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longer, and it can scan and display
RSSI + RDS + HD
infor-
mation, as in the example, which requires a double-scan of the
band.
Start Scanning
To start a band scan, click the Scan bar at the bottom of the
page.
Step Size:
defaults to 200kHz; 100kHz steps are also
available.
In the example scan above, every FM carrier found is represent-
ed by a vertical bar. Bar height indicating signal strength in
dBµV per the annotation along the left side. This was an RSSI +
RDS + HD scan; had it been done in the simple RSSI mode, all
stations would show up as yellow bars.
Bars and Dots
‘Hovering’ over (not clicking on!) a yellow bar
shows the
Freq:
and
RSSI:
numerical level in a
pop-up, as in this inset image at the right.
A yellow bar with a red dot indicates that the
station carries RDS information. (The red dot
appears only when
Scan Type:
is set to
RSSI +
RDS or RSSI + RDS + HD .)
Hovering over the red dot will display
Freq:
and
RSSI:
, plus the RDS
PI:
code and its derived
Call:
letters and the PTY (programming format) of
the station. This is shown in the upper inset at
the right.
Running a full
RSSI + RDS + HD scan addition-
ally shows the HD stations as blue bars, nearly
always topped with red dots to indicate RDS in-
fo as well. In the lower inset, hovering over
just the blue portion of the bar brings up Freq: ,
RSSI:
and
Cd/No:
(digital signal quality) stats.
Included are which HD Programs: (channels) are
being broadcast, and the ‘short’ HD station
Name:
. To get the RDS info for this station,
hover over the red dot at the top of the bar.
Scanned stations with RDS info are shown in the
RDS Stations:
list directly below the scan, along with how many RDS stations
were found. These are listed in ascending frequency along with
their
PI
,
Callsign
, RDS
PTY
and
RSSI
values. Click on any station’s
frequency to immediately tune the 552 to that station and be
taken to the Now Playing Webpage.
Below the RDS Stations: list you’ll find a separate HD Stations: list-
ing. Information there will include the number of HD stations
found, again by ascending Frequency , and which HD Radio Pro-
grams
are being transmitted. The station short
Name
, the
RSSI
reading and the
Cd/No
figure denoting relative quality of the
digital signal are presented there too.
The
Cd/No notation is color-coded in this list. A value greater
than
57
(solid HD Radio reception) will be green, an orange