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								=== Decoded Lines
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								Displayed information accompanying decoded messages generally includes UTC,
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								signal-to-noise ratio in dB, time offset DT in seconds, and
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								audio frequency in Hz.  Some modes include additional information such
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								as frequency offset from nominal (DF), frequency drift (Drift or F1),
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								or distance (km or mi).
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								There may also be some cryptic characters with special meanings
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								summarized in the following Table:
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								[[DECODED_LINES_TABLE]]
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								.Notations used on decoded text lines
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								[width="50%",cols="h,3*^",frame=topbot,options="header"]
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								|Mode    |Mode character|Sync character|End of line information
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								|JT4     | $            | *, # | f, fN, dNC
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								|JT9     | @            |      |
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								|JT65    | #            |      |
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								|JT65 VHF| #            | *, # | f, fN, dNC
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								|QRA64   | :            | *    | R
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								|ISCAT   |              | *    | M  N  C  T
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								|MSK144  | &            |      | N
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								Sync character::
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								 `*` - Normal sync +
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								 `#` - Alternate sync
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								End of line information::
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								 `C` - Confidence indicator [ISCAT and Deep Search; (0-9,*)] +
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								 `d` - Deep Search algorithm +
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								 `f` - Franke-Taylor or Fano algorithm +
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								 `M` - Message length (characters) +
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								 `N` - Number of Rx intervals or frames averaged +
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								 `R` - Return code from QRA64 decoder +
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								 `T` - Length of analyzed region (s)
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								=== Reference Spectrum
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								WSJT-X provides a tool that can be used to determine the detailed
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								shape of your receiver's passband.  Disconnect your antenna or tune to
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								a quiet frequency with no signals.  With WSJT-X running in one of the
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								slow modes, select *Measure reference spectrum* from the *File* menu.
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								Wait for about a minute and then hit the *Stop* button.  A file named
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								`refspec.dat` should appear in your log directory.  
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								 [ ... more to come ...]
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