WavViewDX User Manual

WavViewDX - Setup


Setup Window


- Show player: Show or hide the player

- Sound Device: Select audio device for sound output.

- AF sample rate: Lower sample rates may help with slower computers.

- Balance: Set Left/Right audio channel balance

- Recording file format:
Chose to save your recordings as WAV (uncompressed), FLAC
(lossless compression) or MP3 (lossy compression).
The sample rate of the recordings is 24 kHz for AM modes and 48 kHz for FM.


- Recording output path:
Store audio recordings in the same folder as the wavFFT CSV file, or set a custom destination path

- MWLIST Access
Enter the email address of your MWLIST account and the OMID. With this information, WavViewDX will download the frequency database once a week.
To find the information, log in to https://www.mwlist.org - Click on "Users" - In the list, click on your email address.
You will find the information in the gerneral settings window:



- CAT support: Use to connect WavViewDX to a data base via a virtual COM port
    - R-5000: Kenwood R-5000 & compatible protocol.
    - RadioLog: Like R-5000, but with extensions for time, exact frequency and SNR transfer (Currently only supported by RadioLog)

- Frequency display resolution: Select 1Hz or 0.1Hz resolution

- QTH Settings: Define a list with all reception locations.
If a RX QTH is choosen during Import, it will be autoatically available for log book entries and uploads to the MWLIST database.
See below for more information.

- Default phasing setting:
For dual-channel recordings: Select the default Input / Phasing setting. This is the setting used the first time you play a channel of a recording.
A, B: Only input A or B is played
A+B: Sum of input A + input B
A-B:
Sum of input A + input B, whith input B being phase shifted by 180°

- Max phasing balance:
For dual-channel recordings: Set the maximum phasing balance for the inputs. 200% means that the maximum settable difference is 2:1. Smaller values mean better fine-tuning, but the signal strength difference between the inputs (for the target station), or absolute antenna signal strength differences, should not be too high.


- Enable frequency offset logging:  If set to ON and SDR sampling rate offset compensation was enabled for the import, WavViewDX automatically fill in the exact freauency field in the Log dialog.

- Notify me about new WavViewDX releases:  If enabled, WavViewDX checks for new versions and will show a notifiaction if a new version is available for download.

- Scaling: Manual override for the detected High-DPI scaling of your computer. Move to the most left position for automatic detection. A restart is required to see the effects of this setting.

- Presentation mode: Enforce a minimum window size in 16:9 ratio for making videos. This is a temporary setting, it will reset to OFF when WavViewDX is restarted.

- Limit threads used for import and carrier view:
Set a lower number of threads in the following situations:
    - Slow data I/O (e.g. when a HDD is used as data source)
    - RAM limitations: Expect a memory usage of 1GByte per thread for carrier view calculations
In any case (and regardless of this setting), WavViewDX will limit the maximum number of software threads to the maximum number of available hardware threads of your processor. If the recording is stored on an SSD, "Auto" is usually the best choice.


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QTH Settings

The QTH Manager allows you to define a number of Antenna/Reception locations. The locations will be stored in the log book. If you define a QTH with a MWLIST "myAM Location", this QTH can be used to upload your logs to MWLIST. It is recommended to select a QTH during Import, as then this QTH it will be preselected when creating a new log entry.



Click on an existing QTH entry to view, modify or delete it. The QTH editor looks like this:



For the name, you can e.g. use the clear-text name of the location, the QTH locator, or whatever seems suitable. The name will also appear in the Analysis picture (png).

How to find the MWLIST myAM Location:

To find the information, log in to https://www.mwlist.org - Click on "Users" - In the list, click on your email address.
You will find the information in the gerneral settings window



If you use only one location, your myAM location is the same as the OMID. Be sure to select the right location ID for each  QTH.



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WavViewDX by Reinhard Weiß
2025-01-24
http://www.rweiss.de/dxer/tools.html
dxer@rweiss.de



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