Dave, Tnx for your info. I am using the waterfall on 40 meters on the digital modes. It is quick to display a new signal and give an indication of its strength. I tried -135 dBm and black for the baseline and -80 dBm for the max, but it varies a bit as the noise on the band varies.
73, Chas W1CG. At 09:14 AM 1/31/2007, Dave & Nancy Ridge wrote: >Chas, > >here are my settings: Setup>Display (Waterfall) "Low Level is -145, >"High Level" is -110, "Low Color" is black, "Averging Time" is 5. > >All of these settings will depend on your noise floor. Your noise >floor depends on your preamp and your antenna noise at your >location. I try to set my High and Low Level so I see a medium blue >(SKY) with slight light blue dots (STARS) that represent noise. The >signal will be seen as light blue to red to yellow hash marks >depending on the signal strength. > >I set the "Refresh Rates'--- "Main Display" FPS to 15. This gives me >about 20 seconds of viewing time from top to bottom. > >I can't see how the Waterfall would be of much help on the HF bands >but on 6 meters with a preamp on the SDR1000 is a killer! _______________________________________________ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/
