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DXWaterfall
DX Waterfall is a real-time visual display of DX cluster spots that helps you quickly identify and tune to interesting stations. It shows all available spots on a scrollable frequency spectrum with color-coded status indicators.
If you like to use this feature, you need to enable it in the user settings: User Menu --> Account --> Wavelog Preferences --> QSO Logging Options (right column) --> DX Waterfall: Set to "Enabled"
The DX Waterfall can only be used in the "Live QSO" screen.
- Click anywhere in the black header bar to turn on the DX Waterfall
- The waterfall canvas will appear showing current DX spots
- Click the power icon (red when off, green when on) to toggle the display
- Click the ? icon to open the help documentation
- Gold: New Continent
- Silver: New DXCC entity
- Bronze: New Callsign (never worked before)
- Labels:
- Colors:
- Green: Worked station
- Orange: Worked, not confirmed
- Red: Not worked
- Elements:
- Border: shown status of the continent (see colors above)
- Fill color: shown status of the DXCC entity(see colors above)
- Small square: shown status of the callsign (see colors above)
- Colors:
The status bar shows:
- Current spot count (e.g., "62/62 20m NA spots")
- Active filters (continent, modes)
- Spot age timer
| Action | Windows/Linux | Mac |
|---|---|---|
| Tune to spot & log QSO | Ctrl+Shift+Space |
Cmd+Shift+Space |
| Cycle nearby spots | Ctrl+Space |
Cmd+Space |
| Previous spot | Ctrl+Left |
Cmd+Left |
| Next spot | Ctrl+Right |
Cmd+Right |
| First spot | Ctrl+Down |
Cmd+Down |
| Last spot | Ctrl+Up |
Cmd+Up |
| Zoom in | Ctrl++ |
Cmd++ |
| Zoom out | Ctrl+- |
Cmd+- |
- Click on spot: Tune radio to frequency and populate QSO form
- Scroll wheel: Navigate through frequency range
- Click arrows: Jump to previous/next spot
- Click DX Hunter: Cycle through unworked continents/DXCC
- Left arrow: Jump to previous spot
- Right arrow: Jump to next spot
Automatically cycles through unworked continents and DXCC entities on the current band. Click once to start cycling through new/unworked stations.
Click to cycle through spotter continents:
- Any: Show spots from all continents
- AF: Africa
- AS: Asia
- EU: Europe
- NA: North America
- OC: Oceania
- SA: South America
Toggle mode filters on/off:
- Phone: SSB, FM, AM voice modes
- CW: Morse code
- Digi: Digital modes (FT8, RTTY, PSK, etc.)
- Minus: Zoom out (show wider frequency range)
- Number: Current zoom level - click to reset to default
- Plus: Zoom in (show narrower frequency range)
Cycle through text sizes: X-Small, Small, Medium, Large, X-Large
- Use DX Hunter to automatically find new entities and continents
- Filter by mode to match your operating preferences
- Adjust zoom based on band activity (zoom in on quiet bands, zoom out on busy bands)
- Watch for color indicators to prioritize new entities
- Use keyboard shortcuts for rapid navigation during contests or pileups
- Adjust label size based on your screen resolution and personal preference
- No spots showing: Check your DX cluster connection in Wavelog settings
- Waterfall not updating: Turn off and on again using the power icon
- Radio not tuning: Verify CAT control is properly configured
- Spots appear out of band: Check your station profile bandplan settings
- Dashboard
- Logbook
- DXCluster
- DXWaterfall
- Logging
- Notes
- Analytics
- Awards
- Search
- Label-Printing
- Widgets
- Authentication
- QSO Modes
- Backup
- Update Country Files
- User Accounts
- Global Options
- Debug
- Maintenance Mode
- Migrate servers
- API
- Station Profiles
- Radio Interface
- ADIF Import / Export
- Logbook of The World
- eQSL
- Print Requested QSLs
- Clublog Upload
- QRZ Logbook
- KML Export