Menus


File
Op Mode
Configure
View
Logbook

Help

Spot
RxID
TxID
Tune
Timer

The menu heirarchy is:
  • Op Mode - the current operating mode will show as a highlighted menu item.
    • CW - receive CW 5 to 200 WPM and transmit on any audio frequency using AFCW
    • Contestia
      • Contestia 4 tones, 125 Hz wide
      • Contestia 4 tones, 250 Hz wide
      • Contestia 8 tones, 250 Hz wide
      • Contestia 4 tones, 500 Hz wide
      • Contestia 8 tones, 500 Hz wide
      • Contestia 16 tones, 500 Hz wide
      • Contestia 8 tones, 1000 Hz wide
      • Contestia 16 tones, 1000 Hz wide
      • Contestia 32 tones, 1000 Hz wide
      • Custom ... set on dialog
    • DominoEX
      • dominoex 4
      • dominoex 5
      • dominoex 8
      • dominoex 11 - the default calling mode for dominoEX
      • dominoex 16
      • dominoex 22
    • Feld
      • Feld-Hell
      • Slow-Hell
      • Feld-Hell X5
      • Feld-Hell X9
      • FSK-Hell (also called FM-Hell by some programs)
      • FSK-Hell105
      • Hell-80
    • MFSK
      • mfsk 4 (4 tones
      • mfsk 8
      • mfsk 11
      • mfsk 16
      • mfsk 22
      • mfsk 31
      • mfsk 32
      • mfsk 64
    • MT-63
      • MT63-500 - interleave & extended characters set on configuration tab
      • MT63-1000     "
      • MT63-2000     "
    • PSK
      • psk 31 - phase shift keying - 31.625 baud
      • psk 63 - phase shift keying - 63.25 baud
      • psk 63F - phase shift keying with FEC - 63.25 baud
      • psk 125 - phase shift keying - 126.5 baud
      • psk 250 - phase shift keying - 253 baud
      • psk 500 - phase shift keying - 506 baud
    • QPSK

      • qpsk 31 - quadrature phase shift keying - 31.25 baud
      • qpsk 63 - quadrature phase shift keying - 63.25 baud
      • qpsk 125 - quadrature phase shift keying - 126.5 baud
      • qpsk 250 - quadrature phase shift keying - 253 baud
      • qpsk 500 - quadrature phase shift keying - 506 baud

    • PSKR

      • psk 125R - phase shift keying, with FEC and interleaving - 126.5 baud
      • psk 250R - phase shift keying, with FEC and interleaving - 253 baud
      • psk 500R - phase shift keying, with FEC and interleaving - 506 baud

    • Olivia
      • 8/250 8tone, 250 Hz wide signal format
      • 8/500 8 tone, 500 Hz wide signal format
      • 16/500 16 tone, 500 Hz wide signal format
      • 32/1000 32 tone, 1000 Hz wide signal format
      • Custom - tones and bandwidth configurable on Olivia tab
    • RTTY
      • RTTY-45  45 Baud Baudot, 170 Hz shift, used primarily in U.S.
      • RTTY-50  50 Baud Baudot, 170 Hz shift, used primarily in Europe
      • RTTY-75N  75 Baud Baudot, 170 Hz shift
      • RTTY-75W 75 Baud Baudot, 800 Hz shift
      • Custom - Baud Rate, Baudot/ASCII, Shift etc configurable on RTTY tab
    • Thor
      • Thor-4
      • Thor-5
      • Thor-8
      • Thor-16
      • Thor-22
    • Throb
      • Throb1
      • Throb2
      • Throb4
      • ThrobX-1
      • ThrobX-2
      • ThrobX-4
    • WEFAX

