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7. Operation reference “cheat sheet”
Main controls functions:
“Select” single press : Keyer speed
adjust, then “Select” again to select,
or “Exit” to cancel.
Double press: RIT adjust, then
“Select” again to select, or “Exit” to
cancel
Long press: Enter the configuration
menu (see below)
“Exit” single press : change VFO
mode: A, B, Split
Double press: Select frequency
preset. Then press “Select” (save
VFO to preset), “Exit” (load preset
to VFO) or “Rotary” (cancel)
Long press: swap VFO A and B
frequencies
Encoder turn: tuning, menu
selection, editing, etc
Encoder press: change tune rate
1kHz->500Hz->100Hz->10Hz
Encoder dbl or long press: choose
stored message. Then “Select” to
send repeatedly, “Rotary” to send
once, or “Exit” to cancel
Configuration menu items:
1 Preset
Preset 1 to Preset 16: Enter frequency
presets.
2 Messages
2.1 Message 1 to Message 12:
Stored messages. First four are 100
characters, rest are 50 characters.
2.13 Interval: gap between message
transmissions, in seconds
2.14 Repeats: number of message
repeats, 1 to 99 or infinite
3 VFO
3.1 VFO mode: A, B or Split
3.2 VFO A: startup frequency
3.3 VFO B: startup frequency
3.4 Tune rate: startup rate, 1kHz, 500Hz,
100Hz or 10Hz
3.5 RIT: Receive incremental tuning
3.6 RIT rate: 1kHz to 1Hz
3.7 CW-R: Enable CW-R mode
3.8 CW offset: default offset (700Hz)
4 Keyer
4.1 Keyer mode: Straight, Iambic A/B,
Ultimatic
4.2 Keyer speed: in words per minute
4.3 Keyer swap: swap paddle inputs
4.4 Keyer weight: alter dit:space ratio
4.5 Auto space: enable keyer
autospacing (default OFF)
4.6 Semi QSK: Enable semi QSK
4.7 Practice: enable practice mode, keys
but no RF output
4.8 Sidetone frq: normally set to same as
CW offset (700Hz)
4.9 Sidetone vol: volume, 0 to 99
4.10 Strght mode: both/dip/ring allows
use of 3.5mm mono plug
5 Decoder
5.1 Noise blanker: period in ms
5.2 Speed Avg: for speed
detection
5.3 Ampl. Avg: for ampl. detection
5.4 Enable Rx: enable Rx decoder
5.5 Enable Tx: enable Tx decoder
5.6 Enable Edit: enable CW
decoding during menu editing
(useful!)
6 Beacon
6.1 Beacon: On/Off enable
beacon operation
6.2 Mode: CW or WSPR
6.3 Frequency: beacon frequency
6.4 Frame: frame duration in
minutes
6.5 Start: minutes past the hour to
start
6.6 WSPR call: Callsign to encode
in WSPR message
6.7 WSPR locator 4-character
Maidenhead square
6.8 WSPR power dBm power level
to encode in WSPR message
6.9 Set time: set real time clock
7 Other
7.1 Dbl click: dbl click delay time
in milliseconds (300)
7.2 Battery: enable battery icon on
the display top right
7.3 Batt. Full: set millivolts for a
“full” battery icon indication
7.4 Batt. set millivolts for each
battery bar step level in the icon
display
7.5 Cursor blink: Enable blinking
cursor
7.6 S-meter: enable S-meter
display on the screen
7.7 S-meter step: set value of
each S-meter bar (in amplitude
units)
7.8 Custom splsh: enable custom
splash screen
7.9 Clock : enable real time clock
7.10 Delim.: set thousands
delimiter
7.11 Factory rst.: Factory reset, if
set to value 17 – use with caution
8 Alignment
8.1 Alignment freq: frequency for
BPF alignment
8.2 I-Q balance freq: audio
frequency for I-Q balance
adjustment (700Hz)
8.3 Phase adj Lo freq: audio freq
for low audio phase adj (600Hz)
8.4 Phase adj Hi freq: audio freq
for high audio phase adj (800Hz)
8.5 Ref. frq.: 27MHz synth
reference frequency used for
synthesizer
8.6 System frq.: 20MHz system
clock frequency used for system
timing
8.7 Peak BPF: do the actual BPF
peaking alignment
8.8 I-Q bal.: do the I-Q balance
adjustment
8.9 Phase Lo: do low audio phase
adjustment
8.10 Phase Hi: do high audio
phase adjustment
8.11 Cal ref. osc: do GPS
calibration of 27MHz osc if GPS is
connected
8.12 Cal sys. osc: do GPS
calibration of 20MHz osc if GPS is
connected
8.13 GPS data: show GPS satellite
data if GPS is connected
9 Test equipment
9.1 Voltage: measure voltage
9.2 RF Power: measure RF power
9.3 Audio Ch.0: measure audio
channel 0 amplitude
9.4 Audio Ch.1: measure audio
channel 1 amplitude
9.5 Frequency: measure frequency
9.6 Signal gen.: enable and adjust
signal generator output
Save settings!: save current VFO
etc settings to be the default on
power up; press “Select” to save,
“Exit” to cancel
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BrandQRP Labs
ModelQCX-mini
CategoryTransceiver
LanguageEnglish

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