qFT8: Portable FT8

Luis Quesada (HB9IPH)

About this app

Making FT8 digital data contacts using a QMX transceiver was never this easy.

This app features:
- Quick setup
- Tracking callsigns rather than messages
- Manual CALL mode and AUTO operation
- Automatic NTP time synchronization
- Automatic approximate location
- ADIF logs import and export
- QRZ integration: uploads, confirmations
- Retry logic with configurable limits
- SOTA: CQ modifier, reference ADIF exports
- Web server for fully-remote operation
- Battery saving mode: runs with screen off

This app is free and contains no ads.

Ratings and reviews

This is an Amazing app. thank You soo much Luis!!! The app is FREE and NO ads!!!! This app was designed for the QRPLabs rigs, I use it with the QMX. Most other apps have a lot of configuration and bugs and are difficult to set up and work. Because this was designed for the QRPLabs rigs there is actually no setup. You do need to enter your call, etc but no technical radio or phone settings. I literally just plugged in the usb cable to the rig and it worked!!!! interface is BEAUTIFUL THANKS

This FT8 app has native QMX support, displaying SWR and TX Power directly on the screen. It's significantly more performant than ft8cn or ft8tw, decoding more contacts and featuring a retry system that automatically re-attempts contacts after a few minutes. The app is very well thought out! It auto calls stations just finishing RR73 with another station and those actually calling CQ. What more could you want?

A huge thank you to the creator of this FT8 app for the QRP Labs QMX. Truly plug and play, the app handles everything to do with the settings on your QMX. Really nice interface and features. I used to get really frustrated with a Windows set up running WSJTX constantly having to fiddle to regain CAT control after updates. Now I can easily do FT8 anywhere with my radio and a spare phone. I would like to reach out to the creator with a request for an additional logging feature.

What’s new

Aesthetic fix in the spectrogram bar position in the app.