RadioCom 4.5
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1. 17 Invert PIOLIUF B tots idiota Pom iude denos it ad eatis Co un ames debi 18 RD T EE 18 eI a LI LR MILD cet cn 18 18 Outline Soften Sharpen 18 Change Color Palette acero 18 VY NUR T T UU NEC UNE 19 Save dg EE 19 RN OUR M 19 Adusien Helps items abet con 2 tasas ito ute 19 I eT ee 19 cup nt sta mia ace 19 SOW SCO 20 Ge tastes E 21 ele eee ener eee NECK 21 SARA a a 21 AVI e 21 SSV SLANT 21 ECOG Ch 22 PROC ONGC M 22 Fier 24 PREGENCY m NEU 24 Basic requirements SSB Transceiver or Receiver Windows 95 98 2000 and NT4 0 SP3 or higher INTEL Pentium 150 MHz CPU 64 MB RAM Graphic Card Min high color 16 bit 802. The program is built so that later updates will extend and expand the basic functions Provided are sending and receiving programs analyzing tools for the radio data decoding and new functions The update service is only available on the Internet at www bonito net Large updates upgrades will be released on CD In the moment already RadioCom 5 x is available Technical Service The whole technical service is placed on the CD and you will find the latest changes on the Internet RADIO CONTROL The main window includes the most important control elements for controlling the radio You should be familiar with these functions Your radio may not support have all functions Frequencies MousePad Frequencysiider 4 sitet can be entered or dialed up and down by Or SO clicking the tuning knob on the left for down or the right for up The step size is 142 1295500 000 2m 70 ZE 7040000 u determined from a drop down menu BE E E 433400 000 U when you click the button 3KHz VETE 3730 000 U 12121 000 U 18731 000 u The NB button NOISE BLANKER will 1876600 U eliminate static and crackling noise With 124 79 nmi 11 gps AGC you can stabilize the incoming signal if the station is not constant The signal strengths can be controlled on the scale left on the screen If a signal is over S7 you can use the button ATT Attenuation
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4. R adioC om 4 5 DSP Filter Decoding with the Computer RTTY CW PSK Fax SSTV Decoding with Frequency Management und Frequency Analyzer Bonito RadioCom 4 5 for PCR ICOM special edition amp 0 PAP Warszawa OD zeanogt 500236 POL Polen 14366 900 3 0 Meteo Beijing MS Schiff CHN Volksrep FAX 14367 000 USB 3 0 XNA Beijing OD Ozeanogr BZP54 CHN Volksrep RTTY 14376 000 USB 3 0 Beijing 00 Dzeanogr BZT34 CHN Volksrep C RTTY 14467 300 USB 14490 000 USB 14490 000 14510 000 14545 000 Save Frallist Decoder 15566 000 USB 3 0 Meteo Novosibirsk MS Schiff ATC26 URS LIDSSR RTTY 147 300 USB 3 0 Meteo Offenbach Pinn MS Schiff DDH47 D Deutschland RTTY 3855 000 USB 3 0 Meteo Offenbach Pinn MS Schiff DDH3 D Deutschland FAX 4583 000 USB 3 0 Meteo Offenbach Pinn MS Schiff DDK2 D Deutschland RTTY 7646 000 Meteo Offenbach Pinn MS Schiff DDH D Deutschland 7880 000 USB 3 0 Meteo Offenbach Pinn MS Schiff DDK3 D Deutschland FAX 10100 800 USB 3 0 Meteo Offenbach Pinn MS Schiff DDHB D Deutschland ATTY 11039 000 USB 3 0 Meteo Offenbach Pinn MS Schiff DDH3 D Deutschland RTTY Mateo Nffanhanh Din MG ATTY UNCHANGED RIDGE 1020 NORTHFRANCSZYEATIONARY WEAKENING LOW 1013 JUST NORTH OF THE SHETLANDS MOVING
5. This diminishes the antenna if the signal is to strong and the receiver is prone to distortion The UBS LSB CW AM FM WFM are modes For most digital receiving you should basically use USB with a bandwidth of 3 kHz IF AM is used for normal radio stations on short wave where 6 kHz is used Air traffic stations use 15 kHz on frequencies from 87 to 106 MHz Different modes will be activated or deactivated by the program depending on the radio you are using SQL is the squelch which eliminates interference when there is no signal being received VOL is the volume control It controls the volume function on the soundcard not the radio The band selectors 80m 23cm switch a frequency which are dependent on the decoder mode of operation RTTY CW PSK FAX SSTV On the field MousePad FrequencySlider you must click and holds the mouse button and then slides to the left or right Depending upon that as far the frequency will push you more or less strongly adjusted The switching surface X places the frequency movement 100 times more largely Tab Tool Window 009 5508 ae The illustrated fields are for choosing the different functions of the program They are TIME signals AUDIO sound adjustments speaker equalizer Filter audio recorder and frequency scanner FAX receiving faxes and setting the parameters SSTV receiving SSTV and setting the parameters RTTY receiving RTTY and setting param
