[Announcement] FreeDV Activity Day - July 18-19, 2026

[Mooneer Salem]

Hi all,

This is a reminder that this month's FreeDV Activity Day is this coming weekend. (As a reminder, Activity Day takes place on the third weekend of every month.) This event will bring together people interested in HF digital voice on the air for conversation and fun. Contacts using the official application as well as other supporting devices and applications are welcome.

Event time: 12AM Pacific time (0700Z) on July 18 to 11:59PM on July 19 (0659Z on July 20 (48 hours).

Suggested frequencies:
160 meters: 1.997 MHz
80 meters: 3.625, 3.643, 3.693, 3.697 MHz or 3.803 MHz
60 meters (in countries where allowed): 5.4035 MHz or 5.3665 MHz
40 meters: 7.177 MHz or 7.197 MHz
20 meters: 14.236 MHz or 14.240 MHz
17 meters: 18.118 MHz
15 meters: 21.313 MHz
12 meters: 24.933 MHz
10 meters: 28.330 or 28.720 MHz
10 GHz (for those in range of QO-100): 10489.640 MHz

(Note that LSB/DIGL is used below 10MHz as per current convention for voice modes, USB/DIGU otherwise. 60 meters is of course USB/DIGU only.)

As this isn't a contest, there's no pressure to make contacts or send logs, but you can always confirm QSOs via the usual means if you'd like (LoTW, eQSL, QRZ, etc.) Enabling reporting (PSK Reporter and FreeDV Reporter) in the FreeDV application and joining FreeDV Reporter and Discord are recommended, however, so others can see that you're on the air and hearing them (for instance, here's the current map of listeners). :D

Feel free to spread this far and wide among your local ham friends and groups! :) Let me know if you have any questions about the event and definitely post here if you have issues getting the application working prior to the event.

Thanks,

-Mooneer K6AQ

[Bernard Park]

Hi thanks for the post 

As a newbie to the mode ,running a Flex 8600,

Dax2. 

Will the mode be FDVU/ l.

In settings?

Look forward to working the mode.

Thanks Bernard 

G0AJZ.

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[Mooneer Salem]

Hi Bernard,

Right now it's DIGL under 10 MHz and DIGU above 10 MHz (+ 60 meters). In the future this will change to solely DIGU when RADEV2 is officially released.

(If using the FreeDV waveform for FlexRadio, this is the FDVL and FDVU modes respectively.)

Thanks,

-Mooneer

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[Walter Holmes]

Bernard,

 

As Mooneer mentioned, if your using the Client software, it will be DIGU or DIGL.

 

However, if you download the FreeDV Waveform for the Flex 8000 series radios, you can install that, and you won’t need any client at all, and you will get 2 NEW modes.

FDVU and FDVL.

 

So plenty of choices..

 

All the best,

Walter/K5WH

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[Bernard Park]

Hi Walter .

Resume as follows.

Flex 8600 docker installed 

Cat port installed 

Tx and other parameters all set and working 

Tried to install FreeDV goes through the install but doesn’t appear in any downloads.to enable the settings for control of the radio.or reporting to the reporter.

Have tried the information on the network but will not allow me to setup FreeDV.

Occasionally receive FreeDV tx from Germany 

Intermittently!

Computer Lenovo M90S Ssf i7  1450 32gb 1 Tb

Windows 11pro 

Looking for an Elmer to install this mode .

Hope my information enclosed is useful to help with my problem!

On Sat, 18 Jul 2026 at 01:24, Walter Holmes <wal...@k5wh.net> wrote:

Bernard,

 73’s

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[Walter Holmes]

If using the Docker, you won’t need CAT or DAX, to make that work.

 

Just set the radio to FDVu or FDVl, keep DAX turned off, and your ready to click on Mox and you’re on the air.

 

Are you trying to also instal the client for Windows, Mac, or Linux as well?

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[Bernard Park]

Hi flex ok 

Problem is enabling FreeDV .tx and audio settings to enable me to observe the waterfall and the modem etc 

Bernard 

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[Bernard Park]

Ps on the FreeDV website that I the waterfall I am trying to install for rx and tx reporting

[Walter Holmes]

Ahh, gotcha..

 

Yes it’s true, with the waveform, you don’t have the waterfall as you mentioned.

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