected. | ||||
| @ -61,23 +61,19 @@ of the main window is selected. | ||||
| *Setup* menu, *Enable Tx* would be activated and a transmission would | ||||
| start automatically at the proper time. | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| - Double-click on the decoded message `K1JT N5KDV EM41`, | ||||
| highlighted in red.  Results will be similar to those in the | ||||
| previous step, except the Tx frequency (red marker) is not | ||||
| moved.  Such messages are usually in response to your own CQ, or from | ||||
| a tail-ender, and you probably want your Tx frequency to stay where it | ||||
| was. | ||||
| ** You can modify the double-click behavior by holding down the | ||||
| *Shift* key to move only the Tx frequency or the *Ctrl* key to move | ||||
| both Rx and Tx frequencies. | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| - By holding down the *Ctrl* key when double-clicking on a decoded | ||||
| line you can cause both Tx and Rx frequencies to be moved.  This | ||||
| behavior can also be forced by checking *Lock Tx=Rx*. | ||||
| - Double-click on the decoded message `K1JT N5KDV EM41`, highlighted | ||||
| in red.  Results will be similar to those in the previous step. The Tx | ||||
| frequency (red marker) is not moved unless *Shift* or *Ctrl* is held | ||||
| down.  Messages highlighted in red are usually in response to your own | ||||
| CQ or from a tail-ender, and you probably want your Tx frequency to | ||||
| stay where it was. | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| - Double-click on the message from KF4RWA in either window. He is | ||||
| sending `73` to K1JT, signifying that the QSO is over.  Most likely | ||||
| you want to send 73 to him, so the message `KF4RWA K1JT 73` is | ||||
| automatically generated and selected for your next transmission. | ||||
| (Alternatively, you might choose to send a free-text message or to | ||||
| call CQ again.) | ||||
| - You can prevent your Tx frequency from being changed by checking the | ||||
| box *Lock Tx Freq*. | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| - Click somewhere on the waterfall to set Rx frequency (green marker | ||||
| on waterfall scale). | ||||
|  | ||||
| @ -1,7 +1,7 @@ | ||||
| // Status=review | ||||
| .Main Window: | ||||
| - Select *JT9+JT65* on the *Mode* menu. | ||||
| - Toggle the *Tx mode* button to read *Tx JT65*, and set the Tx and Rx | ||||
| - Toggle the *Tx mode* button to read *Tx JT65 #*, and set the Tx and Rx | ||||
| frequencies to 1718 Hz. | ||||
| - Double-click on *Erase* to clear both text windows. | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| @ -75,18 +75,21 @@ JT9 message from IZ0MIT: | ||||
| [width="80%",align="center",cols="^10,2*^8,2*^10,54",options="header"] | ||||
| |=== | ||||
| |UTC|dB|DT|Freq|Mode|Message | ||||
| |+2343+|+-7+|+0.3+|+3196+|+@+|+WB8QPG IZ0MIT -11+ | ||||
| |+2343+|+-8+|+0.3+|+3196+|+@+|+WB8QPG IZ0MIT -11+ | ||||
| |=== | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| - Scroll back in the *Band Activity* window and double-click on the | ||||
| message `CQ DL7ACA JO40`. The program will set *Tx mode* to JT65 and Tx | ||||
| and Rx frequencies to that of DL7ACA, 975 Hz.  If you had checked | ||||
| *Double-click on call sets Tx Enable* on the *Setup* menu, the program | ||||
| would configure itself to start a QSO with DL7ACA. | ||||
| message `CQ DL7ACA JO40`. The program will set *Tx mode* to JT65 and | ||||
| the Rx frequency to that of DL7ACA, 975 Hz.  If you hold down the | ||||
| *Ctrl* key, both Rx and Tx frequencies will be moved.  If you had | ||||
| checked *Double-click on call sets Tx Enable* on the *Setup* menu, the | ||||
| program would configure itself to begin a transmission and start a QSO | ||||
| with DL7ACA. | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| - Double-click on the decoded JT65 message `CQ TA4A KM37`.  The program | ||||
| will set Tx mode to JT9 and the Rx and Tx frequencies to 3567 Hz.  The | ||||
| program is now configured properly for a JT9 QSO with TA4A. | ||||
| - Hold *Ctrl* down and double-click on the decoded JT65 message `CQ | ||||
