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SDR Oxide Brown — User Manual

The manual, one page per section. The single source is docs/USER_MANUAL.md; these pages are generated from it.

• 1. Feature overview
• 2. Basic operation
  • 2.1 Launching
  • 2.2 The main window
  • 2.3 Tuning
  • 2.4 Bands and modes
  • 2.5 VFOs, split, and the sub-receiver
  • 2.6 RIT and XIT
  • 2.7 Receiver controls
  • 2.8 The display and FFT controls
  • 2.9 The S-meter
  • 2.10 Transmit
  • 2.11 Voice keyer
  • 2.12 Memory channels
  • 2.13 Scanning
  • 2.14 CW: decoding and keyboard sending
  • 2.15 Band conditions
  • 2.16 Satellite operation (SAT)
  • 2.17 Running more than one radio
  • 2.18 Repeater operation (DUPLEX and TONE)
  • 2.19 DRM (Digital Radio Mondiale)
  • 2.20 HD Radio (NRSC-5)
  • 2.21 Recording the audio and the spectrum
  • 2.22 QO-100 beacon plugin
• 3. Digital modes
  • 3.1 General considerations
  • 3.2 FT8, FT4 and FT2
  • 3.3 PSK31 and RTTY
  • 3.4 Olivia, THOR and FSQ
  • 3.5 Hellschreiber
  • 3.6 SSTV
  • 3.7 RIFP (Radio Image Framing Protocol)
  • 3.8 Weather fax (WEFAX / radiofax)
  • 3.9 JS8
  • 3.10 RF Paint (spectrum painting)
  • 3.11 WSPR (Weak Signal Propagation Reporter)
  • 3.12 APRS
  • 3.13 ADS-B (aircraft on 1090 MHz)
  • 3.14 NAVTEX
  • 3.15 VDL2 (what the aircraft are saying)
  • 3.16 AIS (ships on 162 MHz)
  • 3.17 AtCHAT NET
  • 3.18 ACARS (airline datalink on airband)
  • 3.19 HFDL (aircraft on the shortwave band)
  • 3.20 PI4 (Next Generation Beacon)
  • 3.21 DSC (marine distress and calling)
  • 3.22 JT65 and JT9
  • 3.23 FST4
  • 3.24 MSK144
  • 3.25 Q65
  • 3.26 UVPacket
  • 3.27 FSK441
  • 3.28 JTTY
• 4. Skimmers
• 5. ISM band decoder
  • 5.1 Where it listens, and where to tune
  • 5.2 Reading the device list
  • 5.3 What is decoded so far
  • 5.4 The rtl_433 decoders
  • 5.5 Adding your own decoders (flex specs)
  • 5.6 Nothing is being decoded
  • 5.7 Checking it without waiting for a sensor
• 6. Settings
  • 6.1 General: station, audio and remote access
  • 6.2 Radio: choosing and configuring the rig
  • 6.3 UI: display preferences and voice announcements
  • 6.4 Controls: keyboard, mouse and MIDI
  • 6.5 Spots: spot feeds
  • 6.6 FreeDV: FreeDV Reporter
  • 6.7 Uploads: callsign lookup and QSL services
  • 6.8 Winlink: radio email account
  • 6.9 Servers: letting other programs drive the radio
  • 6.10 TLE: satellites and their frequencies
  • 6.11 T/R switch: protecting the receiver on transmit
  • 6.12 Profiles: saved station setups
• 7. Solar system 3D view
  • 7.1 Navigating: the camera, targets and the auto tour
  • 7.2 The layers
  • 7.3 The planets, moons and small bodies
  • 7.4 Clouds
  • 7.5 The aurora
  • 7.6 Satellites
  • 7.7 Your QSOs on the globe
  • 7.8 The propagation heat map
  • 7.9 The awards layer
  • 7.10 The Sun
  • 7.11 Scale and time
  • 7.12 The propagation panel
  • 7.13 Readouts and the CME arrival banner
  • 7.14 Where the data comes from
• 8. Remote operation
  • 8.1 Start the server
  • 8.2 Connect a native remote client
  • 8.3 Sign-in: who may operate the station
  • 8.4 What to know
• 9. Web operation
  • 9.1 Serve the web client
  • 9.2 What works in the browser
  • 9.3 Audio needs a secure context
  • 9.4 Behind a reverse proxy on a subpath
  • 9.5 Phones and tablets
• 10. Spotting, awards, and QSL upload
  • 10.1 Spot feeds (DX cluster, POTA, SOTA, PSK Reporter)
  • 10.2 Callsign lookup
  • 10.3 Uploading QSOs (eQSL, QRZ, HamQTH, Club Log, LoTW)
  • 10.4 Award tracking
  • 10.5 FreeDV Reporter (qso.freedv.org)
  • 10.6 Broadcast stations on longwave and shortwave
  • 10.7 Signal identification
  • 10.8 Contest logging
• 11. Winlink radio email
• 12. Command-line reference
• 13. Configuration files
  • 12.1 Choosing the radio interface without a GUI
• 14. Troubleshooting
• 15. Radio-specific notes
  • 15.1 Xiegu G90
  • 15.2 Xiegu X6100
  • 15.3 Icom over USB (IC-7300 and family)
  • 15.4 Icom over LAN (IC-705, IC-7300MK2, IC-7610, IC-7760, IC-7851, IC-9700, IC-905)
  • 15.5 Icom IC-R8600
  • 15.6 Kenwood (TS-480, TS-590, TS-890, TS-990, TS-2000)
  • 15.7 Yaesu (FT-891, FT-991A, FT-710, FTDX10, FTDX101, FTDX1200/3000/5000)
  • 15.8 Elecraft (K3, K3S, KX2, KX3, K4)
  • 15.9 ELAD FDM-DUO / FDM-S1 / FDM-S2
  • 15.10 QRP Labs QMX / QMX+ / QDX
  • 15.11 SunSDR / ExpertSDR3 / Thetis (TCI)
  • 15.12 Hermes Lite 2 (and other HPSDR)
  • 15.13 FlexRadio (FLEX-6000 / FLEX-8000, SmartSDR)
  • 15.14 RTL-SDR dongles (Blog V3 / V4 and generic)
  • 15.15 SDRplay RSP (RSP1/1A/1B/2, RSPduo, RSPdx)
  • 15.16 Airspy HF+, Airspy R2 / Mini and HydraSDR RFOne
  • 15.17 HackRF One / Pro
  • 15.18 PlutoSDR (ADALM-Pluto, Pluto+, LibreSDR)
  • 15.19 LimeSDR + LimeRFE
  • 15.20 RX-888 Mk1 / RX-888 Mk2
  • 15.21 Public SDRs on the internet (KiwiSDR / Web-888, SpyServer)
  • 15.22 USB audio radio (sound card)
  • 15.23 Luiton LT-310SDR — DIY isolated digimode & audio interface (EXPERIMENTAL, at your own risk.)
• 16. Appendix
• 17. Addendum: a headless station on a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W