6. brought to the maximum Activate Decoder filter to Wave Out The Equalizer Filter will be switched over to the Wave Out Scan DESEE Only the selected Start Frq KHz frequencies from the 164000 Start SEAN list will run Pressing the start button starts Pug el skip gt gt the scan The last 89500 Stop Time Sec parameters set in the Step T ime radio control panel will 03 i be used Only the frequency is changed Srann Steps slop arr udia q y g The audio or squelch 125 0 KHz make a Stop on Sgelch signals as used for that A signal event occurs when a signal breaks through the squelch and the audio becomes useable Not all receivers have a squelch control That is why audio squelch the control on the Audio Control panel Asq is a much better squelch It evaluates the interference much more effectively as compared to signal strength The scan process stops when the stop on Audio or stop on Squelch is pressed The maximum delay time can be controlled by the value set in Stop Time A value of zero 0 means the process is stopped until the signal is off By changing the values of start stop and step and press the Make New List button a new list of frequencies is created You select what frequencies you want by clicking the small box next to it If you want to skip a frequency do not check the box 24
7. line along the sloping pass of the picture Click one more time and the picture will be corrected Du Cut Picture Click on this icon and create a rectangle The rectangle will stay on the screen waiting for you to press the right mouse button to cut out that part of the picture You can move the edge later with the mouse button Click on the edge with the left mouse and keep it Then you can move the flashing line to the desired position 17 E Invert Picture You can receive a fax picture reversed if you use LSB You should do this to get a better quality picture The picture is a negative and you can invert it to make it white Rotate Picture If the picture placed wrong on the screen you can rotate it until it is in the right position ize Nice Effect This effect will show the picture with full pixel rate RPM If a fax was recorded with the wrong IOC speed you can make it readable with this function X M fe Outline Soften Sharpen Brightness The outline icon will make isobars clearer If a line was recorded very weak you can improve it with this effect The Soften and Sharpen icons add sharpness or less sharpness to the picture Brightness will change the contrast Change Color Palette Just like most graphic programs you can change the color of a picture This is very popular for satellite pictures 18 CW DECODER Bonito RadioCom 4 5 for PCR ICOM special edition MouseP
8. the display and turn it off Q B PSK In PSK mode you will have bright patches in the middle of the display when the signal is properly adjusted 10 RTTY DECODER peg 2 iur ver v COD sedition 70 i Med af Delete Save 15566 000 USB 3 0 Meteo Novosibirsk MS Schit RTC26 URS UDSSR RTTY 23 147 300 USB 3 0 Meteo Offenbach Pinn MS Schiff DDH47 D Deutschland RTTY 3855 000 USB 3 0 Meteo Offenbach Pinn MS Schiff DDH3 D Deutschland FAX sale 4583 000 USB 3 0 Meteo Offenbach Pinn MS Schiff DDK2 D Deutschland RTTY 7646000058 30 Meteo Diffenbach Finn 5 Schif D Deutschland ATTY cm 7980 000 USB 30 Meteo Offenbach Pinn MS Schiff DDK3 D Deutschland FAX Lob USB 10100 800 USB 3 0 Meteo Offenbach Pinn MS Schiff DDHB D Deutschland ATTY I 11039 000 USB 3 0 Meteo Offenbach Pinn MS Schiff DDH3 D Deutschland RTTY 11620 nnn LICR l ittanhasehJDan nnka n ATTY 4 ED I AUDIO BR SST PSK TIME Signals UNCHANGED RIDGE 1020 NORTHFRANCSZYEATIONARY WEAKENING LOW 1013 JUST NORTH OF THE SHETLANDS MOVING SOUTHEAST FileName DEEPENING A LITTLE TOMORROW NOON 1009 ELBE ESTUARY 000706 14 55 M ENGLISHCHANNEL WESTERN EAST NORTHEAST 5 SEA 1 1 5 METRE mittee Sitor B 010109 08 03 RTF ENGLISHCHANNE
9. 0x600 Bi directional soundboard 16 bit stereo with line input Further basic requirements will be given by the system Installation 1 Insert the RadioCom 4 5 CD and enter the section number located on the CD into the RC45 key number box and install the RadioCom 4 5 2 Connect the audio from the radio s speaker output jack to the soundcard s microphone or LINE IN jack If you want the program to control the radio you need to connect the radio to the Switchbox via a 9 pin connector and cable constructed from the provided wiring diagrams The wiring diagrams are on the CD in the chapter Technical Service A small switch modem level converter sometimes also called a DONGLE will plug into any free spare Com Serial Port available on the computer There are 3 different switch modems available a ThelC SWL is used for the ICOM radios with original Remote control b The RC SWL and RC HAM switch modems are used for nearly all radios 3 Sounds System Adjustments If the typical sound card is properly installed you will hear the normal wave sounds from your system If you do not have the sound card installed you will need to do that now The basic controls and uses are all described in the windows help sections The sound mixer control panel is the one where you will be adjusting the input and output sound levels for the proper operation of the program Adjust the volume so that you can hear the receiver through your computer speak
