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SKY-SDR USER MANUAL Ver. 1.3.1 - 28-MAR-2017
FRONT PANEL CONTROLS
1.
VFO-TUNING / Multi Knob
;
Adjusts frequency in operation
mode.
Adjusts menu value in Menu mode.
2.
AF
Gain Control
3.
Power
ON/OFF
4.
PRE/ATT
–
pushing button toggles
through Preamp, Attenuation, or
None.
5.
STEP
–
selects the step size
(tuning rate) when turning the VFO
knob.
6.
MODE
/NF
–
pushing this button
toggles through the modes (USB,
CW, etc.).
In SSB Mode (only):
when the
[F]
button is pushed,
followed by the Mode button, it
toggles the Notch Filter on or off. It
is always off in all other modes.
This is also called “ACE”.
7.
FILTER
–
pushing this button steps
through the selection of bandwidth
filters 1, 2, 3, or 4.
8.
LOCK/TX
–
(TUNE)
In CW Mode,
Reduce Power to 25%.
Then
push PTT or key CW; while
transmitting, push this button to
lock in TX Mode. Push button again
to unkey the transmitter.
9.
[F]
.
–
Function Button
; pushing
this button activates the 2
nd
layer of
functions for several button.
10.
UP/NR
–
in operating mode,
pushing this button changes the
band to the next higher band. In
MENU mode, pushing this button
selects the next higher menu item.
Push
[F]
and this button to activate
the
DSP
Noise Reduction
.
11.
DOWN/NB
–
in operating mode,
pushing this button changes the
band to the next lower band. In
MENU mode, pushing this button
selects the next lower menu item.
If pushed after pushing
[F]
, it
activates the DSP
Noise Blanker
.
12.
MENU
–
Pushing this button enters
the software Menu Mode.
13.
RIT/XIT
–
Pushing this button
while in RX mode
enables Receive
Incremental Tuning (RIT). Disable
by pushing [RIT] again.
14.
To enable XIT, you must first be
in TX mode
(i.e. push PTT in SSB
or key a long dash in CW), then
push the
[RIT/XIT]
button. To
