‰ NOW 25 WPM ‰ TEXT IS FROM JANUARY 2016 QST PAGE 32‰ UPCONVERTER ONCE YOU HAVE THE SOFTWARE AND DONGLE WORKING PROPERLY, UNPLUG THE DONGLE AND ATTACH IT TO THE UPCONVERTER. ATTACH AN HF ANTENNA, PLUG THE DONGLE INTO THE COMPUTER, AND APPLY POWER TO THE CONVERTER. ACTIVATE THE SDR SOFTWARE AND SET THE FREQUENCY TO A KNOWN SIGNAL SUCH AS WWV 110R000000 MHZ, INCLUDING THE UPCONVERTER OFFSET. SELECT AM MODULATION AND OBSERVE IF AN ADJUSTMENT IS NECESSARY TO ALIGN THE RECEIVER AGAIN. IF SO, RETURN TO THE FREQUENCY CORRECTION PPM ADJUSTMENT. THIS ADJUSTMENT WILL COMPENSATE FOR A CRYSTAL OSCILLATOR THAT MAY NOT BE EXACTLY ON FREQUENCY. HF BAND OPERATION YOU MAY NEED TO REDUCE RECEIVER GAIN IN THE CONFIGURE SELECTION TO KEEP THE DONGLE FROM OVERLOADING WHEN LISTENING ON THE HF BANDS. ADJUST THE FILTER BANDWIDTH AS REQUIRED. IN SOME CASES YOU MAY NEED TO FINE TUNE TO CENTER THE RECEIVED FREQUENCY TO MATCH THE TUNED FREQUENCY. USE THE CONFIGURE MENU AS DESCRIBED ABOVE. WHEN TUNING A ‰ END OF 25 WPM TEXT ‰ QST DE W1AW ƒ