10. FAX DECODER Bonito RadioCom 4 5 for PCR ICOM special edition 4 NeW Lopy Save Frust KHz Mo IF StationName _ Station Type Cal County Land Decoder 4 80 4c cm 10 4592000 USB 30 Meteo Offenbach Pinn MS Schiff Deutschland zm 22001 7646 000 USB 30 Meteo Difenbach Pinn 5 Schiff 1 Deutschland OSB 30 VERI A pee taj ea MousePad FrequencySlider 7990 000 USB Meteo Utfenbach Pinn 5 IDK3 Deutschland Steps 100 Hz iE Eis 10100 800 USB 3 0 Meteo Offenbach Pinn MS Schiff Deutschland IF 11039 000 USB 0 Meteo Offenbach Pinn MS Schiff Deutschland cp 11638 000 USB 0 Meteo Offenbach Pinn MS Schiff Deutschland Legg use 13882 500 USB 0 Meteo Offenbach Pinn MS Schiff Deutschland ey 14467 300 USB 0 Meteo Offenbach Pinn MS Schiff Deutschland 5803 000 USB 0 Meteo Prado Mtevideo MS Schiff URG Uruguay 3196 000 USB 0 Meteo Praha MS Schiff TCH Tschechien _ 5 hu 10x Slant 1x dada Width min alc to a meal 1200 MIE E 02090906 12 020303 06 36 020909 02 00 020921 03 30 020921 03 34 020921 09 40 020921 03 45 020923 05 25 020923 05 46 1210923 FAX WAJT START autasave Picture view Picture Receiver This window is usable when you receive a fax It is displayed in reduced
11. L EASTERN PART 010109 08 13 RTF NORTHEAST 4 SEAAGWA WAY TEA 010109 08 15 RTF IJSSELMEER 1010109 08 16 RTF LATER INCREASING A LITTLE SEA 1010109 08 17 1010109 08 18 RTF 1010418 15 53 RTF NORTHWEST 4 T POLATER WESTERLY WINDS 3 00 4 SEA 1 TO 1 5 1 020223 09 43 METRE 020223 09 45 SOUTHWESTERN NORTHSEA 020223 12 24 mee ROMS 3 TO 4 LATER INCREASING 6 SEA LATER 020223 12 56 RTF 3 FISHER 47 so az 2 8 Text View F MousePad FrequencySlider 1 autasave This is how the main screen looks when you are in RTTY mode The RTTY LIVE VIEW window shows the received text Normally you see the last line that is coming in live If you want to see saved text you have to click on the RTTY TEXT VIEW window Save Text Load Print The whole text message is saved in the text memory You can save a marked part of a message You can load the text again in a similar way The text will be saved as a RTF file RTF files can be read edited and printed by Notepad and WordPad To use these functions right mouse click while in the RTTY TEXT VIEW window and choose the desired function from the popup menu Enlarge a big text viewer with a double click into the text field A double click in the field of the File requester enlarged them too 11 MODE Baudot This mode refers to the usual RTTY mode and is an asynchronous mode SYNOP announcements are also sen
12. SOUTHEAST DEEPENING LITTLE TOMORROW NOON 1009 ELBE ESTUARY 000706 14 55 1 010109 07 51 RTF 010109 07 57 RTF 010109 08 03 SYSTEM_STAND_BY ENGLISHCHANNEL WESTERN PART EAST TO NORTHEAST 5 SEA 1 TO 1 5 METRE ENGLISHCHANNEL EASTERN PART 010109 08 13RTF NORTHEAST se SEAAGUA 010109 08 15 RTF IJSSELMEER 010109 08 16 RTF NORTHWESTERLY WINDS 3 TO 4 LATER INCREASING A LITTLE SEA 010109 08 17 0 5 METRE 010109 08 18 RTF GERMAN BIGHT 010418 15 53 R TF NORTHWEST 4 TO POLATER WESTERLY WINDS 3 00 4 SEA 1 TO 1 5 020223 09 43 RTF METRE 020223 09 45 RTF SOUTHWESTERN NORTHSEA 020223 12 24 RTF NOREKTO NORTH 3 TO 4 LATER INCREASING 6 SEA LATER 020223 12 56 ATF 63 PCO ES FISHER User s Manual Contens BasiC FEQuUInCMEMNS chitin E 1 Vig pe RUPEE 1 Sounds System Adjustments 2 5 coa Qu DEDI EA 1 SNO Info 3 Expansionand Ubdale tsi stone a eR Soter E 3 Tecnmical 3 Radio RR ER TNT 4 TOO VV INGO W 5 Transmit and Receive Frequency 6 Reception Adjustments and Tuning 7 Signal Tuning What is a useful signal 0 0 0 8 CIOS RM RT 9 FREQUENCY
13. SSR RTTY AM ran 14510 000 USB 3 0 TASS Moskva OD Ozeanogr RIC75 URS UDSSR RTTY gii MEM 14545000 USB 30 NOWOSTI Moskva OD Ozeanoar ROW24 URS UDSSR RTTY 2 08 Sep 82 UTC 11 86 11 Sr 371130 03 48 J 371130 12 46 371201 22 07 J 371202 10 36 371202 12 01 J 371202 12 10 J 971202 12 14 J amp 1390118 14 52 1 980122 15 33 SYSTEM_STAND_BY ami sus Picture View Looking at the Picture Receiver Explorer window the left part of the window will show the received picture The center will show the saved picture and the right will show the file name of the saved picture You can select a file name and load a saved picture into the editor If you double click the picture in the receive part of the window it will be displayed 1 1 In the control section of the screen you will be able to work with the filtering options There is a quick select function for changing frequencies This is in a box labeled SSTV Freq With the M button it is possible to save a tuned frequency If you tune to something new you can return to the old saved frequency with the M button 20 Tuning A small bright area will be visible on the left of the frequency spectrum This appears sometimes on the red line The red line indicated the synchronizing of the signal at 1200 Hz You should tune until the whole signal fits in the marked filter area Good tuning sh
