diff --git a/mainwindow.cpp b/mainwindow.cpp
index 55a1e7e..8c339f5 100644
--- a/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -2592,6 +2592,9 @@ void MainWindow::keyPressEvent (QKeyEvent * e)
             on_stopTxButton_clicked();
             stopTx();
             return;
+        case Qt::Key_F5:
+            on_logQSOButton_clicked();
+            return;
     }
 
     QMainWindow::keyPressEvent (e);
@@ -2908,6 +2911,10 @@ void MainWindow::on_stopButton_clicked()                       //stopButton
   }
 }
 
+void MainWindow::on_actionAdd_Log_Entry_triggered(){
+  on_logQSOButton_clicked();
+}
+
 void MainWindow::on_actionRelease_Notes_triggered ()
 {
   QDesktopServices::openUrl (QUrl {"http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/Release_Notes.txt"});
diff --git a/mainwindow.h b/mainwindow.h
index 6c2bf83..f6de882 100644
--- a/mainwindow.h
+++ b/mainwindow.h
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ private slots:
   void on_monitorTxButton_clicked();
   void on_stopTxButton_clicked();
   void on_stopButton_clicked();
+  void on_actionAdd_Log_Entry_triggered();
   void on_actionRelease_Notes_triggered ();
   void on_actionFT8_DXpedition_Mode_User_Guide_triggered();
   void on_actionOnline_User_Guide_triggered();
diff --git a/mainwindow.ui b/mainwindow.ui
index 6e9ce5f..4270631 100644
--- a/mainwindow.ui
+++ b/mainwindow.ui
@@ -1076,6 +1076,9 @@ background-color: #00ff00;
                   <height>30</height>
                  </size>
                 </property>
+                <property name="visible">
+                 <bool>false</bool>
+                </property>
                 <property name="toolTip">
                  <string>&lt;html&gt;&lt;head/&gt;&lt;body&gt;&lt;p&gt;Insert a new entry into the log&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</string>
                 </property>
@@ -4595,12 +4598,7 @@ list. The list can be maintained in Settings (F2).</string>
     <addaction name="actionOpen"/>
     <addaction name="actionOpen_next_in_directory"/>
     <addaction name="actionDecode_remaining_files_in_directory"/>
-    <addaction name="separator"/>
-    <addaction name="actionDelete_all_wav_files_in_SaveDir"/>
-    <addaction name="actionErase_ALL_TXT"/>
     <addaction name="actionErase_FoxQSO_txt"/>
-    <addaction name="actionErase_ft8call_log_adi"/>
-    <addaction name="actionOpen_log_directory"/>
     <addaction name="separator"/>
     <addaction name="actionSettings"/>
     <addaction name="separator"/>
@@ -4645,6 +4643,8 @@ list. The list can be maintained in Settings (F2).</string>
     <addaction name="actionNone"/>
     <addaction name="actionSave_decoded"/>
     <addaction name="actionSave_all"/>
+    <addaction name="separator"/>
+    <addaction name="actionDelete_all_wav_files_in_SaveDir"/>
    </widget>
    <widget class="QMenu" name="menuHelp">
     <property name="title">
@@ -4721,14 +4721,27 @@ list. The list can be maintained in Settings (F2).</string>
     <addaction name="actionShow_Waterfall"/>
     <addaction name="actionShow_Waterfall_Controls"/>
     <addaction name="actionShow_Time_Drift_Controls"/>
+    <addaction name="separator"/>
     <addaction name="actionReset_Window_Sizes"/>
    </widget>
+   <widget class="QMenu" name="menu_Log">
+    <property name="title">
+     <string>Log</string>
+    </property>
+    <addaction name="actionAdd_Log_Entry"/>
+    <addaction name="separator"/>
+    <addaction name="actionOpen_log_directory"/>
+    <addaction name="separator"/>
+    <addaction name="actionErase_ALL_TXT"/>
+    <addaction name="actionErase_ft8call_log_adi"/>
+   </widget>
    <addaction name="menuFile"/>
    <addaction name="menuConfig"/>
    <addaction name="menuView"/>
    <addaction name="menuMode"/>
    <addaction name="menuDecode"/>
    <addaction name="menuSave"/>
+   <addaction name="menu_Log"/>
    <addaction name="menuTools"/>
    <addaction name="menuWindow"/>
    <addaction name="menuHelp"/>
@@ -5442,6 +5455,17 @@ list. The list can be maintained in Settings (F2).</string>
     <string>Show Call Activity Columns...</string>
    </property>
   </action>
+  <action name="actionAdd_Log_Entry">
+   <property name="text">
+    <string>Add Log Entry...</string>
+   </property>
+   <property name="shortcut">
+    <string>F5</string>
+   </property>
+   <property name="shortcutContext">
+    <enum>Qt::WindowShortcut</enum>
+   </property>
+  </action>
  </widget>
  <layoutdefault spacing="6" margin="11"/>
  <customwidgets>