User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- The Hardware
- Installation
- Getting Started
- Inside the Excelsior
- Resizing the Application Window
- Drop-Down Menu Controls
- Tuning the Excelsior
- Receiver Selection
- Mode Selection
- Function Tabs
- Spectrum Scopes
- Recording Functions
- Attenuator
- Preamplifier
- S-meter
- Top Menu Bar
- File
- Options
- Auto-mute RX not in focus
- Enable second RX
- Filter Length
- Front Panel LED
- Display Offset
- Time
- Keyboard Shortcuts
- VSC Set-up
- Audio Buffering
- AMS Capture Range
- Audio Output
- Show Measurements
- Show Data Rates
- Of particular interest to many users will be the CPU load (excessive CPU load may cause sluggish behaviour or freezing of the computer), and Audio latency. Apart from DDC bandwidth, CPU load may be minimized by reducing the Demodulator filter length (...
- Note: When measuring sensitivity using SINAD, it is very important that the Audio Filter is enabled and the cut-off frequencies (and for FM measurements, also the de-emphasis) are set according to the specified test conditions. Proper audio filtering ...
- Show Waterfall Timestamps
- Calibration
- Hand-Off Receiver
- Color scheme
- Restore factory defaults
- Memory
- Scheduler
- Scanner
- Logger
- Plugins
- Power Switch
- Date and Time Display
- Appendix A – SDR and DDC Primer
- Appendix B – Troubleshooting
- Appendix C – USB Interface Diagnostics
- Appendix D – Dealing with Interference
- Appendix E – G39DDCi PCIe Card Connections
- Appendix F – Waterfall Spectrum Palettes
- Appendix G – Recording File Formats
- Appendix H – Compliance Declarations
- Appendix I – Safety Disposal
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Noise Blanker
........................................................................................... 66
Pause
........................................................................................................ 67
Spectrum Scopes
....................................................................................... 69
Zoom Spectrum
........................................................................................ 71
Save Spectrum
......................................................................................... 71
Resolution Bandwidth
............................................................................... 71
Spectrum Averaging
................................................................................. 72
Waterfall Spectrum
................................................................................... 72
Spectrum Markers
.................................................................................... 74
Information Buttons
.................................................................................. 75
Baseline Level
.......................................................................................... 76
Peak Hold
................................................................................................. 76
Audio Spectrum
........................................................................................ 76
Sweeper
.................................................................................................... 78
Activity Search
.......................................................................................... 80
Recording Functions
................................................................................. 81
Attenuator
................................................................................................... 85
Preamplifier
................................................................................................. 86
S-meter
........................................................................................................ 86
Top Menu Bar
............................................................................................. 87
File
............................................................................................................ 87
Options
..................................................................................................... 90
Memory
................................................................................................... 102
Scheduler
................................................................................................ 102
Scanner
.................................................................................................. 104
Logger
..................................................................................................... 105
Plugins
.................................................................................................... 106
Power Switch ............................................................................................ 107
Date and Time Display
............................................................................. 107
Appendix A – SDR and DDC Primer
....................................................... 108
Appendix B – Troubleshooting
............................................................... 113
Appendix C – USB Interface Diagnostics
.............................................. 117
Appendix D – Dealing with Interference
................................................ 118
Appendix E – G39DDCi PCIe Card Connections
................................... 120
Appendix F – Waterfall Spectrum Palettes
............................................ 121
Appendix G – Recording File Formats
................................................... 122
Appendix H – Compliance Declarations
................................................ 124
Appendix I – Safety Disposal
.................................................................. 125