1
SKY-SDR USER MANUAL Ver. 1.3.1 - 28-MAR-2017
Страница 1: ...1 SKY SDR USER MANUAL Ver 1 3 1 28 MAR 2017...
Страница 2: ...SPLIT FREQUENCY OPERATION 12 o MEMORY 13 RECEIVE OPERATION 14 o RIT XIT 8 o FILTER SELECTION AND ADJUSTMENT 15 o OTHER DSP OPTIONS 16 o RECEIVER BANDSCOPE 17 TRANSMIT OPERATION 17 GENERAL TX OPERATION...
Страница 3: ...tes a BANDSCOPE which displays 24 kHz above and below the operating frequency This helps find stations on a quiet band or locate a free spot on a crowded band SKY SDR s 5 Watt transmitter comes with a...
Страница 4: ...SWR Antenna 50 Ohms nominal BNC Connection Voltage Requirements 10 5vdc min to 15vdc max Fuse 3 15A 250V Slow Blow Current Drain RX Average 360mA TX Maximum 2A RX 40mA less with the backlight switche...
Страница 5: ...ype Selectable Automatic Paddle Manual Hand Key Built In Keyer Iambic Mode A or Mode B Menu selectable Keyer Adjustments Speed Weight Menu adjustment CW Sequencing Adjustable Delay From 100ms to 5 sec...
Страница 6: ...tton selection SSB Filters 4 4 Filters 3 Fixed Filters 1 User Adjustable Filter From 250 Hz to 3600 Hz CW Filters 4 From 20 Hz to 1200 Hz AM Filters 4 From 2 0 kHz to 9600 Hz FM Filters 4 From 2 0 kHz...
Страница 7: ...power cable with in line fuse holder and coaxial power plug 2 5mm x 7mm Spare Fuse not pictured a spare fuse is included in the accessory package It is a 5mm x 20mm fuse 3 16A 250V Slow Blow USER MANU...
Страница 8: ...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 2nd layer of functions for several button 10 UP...
Страница 9: ...b 17 DISPLAY LCD display size is 43 5 x 40 9mm 1 7 x 1 6 It has very low power consumption The pictures below describe most of the features which are displayed on the SKY SDR display NOTE IF in the lo...
Страница 10: ...the lower the better MON SIDETONE Adjust sidetone volume level through the hole with a tiny screwdriver LINE IN OUT Used for connecting to external sound card interface See accessories page for pinou...
Страница 11: ...ob The VFO knob is used for multiple functions 1 Changing the operating frequency 2 Changing software menu values when operating in Menu Mode 3 Changing the Receive Incremental Tuning RIT frequency or...
Страница 12: ...RIT LSB RIT higher than VFO QRG When RIT and XIT are both off there is nothing displayed Turning either one ON will show the RIT or XIT in the space between the voltage and the mode as shown under DI...
Страница 13: ...locked on this frequency The VFO knob now tunes the RX frequency Tune back to 14 150 MHz and find DX1DX again READY Your radio is now working split Confirm by pushing the Mic s PTT button and watchin...
Страница 14: ...t into memory location 0 That way it is easier to find the temporary data later BAND SELECTION Band selection is accomplished by using the UP or DOWN arrows just to the right of the VFO knob The band...
Страница 15: ...F4 Filter Adjustment For AM FM CW filter adjustment is simple While in operate mode Select the filter F4 Press F blue button Press Filter the current bandwidth appears Rotate the VFO knob to adjust th...
Страница 16: ...n electric fence It is engaged by pressing F and then pressing the DOWN NB button The level of blanking can be adjusted in the Software Menu item 10 with levels ranging from 4 to 12 In this case 4 is...
Страница 17: ...clear frequencies on a very crowded band or locating signals on a quiet band It is switched ON or OFF by pressing F then the VFO PAN button The Pan Level is adjusted in the Software Menu item 27 TRAN...
Страница 18: ...set about 50 DIGI MODE GAIN is adjusted in the Menu item 20 Gain TX DIG TX MONITOR You may monitor your own TX audio in headphones while adjusting the audio settings This is enabled in the Software Me...
Страница 19: ...uency such that you will be zero beat with the other station when you are listening to a tone with the pitch you set EXAMPLE If you set the Pitch for 700 Hz and listen to a 700 Hz tone you will be zer...
Страница 20: ...anual In general The only adjustment is the TX audio gain which is adjustable in Software Menu item 20 Gain TX DIGI RTTY OPERATION RTTY is normally run in USB mode which enables it to take advantage o...
Страница 21: ...y in order to minimize audio distortion 2 Pitch CW Adjusts the frequency of the sidetone When you set this to your preferred frequency the CW Offset automatically adjusts to this frequency assuring yo...
Страница 22: ...om 10 to 100 10 is approximately 1W and 100 is approx 5 to 8 Watts dependant on the source voltage 15 LED Mode Toggles display s LED backlight between 2 positions FOREVER always on and AUTO on for 3 s...
Страница 23: ...RIT XIT to toggle between 3 adjustments Delay 40ms 80ms or 160ms Depth 1 7 Level 1 7 Change value by rotating VFO knob 25 EQ TX Adjusts TX Audio Equalizer in 3 ranges LOW Frequencies MEDium Frequencie...
Страница 24: ...CONTACT APPELLO IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS WARNING WHEN IN SERVICE MODE NEVER CHANGE THE VALUES OF RX IQ TX IQ VFO IF DSP THEY ARE PRE SET AT THE FACTORY FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL RADIO To Enable Entry to the S...
Страница 25: ...value DON T TOUCH FILTER TX CW 100 FILTER TX FM 9600 FILTER TX AM 5590 Vpwr 0 CAT FTDI FT232RL BAND SPECIFIC PARAMETERS Several parameters must be set separately for EACH BAND There are 11 different...
Страница 26: ...Band Ports These port settings tell the radio which bandpass filter and low pass filter to use for each band DO NOT TOUCH IT S METER Used for calibrating S Meter Range DO NOT TOUCH IT RX IQ Setting t...
Страница 27: ...SSB Adjustment of transmit bandwidth in the SSB mode Values can be selected from 150 Hz to 3600Hz FILTER TX CW Adjustment of transmit bandwidth in the CW mode Values can be selected from 50 Hz to 100...
Страница 28: ...8 SKY SDR USER MANUAL Ver 1 3 1 28 MAR 2017 Appello GmbH Koenigsfoerderstr 32 24214 Lindau Kiel GERMANY Info appello de The SKY SDR Concept and Design were created by LZ2TU RA9YTJ LZ1JY MADE IN EUROPE...
