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📡 KiwiSDR Operating Instructions

The KiwiSDR Control Panel

The Control Panel is where most of the KiwiSDR controls can be found. It is sophisticated interface providing a lot of selections and controls.

kiwisdr control panel

Information on the KiwiSDR User Interface
• KiwiSDR (at kiwisdr.com)   🔗 KiwiSDR User Interface

It can take a while to get used to all the controls on the panel.

The Control Panel has 6 rows of buttons and controls that are described below.
Hovering the mouse cursor over a button or menu box will show some helpful text.

Control Panel Control Sets
KiwiSDR tuning controls Frequency Tuning Controls
Current Frequency, Band Selection and extension dropdown menus
The frequency can be entered directly. The pre-defined bands can be selected from the center menu dropdown. The extensions are mostly digital mode decoders (FAX, FT4/FT8, SSTV).
KiwiSDR freq buttons Frequency Tuning Buttons
There are several types of controls.
A/B VFO Selection, copy URL to clipboard, frequency tuning, record, spectrum panel, start/stop recorder, muting.
ⓘ Frequency Tuning
KiwiSDR info tab buttons Audio Mode Quick-Selection Buttons
Buttons.
Some of the most used audio modes.
ⓘ KiwiSDR Audio Modes
KiwiSDR waterfall controls Waterfall Controls
Scrolling and zooming the waterfall.
Waterfall buttons.
KiwiSDR KiwiSDR Info Tab Selection Buttons
Selects expanded info panels.
Info panels displaying more detailed information.
ⓘ KiwiSDR Info Panels
KiwiSDR S-meter S-meter
Signal level meter.
Shows the received signal strength.