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PANAFALL DISPLAY PROVIDES VALUABLE INFORMATION REGARDING WHAT IS HAPPENING
ON THE BAND, AND IT IS INVALUABLE IN LOCATING ACTIVITY ON A BAND WITH FEW
SIGNALS, SUCH AS 10 OR 6 METERS OR VHF/ UHF WITH A TRANSVERTER.  ON
MICROWAVE FREQUENCIES, WHERE THE FREQUENCY CALIBRATION IS LESS ACCURATE,
THE PAN ADAPTER CAN HELP FIND A SIGNAL THAT IS FAINT AND OFF FREQUENCY.
THE EMISSION MODE CAN USUALLY BE DISCERNED BY THE SHAPE OF THE WAVEFORM.
OPEN SPOTS FOR CALLING CQ CAN BE FOUND BY NOTING THE ABSENCE OR WEAKNESS OF
SIGNALS ON THE PANADAPTER.  AN ISSUE WITH SOME SDR TRANSCEIVERS IS THE
LATENCY BETWEEN SIGNAL ARRIVING AT THE ANTENNA AND SOUNDING IN THE SPEAKERS
OR HEADPHONES.  LIKEWISE, THERE IS A LATENCY BETWEEN VOICE INTO THE
MICROPHONE AND OUT TO THE ANTENNA.  CW TRANSMIT IS IMPLEMENTED IN THE FPGA
FIRMWARE RATHER THAN THE PIHPSDR OR POWERSDR SOFTWARE, SO THERE IS NO
LATENCY IN THAT CASE.  I USED MY IC 7000 FOR COMPARISON AND NOTICED SOME
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