WiNRADiO G305 VHF/UHF Receiver
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The
Min
,
Man
and
Diff
buttons enable the display of minimum, maximum and
differential values when continuous sweeping is selected. (A scale for the
differential trace will be displayed on the right-hand side whenever the
Diff
button is pressed.)
The differential trace is very useful when examining long-term activity on a
given band. The receiver can be left unattended in the continuous sweeping
mode, and any activity on the band will be clearly visible on the differential
trace.
There are also two
Zoom in/out
buttons performing their self-explanatory
functions, and a
Clear
button, which clears the graph and the min/max values.
Clicking anywhere on the spectrum graph tunes the receiver to the
corresponding frequency. You can also drag the mouse horizontally across the
spectrum and continuously tune the receiver.
If you press the
Hits
button, the spectrum display changes to a
Hit Counter
.
The
Hit Counter
makes it possible to plot a histogram of "
hits
" for frequency
channels within the specified frequency range. A "
hit
" is an instance when the
signal satisfies the squelch conditions for the given frequency. This makes it
possible to observe and monitor traffic on particular channels over a period of
time, and provide an indication of activity on a band.
The
Hit Counter
works in a similar way to a spectrum analyzer, where the
horizontal axis represents the frequency span. However, instead of displaying
signal strength on the vertical axis, the
Hit Counter
shows the number of hits.
The hits are represented by bars of different heights. The height of each bar is
relative to the number of hits. The bar corresponding to the frequency with the
highest number of hits will always remain of the maximum height that fits the
window. The other bars will have proportionally smaller heights. The
Min
,
Max
and
Diff
buttons are disabled in the
Hit Counte
r mode.