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										 |  |  | advantages for use on the 2200 m and 630 m bands.  By default the | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | central *Rx Freq* is 1500 Hz and *F Tol* is 100 Hz, so the active | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | decoding range is 1400 to 1600 Hz.  However, for added flexibility you | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | can select different center frequencies and *F Tol* values.  We expect | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | that usage conventions will soon be established for FST4W activity on | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 2200 and 630 m. | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | A new drop-down control below *F Tol* offers a round-robin mode for | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | If three operators agree in advance to select the options *1/3*, | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | *2/3*, and *3/3*, for example, their FST4W transmissions will occur in | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | a fixed sequence with no two stations transmitting simultaneously. | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | Sequence 1 is the first sequence after 00:00 UTC.  For WSPR-like | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | scheduling behavior, you should select *Random* with this control. | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | - Select *FST4W* on the *Mode* menu. Set *T/R* to 1800 s and *Decode | Deep*. | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | - Set *NB* to 0%. | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | - Select appropriate wide graph settings. For example, try *Bins/Pixel* 1,  | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | *Start* 1200 Hz and *N Avg* 150.  | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | - Open a sample Wave file using *File | Open* and select the file | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | When it is finished you should see a single decode as shown in the  | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | Note that the weak signal associated with the single decode is all but invisible on the  | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | widegraph spectrogram.  |