I am still nee to VARAC and very much finding my way.
It's the levels that are concerning me and I am not sure how to adjust the Audio Input.
On the dial it has a yellow,green and red section.
When just listening the VU monitor is reading in the -30 dB.
When the radio keys up it goes into the red.
Is this ok if not how do I adjust things either through the software or my FT897.
Also what are the AFC and S\N dial.
Sorry if these are simple questions but perhaps someone could answer them for me please.
In my case I place the VU needle IN RECEIVE to wobble around border between yellow and green (approx. -30dB) without any signal. You can change this with the RF Gain knob on the radio. When a strong signal comes - it goes clockwise, sometimes int red. When the radio keys up - the needle disappears completely. AFC seems to be the measure of frequency difference between the expected nominal value and the received signal. S/N reading after truncation to integer value is shown as SNR of received signal - beacon or CQ.
Best / 73 Marek sp5isz
Thank you
Thank you for your response.