| TA4A KM37`.  The program will set Tx mode to JT9 and the Rx and Tx | ||||
| frequencies to 3567 Hz.  The program is now configured properly for a | ||||
| JT9 QSO with TA4A. | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| .Reopen the First Sample File: | ||||
| - Select *File | Open* and navigate to `...\save\samples\130418_1742.wav`. | ||||
|  | ||||
| @ -25,34 +25,33 @@ image::ft8_decodes.png[align="left"] | ||||
| frequency marker will jump to your selected frequency, and the Rx | ||||
| frequency control on the main window will be updated accordingly. | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| - Do the same thing with the Shift key held down.  Now the red Tx | ||||
| - Do the same thing with the *Shift* key held down.  Now the red Tx | ||||
| frequency marker and its associated control on the main window will | ||||
| follow your frequency selections. | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| - Do the same thing with the Ctrl key held down.  Now the both colored  | ||||
| - Do the same thing with the *Ctrl* key held down.  Now the both colored  | ||||
| markers and both spinner controls will follow your selections. | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| - Double-clicking at any frequency on the waterfall does all the | ||||
| things just described and also invokes the decoder in a small range | ||||
| around that frequency.  To decode a particular signal, double-click | ||||
| around the Rx frequency.  To decode a particular signal, double-click | ||||
| near the left edge of its waterfall trace. | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| - Now double-click on any of the the lines of decoded text in the main | ||||
| window.  Unless you have *My Call* set to K1JT or KY7M on the | ||||
| *Settings -> General* tab, all three lines will show the same | ||||
| behavior, setting both RxFreq and TxFreq to the frequency of the | ||||
| selected message.  However, if MyCall is set to K1JT then clicking on | ||||
| a message directed to K1JT will move only the Rx frequency setting. | ||||
| This behavior is desirable so that you will not inadvertently change | ||||
| your Tx frequency to that of a tail-ender who called you somewhere | ||||
| else in the FT8 subband. | ||||
| window.  All three lines will show the same behavior, setting Rx | ||||
| frequency to that of the selected message and leaving Tx frequency | ||||
| unchanged.  To change both Rx and Tx frequencies, hold *Ctrl* down | ||||
| when double-clicking. | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| NOTE: To avoid QRM from competing callers, it is frequently desirable | ||||
| to answer a CQ on a different frequency from that of the CQing | ||||
| station.  Choose a Tx frequency that appears to be not in use.  The | ||||
| same is true when you tail-end another QSO. | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| NOTE: The FT8 decoder can often copy several overlapping signals at | ||||
| nearly the same frequency.  However, in crowded band conditions you | ||||
| will often find it advantageous to move off the frequency of the | ||||
| station you are calling.  Keyboard shortcuts *Shift+F11* and | ||||
| *Shift+F12* provide an easy way to move your Tx frequency in 60 Hz | ||||
| steps. | ||||
| nearly the same frequency.  Keyboard shortcuts *Shift+F11* and | ||||
| *Shift+F12* provide an easy way to move your Tx frequency down or up | ||||
| in 60 Hz steps. | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| NOTE: Further helpful tips on FT8 operating procedures are available | ||||
| {ft8_tips}.  Thanks to ZL2IFB! | ||||
|  | ||||
| @ -9,5 +9,5 @@ | ||||
| - *Gain* and *Zero* sliders for waterfall and spectrum set near midscale | ||||
| - *Spec* = 25% | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| - Use the mouse to adjust the width of the *Wide Graph* so that its | ||||
| upper frequency limit is about 2400 Hz. | ||||
| - Use the mouse to grab the left or right edge of the *Wide Graph*, and | ||||
| adjust its width so that the upper frequency limit is about 2400 Hz. | ||||
|  | ||||