14. ad FrequencySlider cm 2o or 12780 000 USB 3 0 Cw Luanda MS Sc D3EE1 AGL Angola 17189 600 USB 30 CW Luanda MS Schiff D3E71 AGL Angola i 438 000 USB 3 0 Cw Lyngby MS Schiff 0 2 DNK D nemark teps 100 Hz gt AGG NE 449 000 USB 30 Cw Lyngby 0 2 Danemark 516 500 1058 0 6 Er 500 000 USB 3 0 cw Madras Chennai i Vw IND Indien 515 000 USB 3 0 CW Madras Chennai i Vw IND Indien 8674 500 USB 3 0 CW Madras Chennai MS Schiff Vw IND Indien 12718 500 USB 3 0 CW Madras Chennai MS Schiff Vw IND Indien 475 000 USB 3 0 Cw Maaadan MS Schiff 0159 RUS Russland Cw PSK TIME Signals GENERAL SYNOPTIC SITUATION AT 12 UTC FileName 4 LOW 1004 NORTHERN EGE N SE WEAKENING TOMORROW 1008 000706 14 55 RTF NORTHGREECE LOW 1010 NORTHITALY TOMORROW 1003 GULF OF 010109 07 51 RTF GENOA MOVING SOUTHEAST HIGH 1024 SOUTHWESTERN Paka 010109 07 57 RTF MEDITERRANEAN SEA AND NORTHALGERIA NEARLY UNCHANGED HIGH 010109 08 03 RTF 1033 JUST NORTHWEST OF FINISTERRE MOVING NORTH ONLY A 3 010109 08 13 RTF LITTLE WITH RIDGE 1025 SPAIN STATIONARY 010109 08 15 RTF 010109 08 16 RTF 010103 08 17 RTF 010103 08 18 RTF 010418 15 53 RTF Center Width 020223 09 43 020223 09 45 020223 12 24 RTF 020223 12 56 RTF 020223 12 57 RTF x 1275 50 The CW program is like the RT TY program Tune the signal to the red line You can do this by fre
15. art Frq KHz Scanner 6 000 Stop KHz 08000 Step Time Sec 0 1 ae start SEANA Speaker Filter syt SKIP gt gt nerta Stop Time Sec Waverlay as sanadi 020919 14 21 WAY aA DCF77 WAV 11 025 kHz 16 Bit Mono wv lt lt stop on BuGiG DEMO SSB wAV KACTOMCAT titre Scann Steps 100 0 KHz ictive Decoder Filter ta wave Wut make lst The essential characteristic of the program is the sound processing system together with DSP from your soundcard This is called DSP You need to know following things The signal will be read in with line in or with the microphone input Then it will be checked 11000 times per sec which parts of the frequency this signal got This we call sample frequency After it goes through different complex software processes which we call filter The signal is giving out parallel with listening You can choose if you want to hear the input directly Signal IN ON or after the run through of the filter Wave Out ON If you want to listen to the output you need a bidirectional soundcard In this case its advisable to deactivate Signal IN ON Pay attention to adjust the controller that way that there is no over modulation red area To turn off the receiver listening tone use the switch Signal IN ON This one reset only turn off the received signa
16. d Decoder 14230 000 USE 3015575 20m Amateur EE 1235500 000 3 0 SSTY 23cm AT Amateur SICH AAA Weltweit 5514 7040 000 USB 3 0 5575 40 m AT Amateur SICH Weltweit SST 433400 000 USE 3 0 5575 70cm AT Amateur SICH Weltweit 557 3730 000 USE 3 0 SSTV 80 AT Amateur AAA Weltweit 5514 12121 000 USB 30 SUNA Khartoum Ozeanogr 21 SON Sudan RTTY 15731 000 USB 3 0 SUNA Khartoum Ozeanagr Ah 4 SON Sudan ATTY E 18788 000 USB 3 0 SUNA Khartoum OD Ozeanogr ABW 4 SOM Sudan RTTY z 194569 Daanan COB Gudan RTT gt Ar You have a list which contains the important data for the receiver and transmitter By double clicking on the frequency line you transfer that data to the program and the radio If you press the space bar you will switch to that the frequency Double click ENTER will start the respective decoding process If you press the header line e g Name the list will be sorted Freq List Entry You can make a new entry change Frequency Hz Aadio Mode IF Bandwidh the existing data save sort or delete 14230000 fuse sf skh entries by using the right mouse button and choosing the function you ITEM from the context menu and all the parameters in the appearing Stations M ame Tuning Steps want from the popup menu ESTY 20m Station Call The correct way to enter new data is Amateu
17. e the problems of the fax reception With this program you can turn synchronize and edit fax pictures much faster because it is especially designed for our application ME 7 Load Fax You can load a picture with the usual disk requester When you select a picture file to load a thumbnail picture is shown on the left side of the window If there are no pictures to preview you have to deactivate the display option No MS DOS extension in the windows explorer under view options because we need the display of such MS DOS extensions 16 Save or Print Fax You can save and print the picture using the usual edit window icons 9 4 4 Zoom Sector Enlargement The picture can be enlarged or reduced with the plus or minus keys In the over view mode it is possible to choose a sector with the mouse one at a time 1 4 1 2 11 Z1 41 Fax Over view and Edit Pictures When this control panel is activated the whole picture will be shown full screen In this over view mode the following left control panel is active and the picture can be manipulated Synchronize You received a picture in which the left edge is located in the center of the screen Use this function to synchronize the picture Click on the control icon and then click on the position where you want the left edge to be in the future A Slant Correction If a picture is slanted choose this icon Click on the top edge of the picture and pull down a
