- 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::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). - Click *Monitor* to start a WSPR receiving period. - If you will be transmitting as well as receiving, select a suitable 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. === Band Hopping WSPR mode allows those with CAT-controlled radios to investigate propagation on many bands without user intervention. Coordinated hopping enables a sizable group of stations around the world to move together from band to band, thereby maximizing the chances of identifying open propagation paths. - To enable automatic band-hopping, check the *Band Hopping* box on the main window. - Click *Schedule* to open the *WSPR Band Hopping* window, and select the bands you wish to use at each time of day. image::band_hopping.png[align="center",alt="Band Hopping"] - Band-switching occurs after each 2-minute interval. Preferred bands are identified with time slots in a repeating 20-minute cycle, according to the following table: [width="80%",align="center",cols=">20,10*>8",options="header"] |=== |Band: |160|80|60|40|30|20|17|15|12|10 .3+|*UTC minute:* | 00|02|04|06|08|10|12|14|16|18 >| 20|22|24|26|28|30|32|34|36|38 >| 40|42|44|46|48|50|52|54|56|58 |=== - If the preferred band is not active according to your band-hopping schedule, a band will be selected at random from among the active bands. - If the box labeled *Tune* is checked for a particular band, _WSJT-X_ transmits an unmodulated carrier for several seconds just after switching to that band and before the normal Rx or Tx period starts. This feature can be used to activate an automatic antenna tuner (ATU) to tune a multi-band antenna to the newly selected band. - Depending on your station and antenna setup, band changes might require other switching besides retuning your radio. To make this possible in an automated way, whenever _WSJT-X_ executes a successful band-change command to a CAT-controlled radio, it looks for a file named +user_hardware.bat+, +user_hardware.cmd+, +user_hardware.exe+, or +user_hardware+ in the working directory. If one of these is found, _WSJT-X_ tries to execute the command user_hardware nnn - In the above command +nnn+ is the band-designation wavelength in meters. You will need to write your own program, script, or batch file to do the necessary switching at your station.