      • WEFAX-IOC576
      • WEFAX-IOC288

    • NBEMS modes
      These are the recommended modes to use when fldigi is used with NBEMS, Narrow Band Emergency Message System.
    • SSB - fldigi does not transmit, but can be used for rig control, signal frequency analysis and logging
    • WWV - special receive only modem used for calibrating sound card
    • Freq Anal - used for carrier detection and frequency measurement
  • Configure
    • Operator - open the operator configuration tab
    • Colors - Fonts - select the colors and fonts for various main dialog controls
    • User Interface - configure various aspects of the main fldigi dialog
    • Waterfall - open the waterfall configuration tab
    • Waterfall controls - select which controls will be visible below the waterfall display
    • Modems - open up modem configuration to the current modem tab
    • Rig Control - open the rig control configuration tab
    • Sound Card - open the sound card configuration tab
    • IDs - configure various IDentification signals that can be sent and received by fldigi
    • Misc - open the miscellaneous configuration tab (sweet spot definitions)
    • Notifications - This is something that will interest those of you who would like to "grep" the bands.
    • QRZ - open the QRZ/Hamlog access configuration tab
    • Save Config - write the current configuration to the file ~/.fldigi/fldigi_def.xml

  • View
    • View/HIde Channels - Opens / Closes muli-signal viewer, shares space with Rx/Tx panels
    • Floating Scope - Opens up a resizeable, moveable scope display
    • MFSK Image - Opens the MFSK picture image (if being received)
    • Weather Fax Image - Opens WEFAX send/receive dialog
    • Signal browser - open the psk/rtty viewer dialog to display up to 30 simultaneously decoded psk signals
      Dialog viewer contains shared data / control with the View/Hide Channel viewer

    • Full - show all logbook and rig controls
    • Rig control and logging - minimizes the logging panel for normal QSO entries
    • Rig control and contest - minimizes the logging panel for Contest entries
    • None - removes the Rig Control / Log panel from the main User Interface
    • Contest fields - Display alternate 2nd line in qso logging area; provides access to contest logging fields

    • Docked scope - toggles the visibility of the docked scope display to the right of the waterfall
    • Min WF Controls - toggles the visibility of various waterfall controls as configured by the user

  • Logbook


    • View - open the logbook dialog
    • New - create a new logbook
    • Open - open an existing logbook
    • Save - save the current logbook

    • ADIF / Merge - merge adif data from an ADIF file
    • ADIF / Export - export selected or all logbook records to an ADIF formated file - see Log Exports.
    • Reports / Text ... - export selected or all logbook records to a text file suitable for printing
    • Reports / CSV ... - export selected or all logbook records to a tab delimited file
    • Reports / Cabrillo ... - create a Cabrillo contest report. - see Cabrillo Reports.


  • Help
    • Beginners' Guide
    • On line documentation... - open up default browser to the on-line Help site
    • Fldigi web site... - open up default browser to the www.w1hkj.com primary web page
    • Reception reports... - open up browser to the http://pskreporter.info web page preset to your callsign
    • Command line options - display a list of all command line switches available to the fldigi user
    • Audio device info - displays information about all audio devices detected on the computer system
    • Build info - displays all relevant information regarding the compilation and link for the application - build info
    • Event log - opens a text display window that records various events depending on the level of reporting depth selected.  This is a useful window for reporting problems with the program to the developers.
    • Check for updates... fldigi silently opens a download web site, checks and reports on whether a new version is available.
    • About - Version number and a little about the programmers



Spot button - The "Spot" light button is visible if callsign spotting is enabled.  Use this button to toggle the callsign spotting reporter on and off.  It is automatically turned off when playback is selected in the Files menu.  The main window text is not searched if the viewer is active, i.e., if it is displayed and the current modem is PSK.  See PskReporter and Notifier.

RxID button - toggles the detection of Reed Solomon Identification codes.

TxID button - toggles the transmission of the RSID signal.

Tune button - toggles the "Tune" mode which causes fldigi to insert a tone at the current waterfall frequency.  The peak-to-peak amplitude of this tone is the standard by which you should set your transmitter drive or adjust your antenna matching network.

The right most button is normally not visible.  This is the count-down timer button that is enabled when a macro button has been configured to repeat after a specified number of seconds.  This button shows the count-down to the next transmission.  Pressing the button disables the count and restores fldigi to normal keyboard operation.