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Histograms
The next section on this
Web interface page pre-
sents three ‘rolling his-
tograms,’ or constantly-
updated plots-over-time
of important signal met-
rics.
The information shown
here accumulates over
the entire previous 24-
hour period. The
Time
Span:
setting below the
graphs sets the time pe-
riod displayed. Options
are the last
1 Minute
, the
last
10 Minutes
, the last
1
Hour
, the last
6 Hours
, or the entire previous
24 Hours
. Click on
these buttons to change the time period, or click anywhere in
the display area to cycle through the options.
The upper graph shows Left and Right program channel levels
over the selected time period. These levels reflect the unit’s
peak-weighted metering, and although they do not represent
r.m.s. ‘loudness’, one can get a pretty good idea of program au-
dio dynamics (…or not!) from this display.
The lower graph plots signal metrics over time. The display de-
faults to a display of the three main parameters available, alt-
hough the
Show:
buttons allow for selective presentation. The
Y-axis resolution (level range) is optimized for the display as
choices are reduced.
Obviously, the histograms represent only the station being re-
ceived at the moment. If you change frequency to check on
other stations in the market, the histograms will reflect param-
eters of those stations during your surfing expedition. You
might want to jot-down the time away from the primary station
target if the histograms will be analyzed after the fact.
The
BandScanner™
Utility
The
BandScanner
utility of the SOFIA 565 is an annotated, sim-
ple RF spectrum analyzer. It can display the entire SOFIA 565
tuning range in two overlapping plots when
Step Size:
is set to
the default
200kHz
and an appropriate
Center Frequency (MHz):
chosen, as discussed below.
Center Frequency (MHz):
and
Step
Size
: may also be programmed to zero-in on any narrow fre-
quency range of interest.
NOTE:
The band-scanning function mutes the receiver audio
during the scan cycle and will put a glitch in the histograms as
it actually tunes across the band and downloads data from each
station in the market. This is another of the implications allud-
ed-to earlier with respect to metering, histograms and FM band-
surfing.
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