Release Notes: 0.4.1-alpha
February 23, 2026
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
- Added Store option to QSO Entry window. This will store the current entered values as a local spot
- Added Alt+W Hotkey to call the Wipe option in the QSO Entry Window
- Added Alt+O Hotkey to call the Store option in the QSO Entry Window
- Added updated Home and DX Location markers on the Map.
- Arm64 MacOS is now supported
- x64 MacOS is now supported
- Linux Arm64 is now supported
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)
