> UNL-WREXT Report No.
Computer based communications receivers designed } for a wide range of professional and amateur applications.
Win Radio Creating New Standards The award-winning and immensely popular Win Radio QR-1000i is the world's first commercially available wide-band communications receiver. Integrating advanced radio receiver technology and the computing power sets a new standard in radio communications. The synergy of radio and computing technology provides all WIN RADIO receivers with many unique features which are hard to find ont the usual stand-alone communications receivers.
Optional Digital Suite Software “The optional WIN RADIO Digital Suite is a collection of digital signal processing modules.
FCC Notice The WIN RADIO card has been tested and found to comply with the meets for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCG Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if nat installed and used in accordance with the instructions. may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
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WIN RADIO User's Guide 4. Choose an empty 16-bit expansion slot. preferably with an empty slot immediately to the right (assuming you are facing the computer front), 5. Important: Before inserting the Win Radio card, touch the computer metalwork with your hand {to drain any static ge from your body). and also touch the metal bracket on the WIN RADIO card 6. Carefully insert the card into the vacant slot and push until iris acted.
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WIN RADIO User's Guide Sensitivity Problems The Win Radio receiver is very sensitive. so low sensitivity problems are usually due to noise induced into the antenna by the PC monitor, less commonly the PC. or some other external source. If the noise is strong enough. it can overload the receiver which responds by automatically reducing sensitivity using its AGC (Automatic Gain Control) mechanism, This problem is more common on ow frequencies fonder MHz. As a result.
WIN RADIO User's Guide To tune the receiver to the new frequency. press the Enter key. To cancel and return the previous display. press the Escape key. In each mode, the frequency readout only displays the most significant digits which affect tuning and reception. On the QR-1500 series receivers. the display resolution is as follows: LSB and USB. 10 Hz in FMN, 100 He in AM and 1 kHz in FMW, On the QR-1000 series receivers. all modes except FMW have a display resolution of [00Hz (1 kHz in FMW) To FMW.
Radioman User's Guide The squelch threshold also controls scanning. When scanning, the receiver will pause or stop 3 it receives # signal above the squelch threshold. otherwise it will continue scanning unt] such a signal is found. If you wish, you can have different squelch thresholds for normal reception and scanning. Toe activate Dis feature, go wo “Configure General Options and select “Separate squelch for scanning”. The receiver will then accept different squelch thresholds on the front panel.