Release Notes: 0.4.0-alpha

This release is available to anyone using the Beta release channel

New Features

DX Cluster Window now shows spot age and colour codes the age column

Added Spectrum Scope tool window. As many spectrum scopes can be added as needed using Window -> Add Spectrum Scope. Currently only Icom Radio’s  and the Kenwood TS-990S (untested at this time) are supported. Spectrum Scope can be bound to a VFO and supports waterfall and panadapter.

Map now supports the following visual elements

• Night Time overlay
• Sunset Terminator
• Civil Twilight Terminator
• Nautical Twilight Terminator
• Astronomical Twilight Terminator
• Greyline Band
• ITU Zone Overlay
• CQ Zone Overlay

Map now shows path between home location and the DX. The path is highlighted if it’s a grey line path

Map now supports two zoom options, Zoom to DX where it will zoom in on the DX’s location and Zoom to Path where it will show the whole path from the home location to the DX.

Added an option to clear the mapping cache in Tools -> General Maintenance -> Clear Map Cache

S-Meter visibility on QSO Entry window is now switchable … -> Show S-Meters

Added upload to Clublog capability

Added Realtime upload to Clublog capability

Added upload to QRZ capability

Added Realtime upload to QRZ capability

Added UDP Listening capability to receive contacts and spots from 3rd party software, N1MM, ADIF, XML and WSJT-X formats supported.

Added UDP Sending capability to send contacts to 3rd party software. Both ADIF and XML (N1MM) formats are supported.

Added My Station Fields to the Edit QSO Dialog

Added RX & RX Frequency to the Edit QSO Dialog

Added ExpertSDR TCI Protocol Based Rig Support

Import option now supports importing logs directly from QRZ.COM

Added Native support for the following FlexRadio Radios

• Flex-6300
• Flex-6400
• Flex-6400M
• Flex-6500
• Flex-6600
• Flex-6600M
• Flex-6700

Added Native support for the following Kenwood Radios

• TS-140S
• TS-440S
• TS-450S
• TS-480
• TS-570D
• TS-570S
• TS-680S
• TS-690S
• TS-711
• TS-790
• TS-811
• TS-850
• TS-870S
• TS-890S
• TS-930
• TS-940S
• TS-950S
• TS-950SDX

Added Native support for the following Ten-Tec Radios

• Delta II
• Omni VI Plus
• TT-516 Argonaut V
• TT-538 Jupiter
• TT-565/566 Orion I/II
• TT-585 Paragon
• TT-588 Omni VII
• TT-599 Eagle

Added native support for the following Elecraft Radios

• K2
• K3
• K3S
• K4
• KX2
• KX3

Added native support for the following ICOM Radios

• IC-1275
• IC-271
• IC-275
• IC-375
• IC-471
• IC-475
• IC-575
• IC-7000
• IC-705
• IC-707
• IC-7100
• IC-718
• IC-7200
• IC-725
• IC-726
• IC-728
• IC-729
• IC-7300
• IC-735
• IC-736
• IC-737
• IC-738
• IC-7410
• IC-746
• IC-746PRO
• IC-751
• IC-756
• IC-756PRO
• IC-756PROII
• IC-756PROIII
• IC-7600
• IC-761
• IC-7610
• IC-765
• IC-7700
• IC-775
• IC-78
• IC-7800
• IC-781
• IC-7850/7851
• IC-820H
• IC-821H
• IC-905
• IC-910
• IC-9100
• IC-970
• IC-9700
• IC-F8101
• IC-M700PRO
• IC-M710
• IC-M802
• IC-M803

Added native support for the following Yaesu Radios

• FT-100
• FT-1000
• FT-1000D
• FT-1000MP
• FT-1000MP MARK-V Field
• FT-1000MP MARK-V
• FT-450
• FT-450D
• FT-600
• FT-650
• FT-710
• FT-736R
• FT-767GX
• FT-817
• FT-818
• FT-840
• FT-847
• FT-847UNI
• FT-857
• FT-890
• FT-891
• FT-897
• FT-897D
• FT-900
• FT-920
• FT-950
• FT-980
• FT-990
• FT-991
• FTDX-1200
• FTDX-3000
• FTDX-5000
• FTDX-9000
• FTX-1

Changes

Updated 3rd Party Libraries

Updated to .NET 10

Band Map code completely restructured for performance and memory optimisation

Native CAT Control low level code rewritten to allow multiple transport options in the future (Serial, UDP, TCP etc.)

Removed Hamlib Entirely

Updated Map Styles

Region’s 1,2 & 3 Band Plans now contain all bands from 2200m to 1mm.

Bug Fixes

When updating HamQTH or QRZ Credentials the changes are now reflected immediately instead of after a restart

Radio Binding Drop down on bindable windows was not refreshing properly when the rigs are changed in settings

If the radio settings are changed then the bound windows would not receive data updates after saving the changes until the application was restarted

When re-arranging windows the window visibility menu ticked state was not always getting set correctly

Occasional Crash when disconnecting from a rig if the disconnect happens just as Rig control tries to send a message to the rig.

Some issues with the internal tracking of globe locations

Multiple edge case bugs in the DX Cluster connections

Frequency and Mode assignment to correct VFO on IC-9700

Crash when re-binding Spectrum Scope to different radio type

When editing Radio Settings, if a com port was disconnected it showed as blank and prevented saving. Now shows the com port number appended with “(Disconnected)”

When changing DX Cluster Settings, the new settings were not reflected in the Cluster Tool Window

S-Meters now resize with the QSO Entry tool window

Cluster spots were not being removed after the specified timeout time correctly

Cluster spots could be added if they were already older than the spot timeout time.

Crash if a QSO is logged and a mode hasn’t been selected

Crash if blank Mode is selected (blank mode option has been removed)