18. ers Further check The adjustment displays for indications of audio being detected by the program NOTE If you are not getting any audio from the computer speakers check the LINE IN control to see if it is turned on If you have a microphone plugged in it must be turned off so that it will not give any false or extraneous sounds to the program Within of the RadioCom 4 5 Install you can select between two colour versions blue and green therefore in this manual you can find also sometimes different outfits of the windows and characteristics which you only find on Windows XP Sounds System Adjustments If the typical sound card is properly installed you will hear the normal wave sounds from your system If you do not have the sound card installed you will need to do that now The basic controls and uses are all described in the windows help sections The sound mixer control panel is the one where you will be adjusting the input and output sound levels for the proper operation of the program Adjust the volume so that you can hear the receiver through your computer speakers Further check that the adjustment displays for indications of audio being detected by the program NOTE If you are not getting any audio from the computer speakers check the LINE IN control to see if it is turned on If you have a microphone plugged in it must be turned off so that it will not give any false or extraneous sounds to the program Audio Driver Contig Se
19. eters CW PSK receiving CW and PSK and setting parameters TIME Signals Time signal decoder for German DFC77 und British MSF The program and the DSP filter will work right only by activating the particular decoder The FAX is activated in the example The result is that only the FAX window is actually working now Other windows can be made visible but they do not make useful displays RadioCom 4 5 WorkBench structure Spectrum Analyser XY Adjust TimeSpectrum Range Bonito RadioCom 4 5 for PCR ICOM specia edition LI VAC Edit Delete Station Type Call Rad IO 15 AT Amateur SICH1 Weltwei 2m 255m Amateur AAA Weltweit 7040000 USB AT Amateur SICH1 Weltweit C t NER 433400000 USB 4 AT Amateur on ro 3730 000 USB AT Amateur SICH1 AA m 12121 000 USB OD Ozeanogr YOM21 DN Sudan ED OD zeanogr 1 SDN Sudan 3015 R 3 0 SUNA Khartoum UD Uzeanogr RBV74 SDN Sudan B ann In RT List Equaliser Start KHz xm Eilt j skip gt gt Mest Fra l er Audio Control Audio Recorder Freq Scanner Transmit and Receive Frequency amp eee KHz Mo IF Station M ame Station Call County Lan
20. l Other tones from the system are stil hearable If you turn off the SS une speaker ON there is no tone out pu Volume Lautst rke of the speaker and no sound Main Output Sections Speaker system message too Speaker ON OFF Mute Summe aus switch invers Audio Driver Config Selction for C Media Wave Device Line In Volume Line Lautstarke Speaker Volume Volume Summe Bass Volume Volume not found These options normally can be adjusted with the audio mixer driver of the sound volume control In this program part we try to respond these sound drivers The program tries to find the necessary components It didn t work always Therefore we offer an expedient Some drivers appears if you press the Driver button Treble volume Volume not found Line In Gutputyolame Volume Line Lautstarke Select Wave Select Aux Select CD Audio Select Mikrofon Select Stereomix Microphone Mikrofon E Line In Line In Undefined Wave Find auton Load a onigi Save 21507110 te r Om oo 22 Audio Recorder i EET hang 020919 14 21 WA DLP 11 025 kHz 16 Bit Mono DEMO_ SSB wAV KACTOMCAT hirh r gt dme lt The signal recorder is used for recording or playing back signals v Play Press Playback of a wave fi
