[Dx4win] digital mode FT8

Brad Nowak n8snm at comcast.net
Sun Mar 15 21:07:12 EDT 2026


Thanks Jim, that explains it. 

73,
Brad

Sent from my iPhone

> On Mar 15, 2026, at 8:22 PM, Jim Reisert AD1C <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> 
> On Sun, Mar 15, 2026 at 2:29 PM Brad - N8SNM asked:
> 
>> Can anyone tell me if it is possible to configure DX4Win such that an
>> FT8 spot is designated as a DIGITAL as opposed to a PHONE spot?
>> I realize that all FT8 activity is in the phone sub-bands so I would
>> imagine this would require specific frequency filters/settings of some sort?
> 
> If FT8 is in the spot comment, and your Station configuration has FT8
> enabled, then the spot will be recognized by DX4WIN as a digital spot.
> DX4WIN can't infer the mode from a specific frequency (14074, 21074,
> etc.).  This doesn't work for FT4, unfortunately, because FT4 is a
> submode of MFSK, and not a mode in and of itself.  This would require
> a software fix to DX4WIN.
> 
> --
> Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>, https://ad1c.us



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