FT4 and Q65

The digital panel is not only for FT8. The station decodes FT4 and Q65 too, and the panel adapts to whichever mode the radio is in.

FT4

Open Tune VFO by clicking the frequency and pick FT4 on a band that has a preset (80 m through 10 m except 60 m, plus 6 m and 2 m). The panel works exactly as it does for FT8, with FT4's 7.5-second periods, and the Mode column of the decode list reads FT4. Contacts are logged as FT4.

Q65

Q65 is the slow, weak-signal mode used for EME and other difficult paths. Put the radio into Q65 and the panel replaces the Normal/Hound/Fox select with a submode select. The submodes run from Q65-15A to Q65-300E; the number is the period in seconds and the letter the tone spacing. The default is Q65-60A, the usual choice for 2 m EME.

Changing the submode restarts decoding at the station in the new submode, so pick it before you start a sequence. Hound and Fox do not apply to Q65.

For pointing the antennas at the moon, see Satellites and EME.