diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index abf1569..aa76f7a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -292,9 +292,16 @@ being worked, and never more than the ten any station may have — and cannot be
 edited. On CW and SSB the direction is fixed by the rules; on RTTY traffic goes
 both ways and the window has a switch.
 
+Right-click the window for **Setup**: how many QTCs a series carries, whether
+the RX Ready and Cfm steps are stopped at, and whether Hdr Agn and Agn clear
+what they ask for again. The defaults are N1MM's — both steps skipped, the
+header cleared, the line left alone.
+
 Nothing in the window transmits. On CW the operator sends from the entry window,
 on SSB by voice, and RTTY has no digital window yet, so Agn, Cfm and RX Ready
-move the cursor rather than putting anything on the air.
+move the cursor rather than putting anything on the air. N1MM's QTC settings for
+sending — the CW messages for Agn and TU, the field spacing, the SSB recordings
+and the RTTY templates — are left out with them.
 
 The scoring was checked against six real WAE logs, and agrees with N1MM on
 points and on weighted multipliers to the contact.
diff --git a/docs/unfinished.md b/docs/unfinished.md
index 42c87e8..e0ae10b 100644
--- a/docs/unfinished.md
+++ b/docs/unfinished.md
@@ -45,9 +45,11 @@ voice messages for QRV, Agn, Cfm and TU on SSB. Here the Agn, Cfm and RX Ready
 buttons only move the cursor. What is missing under it is the message templates
 for QTC traffic, a voice keyer, and the digital window.
 
-**N1MM's QTC setup tab is not there.** Field spacing, the CW messages for Agn
-and TU, and the settings that skip the Cfm and QRV steps are all N1MM options
-this window does not have.
+**The QTC setup covers the window, not the sending.** Right-click ▸ Setup has
+the four settings that change how the window behaves, with N1MM's defaults.
+What is not there is everything about putting QTCs on the air: N1MM's CW
+messages for Agn and TU, its SQTC field spacing, its four SSB recordings, and
+its RTTY message templates. Those wait on a transmit path.
 
 **Two WAE numbers do not agree with N1MM, both from 2020 and 2021 logs.** The
 disagreements are the country file of the day, not the rules: 4U1A counted as
diff --git a/src/Nonemm.App/Configuration/Settings.cs b/src/Nonemm.App/Configuration/Settings.cs
index c69d3bb..9be36ff 100644
--- a/src/Nonemm.App/Configuration/Settings.cs
+++ b/src/Nonemm.App/Configuration/Settings.cs
@@ -67,6 +67,20 @@ public sealed record Settings
     /// 100 ms, because an SO2R box works relays.
     public int AlternatingCqGapMs { get; init; } = 100;
 
