O P E R A T I O N
C H A P T E R 6
Hint 1:
You can very quickly center a CW, (S)AM, DSB or FM signal after click
tuning it by clicking the
0 Beat
(12)
button on the Front Console
(make sure the display
AVG (9)
button is on to enable
0 Beat
).
Hint 2:
If you have checked
Snap Click Tune
(Setup Form, General tab -
Options sub-tab; see page 67) then spectrum click tuning will tune
the VFO to the nearest discrete multiple of the Tune Step. E.g. if the
Tune Step is set to 1kHz, the VFO will only Click Tune in steps of 1kHz.
Keyboard Keys
Use the following keys on your keyboard to tune the VFO.
Numeric Keypad
: Key any frequency in MHz (e.g. 7.250) into the numeric keypad and hit
enter to immediately tune
VFO A
to that frequency.
Mapped Keys
: You can map keys on your keyboard to tune each of the digits in
VFO A
using
the Keyboard Tab on the Setup Form (page 104).
Ctrl +Arrow Keys
: Hold the Control key and press the
o
Up or Down Arrow key to tune
VFO A
up or down by the
Tune Step (2)
.
o
Right or Left Arrow key to increase or decrease the
Tune Step (2)
.
USB Tuning Knob
Both the Griffin PowerMate and the Contour Designs Shuttle Pro v2 can be used to tune the radio. You
can download the
Griffin PowerMate Quick Start Guide
and the
Contour ShuttlePro v2 Quick Start
Guide
from the downloads page of our website to learn how to setup and use these controllers. Also
available is the
Contour ShuttlePro Default Preferences
file, which can be imported as a good starting
point when using this controller. (All these documents and more can be found by searching for either
PowerMate
or
ShuttlePro
on our Knowledge Center at
http://kc.flex-radio.com/search.aspx
)
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