The HOERWACHE Radio Station
1. The radio room clock with red and green sectors for displaying the distress pause.
2. Band selector switch for selecting maritime radio bands in the range of 400 kHz to 30 MHz.
3. Status display for the server connection (Server connected) and the database (Ready).
4. Emergency receiver with on/off switch and volume control.
5. Activity indicator with frequency bar for displaying activity and frequency tuning.
6. Station display showing the active station on the set frequency.
7. Transmitter power indicator: Only during transmission with a Morse key. Moves in rhythm with the Morse code.
8. Operating mode switch.
9. Oscilloscope: Switch and threshold adjustment.
10. Display for ship position, course, and speed. For ship stations, there are also input fields for shifting to a new position.
11. Compass: With ship stations, this can be used to steer the ship (mouse wheel).
12. Output bar for received Morse code (Not for fixed, regular transmissions from coastal radio stations).
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14. Input field for sending characters in Morse chat in direct or indirect mode. In direct mode, the characters are sent immediately, in indirect mode, only after entering the characters and clicking the GO button.
15. Reception textbox for incoming characters for receiver 1 and 2. The display can be switched using the RX1 and RX2 switches. For example, the auxiliary receiver RX2 can write in the background at 500 kHz while the foreground RX1 (main receiver) writes at a working frequency.
16. Main receiver with on/off switch and adjustment options for frequency and volume. Button for 500 kHz and 7 programmable station buttons.
17. Main transmitter with on/off switch and selector switches for the usual ship maritime radio frequencies. Coastal radio stations can only select 500 and 512 kHz here (The working frequency is already selected when calling the station).
18. Station display: Displaying station name and callsign, R/O, course, and speed. A switch allows setting the readiness to listen. This indicates to other stations whether one is ready to listen or busy (QRL).