+    /// How the WAE QTC window behaves. The names and the defaults are N1MM's:
+    /// it skips the confirm and ready steps out of the box, clears the header
+    /// when the header is asked for again, and leaves a line alone when the
+    /// line is.
+    public int QtcLinesPerSeries { get; init; } = 10;
+
+    public bool QtcSkipReady { get; init; } = true;
+
+    public bool QtcSkipConfirm { get; init; } = true;
+
+    public bool QtcHeaderAgainClears { get; init; } = true;
+
+    public bool QtcAgainClearsLine { get; init; }
+
     /// Sub-band boundaries the operator has changed. Empty means the defaults
     /// in `BandPlan.Default`; an entry replaces one band's boundaries.
     public IReadOnlyList<StoredSubBand> SubBands { get; init; } = [];
diff --git a/src/Nonemm.App/Dialogs/QtcSetupDialog.axaml b/src/Nonemm.App/Dialogs/QtcSetupDialog.axaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb300db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Nonemm.App/Dialogs/QtcSetupDialog.axaml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<Window xmlns="https://github.com/avaloniaui"
+        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
+        x:Class="Nonemm.App.Dialogs.QtcSetupDialog"
+        Title="QTC setup" Width="420" SizeToContent="Height"
+        WindowStartupLocation="CenterOwner" CanResize="False">
+  <StackPanel Margin="14" Spacing="8">
+    <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" Spacing="8">
+      <TextBlock Text="QTCs in a series" VerticalAlignment="Center" />
+      <TextBox Name="CountBox" Width="50" />
+    </StackPanel>
+    <TextBlock Text="1 to 10, and fewer when the station has already had some."
+               FontSize="11" Opacity="0.7" TextWrapping="Wrap" Margin="0,-4,0,0" />
+    <CheckBox Name="SkipReadyBox" Content="Skip the RX Ready step" />
+    <TextBlock Text="Off puts the cursor on RX Ready when the window opens, so the other station is told to go ahead before anything is typed."
+               FontSize="11" Opacity="0.7" TextWrapping="Wrap" Margin="24,-6,0,0" />
+    <CheckBox Name="SkipConfirmBox" Content="Skip the Cfm step" />
+    <TextBlock Text="Off stops at each line's Cfm button before moving to the next line."
+               FontSize="11" Opacity="0.7" TextWrapping="Wrap" Margin="24,-6,0,0" />
+    <CheckBox Name="HeaderAgainClearsBox" Content="Hdr Agn clears the header" />
+    <CheckBox Name="AgainClearsBox" Content="Agn clears the line" />
+    <TextBlock Name="MissingText" FontSize="11" Opacity="0.7" TextWrapping="Wrap" Margin="0,6,0,0"
+               Text="N1MM's other QTC settings are for sending: the CW messages for Agn and TU, the field spacing, the SSB recordings and the RTTY message templates. Nothing here transmits, so they are left out rather than shown as settings that do nothing." />
+    <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" HorizontalAlignment="Right" Spacing="6" Margin="0,8,0,0">
+      <Button Content="Cancel" Click="OnCancel" />
+      <Button Content="Save" Click="OnSave" IsDefault="True" />
+    </StackPanel>
+  </StackPanel>
+</Window>
diff --git a/src/Nonemm.App/Dialogs/QtcSetupDialog.axaml.cs b/src/Nonemm.App/Dialogs/QtcSetupDialog.axaml.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e9baee2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Nonemm.App/Dialogs/QtcSetupDialog.axaml.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+using Avalonia.Controls;
+using Avalonia.Interactivity;
+using Nonemm.App.Configuration;
+
+namespace Nonemm.App.Dialogs;
+
+/// The QTC window's own settings, on its right-click menu as N1MM keeps them on
+/// the window's Setup tab.
+public sealed partial class QtcSetupDialog : Window
+{
+    private readonly Settings settings;
+
+    public QtcSetupDialog(Settings settings)
+    {
+        this.settings = settings;
+        InitializeComponent();
+        CountBox.Text = settings.QtcLinesPerSeries.ToString();
+        SkipReadyBox.IsChecked = settings.QtcSkipReady;
+        SkipConfirmBox.IsChecked = settings.QtcSkipConfirm;
+        HeaderAgainClearsBox.IsChecked = settings.QtcHeaderAgainClears;
+        AgainClearsBox.IsChecked = settings.QtcAgainClearsLine;
+    }
+
+    private void OnSave(object? sender, RoutedEventArgs e) => Close(settings with
+    {
+        QtcLinesPerSeries = int.TryParse(CountBox.Text, out int count)
+            ? Math.Clamp(count, 1, 10)
+            : settings.QtcLinesPerSeries,
+        QtcSkipReady = SkipReadyBox.IsChecked == true,
+        QtcSkipConfirm = SkipConfirmBox.IsChecked == true,
+        QtcHeaderAgainClears = HeaderAgainClearsBox.IsChecked == true,
+        QtcAgainClearsLine = AgainClearsBox.IsChecked == true,
+    });
+
+    private void OnCancel(object? sender, RoutedEventArgs e) => Close(null);
+}
diff --git a/src/Nonemm.App/Windows/QtcWindow.axaml b/src/Nonemm.App/Windows/QtcWindow.axaml
index 26c9010..1591c8f 100644
--- a/src/Nonemm.App/Windows/QtcWindow.axaml
+++ b/src/Nonemm.App/Windows/QtcWindow.axaml
@@ -3,14 +3,21 @@
         x:Class="Nonemm.App.Windows.QtcWindow"
         Title="QTC" SizeToContent="WidthAndHeight" CanResize="False"
         WindowStartupLocation="CenterOwner">
-  <StackPanel Margin="10" Spacing="4">
+  <!-- the background is what makes the panel hit-testable, so the right-click
+       menu comes up over the whole window rather than only over a control -->
+  <StackPanel Margin="10" Spacing="4" Background="Transparent">
+    <StackPanel.ContextMenu>
+      <ContextMenu>
+        <MenuItem Header="Setup…" Click="OnSetup" />
+      </ContextMenu>
+    </StackPanel.ContextMenu>
     <StackPanel Name="DirectionPanel" Orientation="Horizontal" Spacing="8" Margin="0,0,0,4">
       <RadioButton Name="ReceiveButton" Content="Receive" GroupName="direction" IsChecked="True" />
       <RadioButton Name="SendButton" Content="Send" GroupName="direction" />
     </StackPanel>
     <TextBlock Text="QTC Header :" FontSize="11" Opacity="0.7" />
     <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" Spacing="4">
-      <TextBox Name="HeaderBox" Width="110" />
+      <TextBox Name="HeaderBox" Width="170" />
       <Button Name="ReadyButton" Content="RX Ready" Click="OnReady" />
       <Button Name="HeaderAgainButton" Content="Hdr Agn" Click="OnHeaderAgain" />
       <Button Name="HeaderCfmButton" Content="Cfm" Click="OnHeaderConfirm" />
diff --git a/src/Nonemm.App/Windows/QtcWindow.axaml.cs b/src/Nonemm.App/Windows/QtcWindow.axaml.cs
index 131ce24..099ddc9 100644
--- a/src/Nonemm.App/Windows/QtcWindow.axaml.cs
+++ b/src/Nonemm.App/Windows/QtcWindow.axaml.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ using Avalonia.Controls;
 using Avalonia.Input;
 using Avalonia.Interactivity;
 using Avalonia.Media;
+using Nonemm.App.Configuration;
+using Nonemm.App.Dialogs;
 using Nonemm.Contests.Rules;
 using Nonemm.Core;
 using Nonemm.Session;
@@ -53,9 +55,12 @@ public sealed partial class QtcWindow : Window
         Opened += (_, _) => FirstBox().Focus();
     }
 