21. lction for C Media Wave Device Input Sections Line In Line In listen GHVGRE Mute Line 5tummschaltung switch invers Line In Volume Lin Lautstarke Select Select Line In switch invers Output Sections Wave Out Filter listen Mute Stummschaltung switch invers Filter viram Volume Lautst rke Output Sections Speaker apearen 10 7 Mute Summe aus v switch invers Volume Volume Summe Has vom Volume found Treble volume Volume not found Line In volume Line Lautstarke Select wave Select Aux Select CD Audio Select Mikrofon Select Stereamix L Microphone Mikrofon LJ Line In Line In Undefined wave ti you find this driver in the part of Audio Decoder restare ind auton long save along Short Info These operating instructions are not for amateur radio An assumption is made that you Know how to operate your radio If not you should first get used to using your radio RadioCom includes small helps They will show up when the mouse is on a tool bar or window A popup called a ToolTip will display This will show the function of the respective toolbar or window If you press the right mouse button from the Context Menu you will get further information This is very important for optimal use Expansion and Update
22. le 1 2 Press Stop aj Halt 1 Press Stop Playback 2 Press Playback will go on 9 Loop 1 Repeats playback 2 Press Playback one time If you press the WavePlay as Signal In button in the Audio Control menu the wave file becomes the signal input The volume can be adjusted by the volume control Pressing the record button with the REC symbol the Red Point activates a recording of the signal The input signal is recorded and the recording volume depends on the control next to the record peak meter If a wave file is running and the button WavePlay is active as Signal In in the audio control panel the signal will be recorded as the input There is a slide control below the audio scope that will allow you to move through the wave file In the compressor control panel you can select the type of compression you want to use if you desire For exact analysis of a signal you should use PCM 11025 HZ 16 bit mono 22 kb s mode During some compression types will loose important parts of the signal The file list has got a context menu for delete rename list refresh change folder and info about the select wave file 23 Filter Equalizer Audio Filter Equalizer Mouse Manipulator The equalizer can be used like you draw a picture with the mouse Click anywhere and keep the button down and draw the desired curve of the filter If you press the right button the position will be
23. ows clear colors Off shades signify improper tuning The filter section has 3 variable adjustments one manual and 3 preset selection s LO MED and HI Mode You can choose between the 4 different modes Martin 1 Scottie 1 2 and Robot 72 SSTV FREQ These buttons change the radio to different preset frequencies in the program AVIS There is a start signal in a SSTV signal This automatically starts the reception of a picture and saves it at the end of the transmission This does always work You will have to press Receive to start reception Autosync will try to synchronize the picture Pressing the Autosync button will resynchronize the picture until the colors are right Then you can correct the picture with ManuSync placing it the proper position SSTV SLANT Correction You can correct the slant of a picture by using the 10x or 1x slant buttons You should press and hold the button until the picture is straight The correction factor is either 10 pixels or 1 pixel per single click of the button Pressing and holding the button will provide a quicker correction The Save This Now button will save the picture in the receiver window The AutoSave button will save the picture when the lower edge is reached You can load and print the picture 21 AuDIO DECODER Line Signal In Audio Filter Equalizer Mouse Manipulator Wave Filter Out out 9 St
24. quency or with the mouse moving the signal into the filter Provided the program is controlling the radio Adjustment of the filter width is from 10 Hz to 2 3 kHz You can change the center frequency with the center control The POS and Zoom controls will change the position of the signal Save and Print You can print and or save received text or just marked text Select Font This allows you to change the font style of the displayed text Adjustment The signal will have to be tuned so that it is exactly on the red line Center Use this control to move the filter horizontally This will change the center frequency Width This control changes the bandwidth of the filter 19 SSTV DECODER Bonito RadioCom 4 5 for PCR ICOM special edition MousePad FrequencySlider eor 20m 15g 1073 14230 000 1058 30155 NET zem 14362 000 E 3 0 PAP n a ume POL Polen TES Xm nm 14366 900 USB 3 0 Meteo Beijing MS Schiff Volksrep FAX Steps 1 KHz x ZUM SPEI 14367 000 USB 3 0 XNA Beijing OD Ozeanogr BZP54 CHN Volksrep RTTY IF 3KHz Mode 14376 000 USB 3 0 XNA Beijing OD Ozeanogr BZT34 CHN Volksrep RTTY 14467 300 USB 3 0 Meteo Offenbach Pinn MS Schiff DDH8 D Deutschland ATTY OKO OOE LSB JSE 14490 000 USB 3 0 BAKHTAR Moskva OD Ozeanogr RNK36 URS UDSSR RTTY owe aM 14490 000 USB 30 TASS Moskva OD Ozeanogr RNK36 URS UD
