diff --git a/gcom2.f90 b/gcom2.f90
index 39aa55b70..7aa596cc5 100644
--- a/gcom2.f90
+++ b/gcom2.f90
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ integer mcall3         !CALL3.TXT has been modified          GUI,Decoder
 integer mousebutton    !Which button was clicked?               GUI
 integer multicast      !1 for multicast data, 0 for unicast     GUI
 integer ndecdone       !Is decoder finished?                 GUI,Decoder
-integer nfloat         !Floating-point data from Linrad?        GUI
+integer nfloat         !Floating-point data from Linrad?      recvpkt
 integer ierr           !Error opening *.tf2 file                GUI
 integer lauto          !Are we in Auto mode?                    GUI
 integer mantx          !Manual transmission requested?       GUI,SoundIn
diff --git a/map65.py b/map65.py
index 67aacf5ad..096d5a326 100644
--- a/map65.py
+++ b/map65.py
@@ -59,8 +59,6 @@ bm_geom=""
 bm2_geom=""
 cmap0="Linrad"
 fileopened=""
-floatpt=IntVar()
-floatpt.set(0)
 font1='Helvetica'
 fqso0=125
 hiscall=""
@@ -1002,7 +1000,8 @@ def update():
         t=time.strftime('%Y %b %d\n%H:%M:%S',utc)
         Audio.gcom2.utcdate=t[:12]
         ldate.configure(text=t)
-        t="Rx: %.1f dB  %.1f %%" % (Audio.gcom2.rxnoise,Audio.gcom2.pctblank)
+        t="Rx: %.1f dB  %.1f %% %d" % (Audio.gcom2.rxnoise, \
+                        Audio.gcom2.pctblank,Audio.gcom2.nfloat)
         msg4.configure(text=t)
         t="Drop: %.2f %%" % Audio.gcom2.pctlost
         msg5.configure(text=t)
@@ -1315,7 +1314,6 @@ def update():
     Audio.gcom2.neme=neme.get()
     Audio.gcom2.ndepth=ndepth.get()
     Audio.gcom2.multicast=multicast.get()
-    Audio.gcom2.nfloat=floatpt.get()
     Audio.gcom2.nxant=options.xant.get()
     try:
         Audio.gcom2.idinterval=options.IDinterval.get()
@@ -1414,8 +1412,6 @@ setupmenu.add_radiobutton(label = 'Input data multicast', variable=multicast, \
 setupmenu.add_radiobutton(label = 'Input data unicast', variable=multicast, \
             value=0)
 setupmenu.add_separator()
-setupmenu.add_checkbutton(label = 'Floating point data', variable=floatpt)
-setupmenu.add_separator()
 setupmenu.add_checkbutton(label = 'Enable diagnostics',variable=ndebug)
 setupmenu.add_checkbutton(label = 'Verbose diagnostics',variable=ndebug2)
 
@@ -1890,7 +1886,6 @@ try:
         elif key == 'Multicast': multicast.set(value)
         elif key == 'Debug': ndebug.set(value)
         elif key == 'Debug2': ndebug2.set(value)
-        elif key == 'FloatPt': floatpt.set(value)
         elif key == 'HisCall':
             Audio.gcom2.hiscall=(value+'            ')[:12]
             ToRadio.delete(0,99)
@@ -1988,7 +1983,6 @@ f.write("NDepth " + str(ndepth.get()) + "\n")
 f.write("Multicast " + str(multicast.get()) + "\n")
 f.write("Debug " + str(ndebug.get()) + "\n")
 f.write("Debug2 " + str(ndebug2.get()) + "\n")
-f.write("FloatPt " + str(floatpt.get()) + "\n")
 mrudir2=mrudir.replace(" ","#")
 f.write("MRUDir " + mrudir2 + "\n")
 if g.astro_geom[:7]=="200x200": g.astro_geom="316x373" + g.astro_geom[7:]
diff --git a/recvpkt.F90 b/recvpkt.F90
index ab0d0fc2f..039963d90 100644
--- a/recvpkt.F90
+++ b/recvpkt.F90
@@ -40,6 +40,12 @@ subroutine recvpkt(iarg)
 10 if(multicast.ne.multicast0) go to 1
   call recv_pkt(center_freq)
 
+  if(userx_no.lt.0) then
+     nfloat=1
+  else
+     nfloat=0
+  endif
+
   iz=174
   if(nfloat.ne.0) iz=87