-    /// Where the cursor goes: the header when it has to be typed, the first
-    /// line when it is already filled in.
-    private TextBox FirstBox() => isSending ? rows[0].Time : HeaderBox;
+    /// Where the cursor goes: RX Ready when the operator wants that step, the
+    /// header when it has to be typed, the first line when it is filled in.
+    private Control FirstBox() =>
+        isSending ? rows[0].Time
+        : session.Settings.QtcSkipReady ? HeaderBox
+        : ReadyButton;
 
     private void SetDirection(bool sending)
     {
@@ -105,6 +110,8 @@ public sealed partial class QtcWindow : Window
             int line = at;
             again.Click += (_, _) => OnLineAgain(line);
             confirm.Click += (_, _) => OnLineConfirm(line);
+            // nothing to confirm when a RTTY station is reading its own log out
+            confirm.IsVisible = !(isSending && position.Contest.Modes.Contains(ModeCategory.Digital));
             Grid.SetRow(again, at);
             Grid.SetColumn(again, 3);
             Grid.SetRow(confirm, at);
@@ -145,7 +152,7 @@ public sealed partial class QtcWindow : Window
             Paint();
             return;
         }
-        ready.AddRange(traffic.ToSend(station));
+        ready.AddRange(traffic.ToSend(station, session.Settings.QtcLinesPerSeries));
         // the contest is what makes it RTTY, not whatever the radio is on now
         bool rtty = position.Contest.Modes.Contains(ModeCategory.Digital);
         HeaderBox.Text = ready.Count == 0
@@ -225,7 +232,17 @@ public sealed partial class QtcWindow : Window
 
     private void MoveOn()
     {
-        List<TextBox> order = [HeaderBox, .. rows.SelectMany(r => new[] { r.Time, r.Call, r.Number })];
+        List<Control> order = [HeaderBox];
+        foreach (Row row in rows)
+        {
+            order.Add(row.Time);
+            order.Add(row.Call);
+            order.Add(row.Number);
+            if (!session.Settings.QtcSkipConfirm && row.Confirm.IsVisible)
+            {
+                order.Add(row.Confirm);
+            }
+        }
         int at = order.FindIndex(b => b.IsFocused);
         if (at < 0)
         {
@@ -248,7 +265,10 @@ public sealed partial class QtcWindow : Window
 
     private void OnHeaderAgain(object? sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
     {
-        HeaderBox.Text = "";
+        if (session.Settings.QtcHeaderAgainClears)
+        {
+            HeaderBox.Text = "";
+        }
         HeaderBox.Focus();
     }
 
@@ -263,7 +283,10 @@ public sealed partial class QtcWindow : Window
             rows[at].Time.Focus();
             return;
         }
-        rows[at].Clear();
+        if (session.Settings.QtcAgainClearsLine)
+        {
+            rows[at].Clear();
+        }
         rows[at].Time.Focus();
         Paint();
     }
@@ -307,6 +330,17 @@ public sealed partial class QtcWindow : Window
 
     private void OnCancel(object? sender, RoutedEventArgs e) => Close(false);
 
+    private async void OnSetup(object? sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
+    {
+        QtcSetupDialog dialog = new(session.Settings);
+        if (await dialog.ShowDialog<Settings?>(this) is { } updated)
+        {
+            session.Save(updated);
+            Reset();
+            FirstBox().Focus();
+        }
+    }
+
     /// One row per line, a second apart, so they keep their order in the log.
     /// That is what N1MM does with them too.
     private void Save(IReadOnlyList<WaeQtc> lines)
diff --git a/src/Nonemm.Session/QtcTraffic.cs b/src/Nonemm.Session/QtcTraffic.cs
index 9db1a07..0fc7abc 100644
--- a/src/Nonemm.Session/QtcTraffic.cs
+++ b/src/Nonemm.Session/QtcTraffic.cs
@@ -100,11 +100,12 @@ public sealed class QtcTraffic
     }
 
     /// The contacts to report to this station: the ones not reported to anybody
-    /// yet, oldest first, and never the station itself. Ten at a time, fewer
-    /// when it has already had some.
-    public IReadOnlyList<WaeQtc> ToSend(Callsign other)
+    /// yet, oldest first, and never the station itself. Ten at a time unless
+    /// the operator asks for a shorter series, and fewer when the station has
+    /// already had some.
+    public IReadOnlyList<WaeQtc> ToSend(Callsign other, int mostPerSeries = WaeQtc.MostPerSeries)
     {
-        int room = Math.Min(WaeQtc.MostPerSeries, Remaining(other));
+        int room = Math.Min(Math.Clamp(mostPerSeries, 1, WaeQtc.MostPerSeries), Remaining(other));
         if (room <= 0)
         {
             return [];