25. r Radio Station lI JSICH to select the mode receive EU frequency and adjust the parameters for proper operation When you are weltweit satisfied choose ADD A NEW LIST window should be entered All that you enter here will be loaded by a double click from now on Center Fra Hz Width Hz 1900 Reception Adjustments and Tuning The quality of reception is affected by a lot of factors The antenna and the quality of the receiver are the biggest A good antenna can be constructed by taking 6 meters of wire and connect it to the center conductor of a piece of coax long enough to reach from outside to the radio Take another piece of wire 6 meters long and connect it to the shield of the coax Make sure the connections are waterproof and will hold up to the pull from the wire Secure the ends of the wire to a rope and raise both ends off the ground making a T As higher the better This is a simple DIPOLE antenna Nobody has offered us an antenna which is better There are different types of antennas verticals active antennas loop antennas and so on We offer a special antenna but we never say that our antenna is better than a perfect wire Our antenna is only better than all other compromises when a wire antenna can t be constructed And they all were tested At first try a clear frequency If you receive a bad signal you may have to optimize the antenna or
26. r and you won t have to do this again Drum Speed The drum speed for most pictures received is 120 RPM Maps from Moscow come with different speed like 60 90 or 120 Shift and Center Frequency Sometimes it is advisable to move the adjustment of the high signal area to the low This helps to eliminate unwanted signals This means you have to move the two red lines on the horizontal scale of the frequency spectrum display Filter Bandwidth You can adjust the filter and the passage area of the filter brighter area The filter should go beyond the shift Other adjustments can make improvements 14 Spectrum Analyzer This is the display for adjusting the sound frequency Using USB the fax signal will have a pile of bars which deflects to the end of the left red line The bright area shows the filters sohere of activity For getting clear white pictures the main bar should be located before the red line on the right If there is interference you can move the center frequency up or down to minimize the bandwidth or change the filter 15 VIEW AND EDIT WEATHER MAPS FAX 2 RadioCom 5 0 PicWork FAX 1998 06 04 18 12 BMP File Edit Image Zoom lel x c EG A 14 1 211 2 41 Bereit 1810 2202 4 Bit Color A received weather map is a BMP picture You can edit the Bitmap with standard programs However there are special tools missing to change or improv
27. size Right click on the fax window and select the 1 1 big view or make a double click in the fax window Save Activating the AutoSave button will start saving the picture from now until the stop signal is received Normally the program will do this automatically with the incoming start signals The Save This Now is deactivated when you start the program The picture may not be synchronized at this moment press the right mouse button on the margin and the picture will become left synchronized Click on the LED you change the state of save 13 save FAX Buffer If you want to save a Fax manually you have to press the Snapshot button The whole picture will be saved You can view and edit the picture with the big View Fax option Module and Slant Correction IOC Part Weather Fax s usually use an IOC of 576 sometimes 288 Radio amateurs use 267 lOC 267 Direct reception of Meteosat and amateur pictures IOC 288 Small weather maps with about 800 pixel resolution IOC 352 Press pictures with about 1100 pixel resolution IOC 576 Large weather maps with about 1800 pixel resolution You can also adjust the slant of a Fax picture The first time you run the program the picture will probably be slanted If that does occur you can adjust the picture to the left or right by using the lt gt buttons When you are satisfied with the slant correction click on the Calc to all button This saves the correction facto
28. t in this mode Sync Baudot This mode manually synchronizes the Baudot mode Sitor B This is a synchronous mode It uses a self error correcting method that reduces interference problems Navtex uses a form of this called FEC Forward Error Correcting and is at 100 baud rate Baud rate Baud rate is derived from Baudot It is the speed of the data bits when using RTTY mode The most common baud rate is 50 baud but commercial stations for weather reports often use 75 to 100 baud Navtex in Sitor B mode is 100 baud Shift and Mark Frequencies The shift is the distance in time between the two audio frequencies sounds which determine the RTTY byte or character It is shown on the frequency analyzer by the two red lines The mark frequency determines the position of both red lines and the shift determines the width of the lines Stop Bits Each character sent in Baudot must have a start bit and either 1 5 stop bits or 2 bits This arrangement of bits is what determines the code of the character Polarity Most receivers and transceivers have USB and LSB functions Digital data can be sent in either mode Most of the time stations use USB If you are not able to decode a station correctly you can try and INVERT the signal The LE and FI buttons stand LETTERS and FIGURES There are times when in decoding Baudot the decoder will get HUNG UP in figures or letters You can force he program to change by clicking these buttons 12
