wfview has keystrokes for almost all commonly-accessed controls one would need to have a QSO or browse the bands.
Not only is this convenient for rapidly manipulating the controls, it also may enable blind operators to use modern touch-screen radios if a computer (or even a Pi) is set up to run wfview in full-screen mode on boot.
Don’t forget to check out our supported USB Controllers, which offer even more hands-on controls.
Many users find that a stand-alone numeric keypad provides sufficient controls (frequency, mode, and tuning are available).
For users of the vi editor, we have added HJKL support, with modifiers for J and K being shift and control. H and L follow the selected tuning step.
And for those on the opposite end of the spectrum, we’ve also made sure that wfview works well on touchscreen devices. wfview looks great running full-screen on a 10″ touch screen connected to a Raspberry Pi, for example.
NOTE: Mac users will need to substitute the Command key for the Control key mentioned here.
User Interface Navigation:
| Key | Function |
|---|---|
| F1 | Main View tab |
| F2 | Band tab |
| F3 | Frequency tab |
| F4 | Settings tab |
Numeric Keypad Operation:
| Key | Function |
|---|---|
| / | Cycle through common modes |
| * | Enter frequency |
| + | Increase frequency by 1 KHz |
| - | Decrease frequency by 1 KHz |
| number and decimal | Used to enter frequency |
Band Tab:
| Key | Function |
|---|---|
| 6 | Jump to 6 meters |
| 1 | Jump to 10 meters |
| t | Jump to 12 meters |
| 5 | Jump to 15 meters |
| 7 | Jump to 17 meters |
| 2 | Jump to 20 meters |
| 3 | Jump to 30 meters |
| 4 | Jump to 40 meters |
| s | Jump to 60 meters |
| 8 | Jump to 80 meters |
| L | Jump to 160 meters |
| g | Jump to last general coverage frequency |
| A | Jump to VHF Air band |
| V | Jump to 2 meters |
| U | Jump to 70cm |
| W | Jump to Wideband FM band |
Other:
| Key | Function |
|---|---|
| F5 | Activate mode LSB |
| F6 | Activate mode USB |
| F7 | Activate mode AM |
| F8 | Activate mode CW |
| F9 | Activate mode USB-D |
| F10 | Activate mode FM |
| F11 | Toggle full screen |
| F12 | Send speech command to radio |
| F | Tell radio to speak current frequency |
| M | Tell radio to speak current mode |
| Control-T | Transmit |
| Control-R | Receive |
| Control-I | Enable/Disable the ATU |
| Control-U | Run ATU tuning cycle |
| H | Decrease frequency by selected tuning step |
| J | Same as -, with modifiers of shift and control too |
| K | Same as +, with modifiers of shift and control too |
| L | Increase frequency by selected tuning step |
| + | Increase frequency by 100 Hz |
| - | Decrease frequency by 100 Hz |
| Shift + | Increase frequency by 1KHz |
| Shift - | Decrease frequency by 1 KHz |
| Control + | Increase frequency by 1 KHz |
| Control - | Decrease frequency by 1 KHz |
| Page Up | Increase frequency by 1 MHz |
| Page Down | Decrease frequency by 1 MHz |