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AGC LEVELS ARE SELECTABLE, OR THE AGC CAN BE DISABLED ENTIRELY.  THE NOISE
REDUCTION FUNCTION CAN BE SWITCHED ON AND THE LEVEL VARIED ACCORDINGLY.
UNLIKE SOME DSP NOISE REDUCTION APPLICATIONS THAT TEND TO CREATE A HOLLOW,
RINGING SOUND, THE PERSEUS VERSION IS PL
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Radioamateur de la valle du Richelieu VE2CVR 943 2 26 3,484 QC Guilford

ILLUSTRATIONS.  ALL FUNCTIONS ARE CLEARLY LABELED AND THE OPERATION OF THE
SOFTWARE OVERALL IS VERY INTUITIVE.  DURING MY FIRST 30 MINUTES OF
EXPLORATION, I ONLY HAD TO RESORT TO THE MANUAL WHEN I WANTED TO LEARN THE
FINER POINTS OF A PARTICULAR FUNCTION.  THE PERSEUS HAS AN EFFECTIVE
RECEIVE RANGE OF 10 KHZ TO MORE THAN 30 MHZ.  WITHIN THE SPECTRUM DISPLAY
WINDOW YOU CAN MONITOR UP TO 800 KHZ AT A TIME.  FOR MOST OF MY
APPLICATIONS, HOWEVER, I REDUCED THE DISPLAY BANDWIDTH CONSIDERABLY TO MAKE
IT EASIER TO TUNE NARROW SIGNALS SUCH AS CW OR DIGITAL.  THERE ARE EIGHT
RECEIVE MODES AVAILABLE AT THE CLICK OF A SOFTWARE BUTTON CW, UPPER
SIDEBAND, LOWER SIDEBAND, AM, SYNCHRONOUS AM, RTTY, FM AND DRM MORE ABOUT
DRM IN A MOMENT.  THE PERSEUS ALSO PROVIDES A USER MODE THAT MAKES THE RAW
I AND Q DATA AVAILABLE FOR USER DESIGNED APPLICATIONS.  THE TURBOCHARGED
PERFORMANCE OF THE PERSEUS BECAME EVIDENT WHEN I USED IT TO DIG WEAK CW
SIGNALS OUT OF THE NOISE ONE EVENING ON 40 METERS.  SOME OF THE SIGNALS
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49 3,714 WY Bristol Co Repeater Assn W1ACT N1JOY 850 2 10 3,674 EMA
Milwaukee Repeater Club WI9MRC K9VS 906 2 101 3,636 WI Saratoga Co RACES

THE WORLD AT YOUR FINGERTIPS HAMS WHOVE READ MY PRODUCT REVIEWS KNOW THAT
ONE OF MY FAVORITE YARDSTICKS IS THE NO MANUAL TEST.  YES, WE SHOULD ALL
READ THE MANUALS BEFORE WE APPLY POWER TO ANY EQUIPMENT.  IN THEORY,
HOWEVER, A WELL DESIGNED PIECE OF HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE SHOULD BE
SUFFICIENTLY USER FRIENDLY THAT IT WORKS RIGHT OUT OF THE BOX WITH AS
LITTLE STUDY AS POSSIBLE.  THE PERSEUS SOFTWARE PASSED THE NO MANUAL TEST
ADMIRABLY.  ONCE YOU FIGURE OUT HOW TO CLICK YOUR MOUSE ON THE ARROW KEYS
AT THE LOWER EDGES OF THE SPECTRUM DISPLAY, YOURE IN BUSINESS.  THERE IS A
DIGITAL FREQUENCY READOUT AS WELL.  IF YOU DOUBLE CLICK WITHIN THE READOUT
WINDOW, A DIRECT FREQUENCY ENTRY KEYPAD APPEARS.  JUST ENTER YOUR DESIRED
FREQUENCY IN KILOHERTZ AND CLICK OK OR TURN YOUR MOUSE WHEEL.  THERE ARE A
TOTAL OF 10 WAYS TO TUNE THE RADIO BY CLICKING AND DRAGGING VARIOUS PARTS
OF THE DISPLAY.  IF YOU PREFER A MORE TACTILE TUNING EXPERIENCE, THE
PERSEUS WILL ALSO WORK WITH THE GRIFFIN TECHNOLOGY POWERMATE USB CONTROLLER
ACTING AS A TRADITIONAL KNOB.  THE PERSEUS SOFTWARE CREATES AN ATTRACTIVE
VIRTUAL RADIO ON YOUR COMPUTER SCREEN, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE ACCOMPANYING
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MNARC/DCARA/MobileSixers K3TU 949 2 31 3,766 EPA Delta ARC / Mid South ARA
/ Tri State Repeater Assn W4BS WA4KHN 928 2 100 3,754 TN Wilderness Road
ARC W4CDA WQ4Z 769 2 36 3,742 KY North East Wyoming ARA NE7WY N7XKT 786 2
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