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FLEX-6000 Signature Series – Maestro User Guide
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8 Maestro Overview ................................................................................................................. 37
8.1 Theory of Operation ....................................................................................................... 37
8.2 Key System Components ............................................................................................... 37
8.2.1 Spectral Capture Unit (SCU) .................................................................................. 37
8.2.2 Slice Receiver ......................................................................................................... 37
8.2.3 Panadapter ............................................................................................................... 38
8.2.4 Waterfall ................................................................................................................. 38
8.2.5 Panafall ................................................................................................................... 39
9 How to Operate a Slice Receiver .......................................................................................... 40
9.1 How to Create and Delete a Slice Receiver ................................................................... 40
9.2 How to Tune a Slice Receiver ........................................................................................ 40
9.3 Making a Slice Receiver Active ..................................................................................... 41
9.4 How to Change the Demodulation Mode ....................................................................... 42
9.5 How to Adjust the Speaker and Headphone Volume of a Slice Receiver ..................... 42
9.6 How to Change the RX filter of a Slice Receiver .......................................................... 42
9.7 Recording and Playback of Slice Receiver Audio ......................................................... 43
10 How to Operate the Panadapter / Waterfall .......................................................................... 44
10.1 How to Create / Delete a Panadapter / Waterfall ........................................................ 44
10.2 How to Create / Delete a Slice Receiver in the Second Panadapter ........................... 44
10.3 How to Change the Panadapter Frequency (Tune) ..................................................... 44
10.4 How to Zoom a Panadapter ........................................................................................ 44
10.5 How to Change the Signal Magnitude Scale of a Panadapter .................................... 46
10.6 Adjusting the Panadapter and Waterfall Controls ...................................................... 46
11 Noise Mitigation ................................................................................................................... 47
12 How to Configure Noise Mitigation ..................................................................................... 48
12.1 AGC Threshold........................................................................................................... 48
12.2 DSP Noise Mitigation Features .................................................................................. 49
12.3 Wideband Noise Blanker (WNB) ............................................................................... 49
12.4 Slice Specific Noise Blanker (NB) ............................................................................. 50
12.5 Noise Reduction (NR) ................................................................................................ 50
13 How to use Tracking Notch Filters ....................................................................................... 52
13.1 Tracking Notch Filter Theory ..................................................................................... 52
13.2 Creating and Adjusting a Tracking Notch Filter ........................................................ 52
13.3 Turning all Tracking Notch Filters On or Off ............................................................ 54
13.4 Automatic Notch Filter (ANF) ................................................................................... 55
14 How to Use Profiles .............................................................................................................. 56