F R O N T C O N S O L E
C H A P T E R 3
Off:
Used for debugging purposes or to save CPU cycles on slower machines.
The
TX
meters
Mic
,
EQ
,
Leveler
,
CPDR
and
ALC
show either peak or true RMS values, depending on
whether TX meter is set to use peak readings for DSP Values (see Setup Form – DSP Tab on page 99)
(5 and 5b) Band Selection & Band Stacking Memories
Figure 38: Primary (left) and RX2 (right) Band Selection
The Band Selection controls perform multiple roles in PowerSDR. First, when tuning the VFO to a
specific frequency the band indicator will move to the appropriate band (GEN if not in one of the
specific bands listed). This is used to quickly identify which band you are in, or when you are stepping
over a band edge boundary. The RX1 band is displayed in yellow, and (if installed and on) the RX2
band is displayed in green, or red if it is also the transmit band (see Figure 38).
Secondly, clicking on one of the Band Selection buttons (5) will change the frequency, mode and filter
to the one last used on that band for RX1. At this stage, the same is not true for RX2, when selecting a
band from the RX2 band drop down list.
The third role is a feature called Band Stacking Memories (RX1 only). A single memory is defined as a
frequency, mode, and filter combination. Each band has several memories associated with it. Clicking
on a band button repeatedly will cycle through the available memories repeating from the beginning
after the last memory (hence the stacking memories). This is useful to quickly tune to various
frequencies within a band. To replace one of the memories with the frequency, mode, and filter of your
choice, first click the band button for the band memory you would like to modify. Then change the
frequency, mode, and filter to the desired settings (the frequency must be in the band selected). Finally
click the band button again to save the values.
The modified memories will be saved to the database upon graceful exit of the console. A crash will
prevent changed memories from being saved in order to keep faulty data from making it into the
database.
Note :
Some band memory frequencies (such as 60m and WWV) are fixed in
software and cannot be changed.
The
VHF+
button (RX1 only) will swap between the typical HF bands and any configured transverter
bands (see the description of the XVTRs Form on page 141). The VHF band buttons work in the same
way, but for the frequencies within the transverter frequency range.
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