‰ NOW 40 WPM ‰ ENHANCED, AND THE OTHER PARTY SAID IT SOUNDED BETTER. LATER, I FOUND THAT V1R0R7 OF THE PIHPSDR SOFTWARE ADDED AN EQUALIZER FUNCTION, AND I COULD MAKE MY AUDIO SOUND ABOUT THE SAME WITH EITHER THE CONTROLLER OR THE PC AND POWERSDR IN AN A/B TEST. WITH THE EQUALIZER PROPERLY ADJUSTED, I WENT ON TO MAKE A FEW MORE SSB CONTACTS ON 160, 80, AND 40 METERS. I WAS IMPRESSED, AND SO WERE THE PARTIES ON THE OTHER END OF THE CONTACT. AFTER EXPERIMENTING, I DISCOVERED THAT THE REC TO GET STARTED, SIMPLY PERFORM THE FOLLOWING STEPS WITH THE PIHPSDR CONTROLLER CONNECTED TO THE ANAN TRANSCEIVER BY ETHERNET AND THE POWER CABLE CONNECTED TO A 12 V DC SUPPLY, PRESS THE POWER BUTTON ON. RASPBIAN WILL BOOT UP AND PIHPSDR SOFTWARE WILL AUTOSTART. THE DISCOVERY FORM WILL APPEAR. SELECT DISCOVER OK FOR THE CONTROLLER TO FIND THE TRANSCEIVER. IT MAY TAKE MORE THAN ONE RETRY. THE PIHPSDR GUI GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE WILL APPEAR. FIGURES 7 AND 8 SHOW THE PIHPSDR DISPLAY. ALONG THE TOP OF THE SCREEN ARE VFO FREQUENCY, MANY TRANSCEIVER SETTINGS, METER, AND A FIXED MENU WITH TWO BUTTONS HIDE AND MENU. CLICKING MENU DISPLAYS THE MAIN MENU WITH BUTTONS TO ENABLE ALL OTHER MENUS. CLICKING HIDE MINIMIZES THE PIHPSDR GUI AND SHOWS THE RASPBIAN DESKTOP, BUT PIHPSDR WILL CONTINUE TO OPERATE. THE DISPLAY ALSO SHOWS A FREQUENCY GRID AND SPECTRUM PANADAPTER/WATERFALL PANAFALL FOR EACH RECEIVER. THE SLIDER CONTROLS AND MENU TOOLBAR ARE BELOW THE WATERFALL DISPLAY. THE TOOLBAR AND CONTROLS CAN BE CUSTOMIZED USING THE DISPLAY OPTION IN THE MAIN MENU. FREQUENCY DISPLAY AND TUNING THE FREQUENCY DISPLAY SHOWS A GRIDLINE OF FREQUENCY HORIZONTAL AND AMPLITUDE VERTICAL. THE PANADAPTER SHOWS SIGNALS THAT ARE WITHIN FREQUENCY RANGE OF THE PANADAPTER. THE WATERFALL SHOWS THE AMPLITUDE VERSUS FREQUENCY BY COLOR AND MOVES DOWNWARD IN TIME, MAKING IT EASY TO DETECT WEAK SIGNALS. THE RECEIVE FILTER IS A SEMI TRANSPARENT, VERTICAL RECTANGLE SHOWING WHAT WILL BE RECEIVED. THE VIRTUAL CARRIER FREQUENCY IS A VERTICAL RED LINE INDICATING THE FREQUENCY. TUNING IS ACCOMPLISHED BY USING A FINGER ON THE TOUCHSCREEN, USING THE MOUSE, OR TURNING THE VFO KNOB. SELECT THE FREQUENCY BY SLIDING YOUR FINGER HORIZONTALLY ON THE PANAFALL DISPLAY. HOLDING THE LEFT MOUSE BUTTON DOWN IS EQUIVALENT TO PRESSING YOUR FINGER ON THE TOUCHSCREEN. FINE TUNING CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED BY ROLLING A FINGER ON THE TOUCHSCREEN OR DRAGGING THE PAN ADAPTER/WATERFALL SLOWLY WITH A MOUSE. PRECISE TUNING CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED BY ADJUSTING THE VFO KNOB OR USING THE MOUSE THUMBWHEEL. THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT TUNING MODES. WITH CTUN OFF, THE FILTER WINDOW IS FIXED ALWAYS CENTERED IN THE DISPLAY. TUNING IS ACCOMPLISHED BY SLIDING THE FREQUENCY DISPLAY UNTIL THE SIGNAL IS IN THE FILTER WINDOW. WITH CTUN ON, THE FREQUENCY DISPLAY IS FIXED. TUNING IS ACCOMPLISHED BY SLIDING THE FILTER WINDOW TO ENCLOSE THE SIGNAL. IT CAN ALSO BE ACCOMPLISHED BY CLICKING ON THE VIRTUAL CARRIER FREQUENCY, OR THE SIGNAL ITSELF FOR CW. SET THE ‰ END OF 40 WPM TEXT ‰ QST DE W1AW ƒ