29. that the signal is placed exactly on the red lines The distance between the lines is the bandwidth called SHIFT The horizontal numbers on the scale show the pitch and the vertical lines show the volume This picture shows a RTTY signal with two different pitches One for Mark and the other is Space Both sounds should be placed exactly on the red line During a fax signal the bandwidth is higher the red lines farther apart with the major signal on the red line to the right The adjustment process is explained in that part of the manual X Y Tuning Display On the preceding page a RITY signal was used as an example whose adjustment is now displayed on the X Y display Get the signal between the red lines Shift by using the frequency spectrum Then get the cross If that will not work you can play a little bit with the shift If the shift is correct the bars will be placed vertical on top of each other Finally make sure the crossbars are perpendicular Speed Problems of the Tuning Display The adjustment displays use a lot of CPU cycles and resources Combined with other demands made on the system you might encounter problems if your processor has a low clock rate You can close the RI TY or FAX tasks by pressing CTRL ALT DEL and ending the task Using the Kernel CPU option located in the System Tools section under the System Monitor This shows CPU usage and if you can risk opening another window You can right click the mouse on
30. y but the letters have no meaning It might be a foreign language or a cipher code Which would be not readable Even if you receive correct synoptic number codes you may think they are useless This data can be weather data which will be automatically decoded by the program Adjustment Helps You ll need help in tuning to adjust a signal to make the program work correctly The tuning helps will show you where the signal is located and the interference around it You will be able to tune the signal in real time visually The Scope bar contains the Spectrum Analyzer X Y Tuning Display and the Signal Scope The adjustment helps are shown in the upper part of the screen They show the incoming audio so that you can adjust the characteristics from the radio Slowly rotate the tuning knob and see how the program reacts to the changes made Frequency Spectrum om We 4 1 Th i i FT ula TN TT TATT SSS All the audio is displayed and is marked from left to right The height corresponds to a stronger amplitude sound You will see how amplitude will depend on the pitch Always try and find that has the highest amplitude There are exact technical instructions for which pitch the system is set for But in practice it depends on the filter curves of the radio The unedited frequency list is always theoretical and not adjusted to your individual radio When tuning you should take care
31. you might wait until the conditions are better If you try and work with a signal that has lots of interference it will be difficult to interpret the elements of the tuning and the functions How to adjust something you can t see or hear If you have adjusted the signal as best as you can with good receiving conditions you can also decode it by worth conditions The tuning and the parameters in the frequency list are already saved and because of that you can call them up again It will not be necessary to make the adjustments again By doing that you will see what the decoder can do It can work well because the decoder does not register interference s like the human ear The speaker will reproduce everything exactly like it comes in So you hear a lot of things that the DSP filters out Signal Tuning What is a useful signal A digital signal is comprised of different sounds or pitches The distance in time between the first and the last tone is called bandwidth Good digital signals will always be concise and different from all other sounds You just have figure out what kind of signal it is MORSE RTTY SSTV or FAX You will soon be able to detect what the signals are by the sounds We only decode NAVTEX SITOR and RTTY But there are a lot of different modes sent over the air We do not decode these BUT OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE Therefore a meaningless signal may be a useful signal There are signals which we are decoding correctl
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