T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S
Mouse Wheel............................................................................................................................. ................140
Mouse Wheel Hover....................................................................................................................... ............140
Spectrum Click Tuning..................................................................................................... ..........................140
Keyboard Keys........................................................................................................................................ ...141
USB Tuning Knob.................................................................................................................. ....................141
VOICE TRANSMISSION OPERATION........................................................................................ 142
CW TRANSMISSION OPERATION.............................................................................................. 145
Initial Settings................................................................................................................................... 146
Internal Keyer................................................................................................................................... 147
External Keyer.................................................................................................................................. 148
CWX Form.......................................................................................................................................149
Third Party Program..........................................................................................................................151
DIGITAL MODE OPERATION......................................................................................................154
CAT Control Setup........................................................................................................................... 158
Install VCOM..................................................................................................................... .......................158
Configure the VCOM Port Pairs............................................................................................... ..................164
Configure PowerSDR CAT Control........................................................................................... ..................166
Configure PowerSDR Keyer Connections........................................................................................... .........167
Virtual Sound Connection................................................................................................................. 168
Create the Virtual Audio Cables............................................................................................... ...................168
Setup VAC in PowerSDR........................................................................................................... .................169
Setting up Third Party Digital Programs.............................................................................................169
Using MixW with PowerSDR............................................................................................................. .........170
Programs Needing to Connect to the Default Sound Device........................................................... ...............175
ATU (ANTENNA TUNING UNIT) OPERATION.......................................................................... 177
11 TROUBLESHOOTING.............................................................179
The software is oscillating quickly between receive and transmit modes..............................................179
Relays do not click when starting the software or when cycling the software power button.................. 179
Relays click, but I have no audio........................................................................................................184
Relays click and I hear static, but no signals....................................................................................... 187
I hear signals, but they sound chopped up, like a motorboat................................................................ 187
I hear signals, but cannot null the image............................................................................................. 188
The signals are all off frequency........................................................................................................ 189
The noise hiss when no signals are present is fatiguing....................................................................... 189
Software does not respond to PTT signals.......................................................................................... 189
The receiver works great, but I am getting no output power................................................................ 191
I am getting some power out, but the power seems low (also, see above—no power issue).................. 191
I am getting signal reports that indicate echoing or distortion.............................................................. 192
I am getting signal reports that indicate I am transmitting DSB while in SSB modes............................192
I am getting an error message that says, “Error communicating with ATU.”........................................193
It seems like the ATU is not tuning correctly. Is there a way to check?................................................ 193
I get an error when I try to use my USB Adapter that says “USB Device not found. (-1)”.................... 194
I see a hump around 10kHz below the center line on the display, that doesn’t seem to go away............194
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