diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 69a93bc..2f2b875 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -24,3 +24,18 @@ Usage ----- Start QSpectrumAnalyzer by running `qspectrumanalyzer`. + +If you don't have `rtl_power` executable in system path, you can specify +location of it manually in _File -> Settings_. You can also specify waterfall +plot history size in there. Default is 100 lines, be aware that really large +sweeps (with a lot of bins) would require a lot of system memory, so don't make +this number too big. + +Controls should be intuitive, but if you want consistent results, you should +turn of automatic gain control (set it to some fixed number) and also set +crop to 20% or more. For finding out ppm correction factor for your rtl-sdr +stick, use [kalibrate-rtl](https://github.com/steve-m/kalibrate-rtl). + +You can move and zoom plot with mouse, change plot settings or export plots +from right-click menu. Waterfall plot black/white levels and color lookup +table can be changed in mini-histogram widget.