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								// Status=review
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								.Main Window:
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								- Select *FT8* on the *Mode* menu.
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								- Set Tx and Rx frequencies to 1200 Hz.
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								- Double-click on *Erase* to clear both text windows.
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								.Wide Graph Settings:
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								- *Bins/Pixel* = 4, *Start* = 200 Hz, *N Avg* = 2
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								- Adjust the width of the Wide Graph window so that the upper
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								frequency limit is approximately 2600 Hz.
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								.Open a Wave File:
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								- Select *File | Open* and navigate to
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								+...\save\samples\FT8\170709_135615.wav+.  The waterfall and decoded
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								text window should look something like the following screen shots:
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								[[X15]]
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								image::170709_135615.wav.png[align="left",alt="Wide Graph Decode 170709_135615"]
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								image::ft8_decodes.png[align="left"]
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								- Click with the mouse anywhere on the waterfall display. The green Rx
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								frequency marker will jump to your selected frequency, and the Rx
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								frequency control on the main window will be updated accordingly.
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								- Do the same thing with the *Shift* key held down.  Now the red Tx
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								frequency marker and its associated control on the main window will
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								follow your frequency selections.
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								- Do the same thing with the *Ctrl* key held down.  Now the both colored 
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								markers and both spinner controls will follow your selections.
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								- Double-clicking at any frequency on the waterfall does all the
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								things just described and also invokes the decoder in a small range
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								around the Rx frequency.  To decode a particular signal, double-click
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								near the left edge of its waterfall trace.
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								- Now double-click on any of the the lines of decoded text in the main
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								window.  All three lines will show the same behavior, setting Rx
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								frequency to that of the selected message and leaving Tx frequency
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								unchanged.  To change both Rx and Tx frequencies, hold *Ctrl* down
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								when double-clicking.
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								NOTE: To avoid QRM from competing callers, it is frequently desirable
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								to answer a CQ on a different frequency from that of the CQing
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								station.  Choose a Tx frequency that appears to be not in use.  The
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								same is true when you tail-end another QSO.
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								NOTE: The FT8 decoder can often copy several overlapping signals at
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								nearly the same frequency.  Keyboard shortcuts *Shift+F11* and
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								*Shift+F12* provide an easy way to move your Tx frequency down or up
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								in 60 Hz steps.
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								NOTE: Further helpful tips on FT8 operating procedures are available
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								{ft8_tips}.  Thanks to ZL2IFB!
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								IMPORTANT: When finished with this Tutorial, don't forget to re-enter
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								your own callsign as *My Call* on the *Settings | General* tab.
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