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Weekly update for October 3–9, 2026

New Features

  • You can now resize the toolbox at the bottom of the Web Console by dragging its grip handle, or double-click the handle to maximize it.
  • Stations with a Palstar HF-AUTO antenna tuner are now supported, and transmit is briefly locked out while the tuner is tuning so you don’t transmit into a mismatched antenna.

Improvements

  • Transmit audio levels for browser-based WSJT modes on Icom stations have been adjusted to minimize ALC deflection, which should give cleaner, less overdriven transmit audio.

Station Updates

  • W1/Eastport: The PowerGenius XL amplifier has been replaced with an Icom IC-PW2 amplifier.
  • W1/EastportMult: A Palstar HF-AUTO antenna tuner has been added for 40m, and the 7.150–7.300 MHz transmit restriction has been removed, so the full 40m band is now available.
  • W1/Eastport6: The 160m Four-Square direction switching has been moved to new relay hardware.
  • W1/Jonesport: The Antenna Genius antenna switch has been replaced with new relay hardware for band-based antenna selection.

Bug Fixes

  • FT8 and other WSJT-X contacts logged through LocalMate are no longer echoed back and logged a second time.
  • Fixed a crash in WPX contest scoring when a logged or spotted callsign couldn’t be parsed. Those contacts now just don’t count as multipliers.
  • Fixed a problem where playing a voice macro while another was finishing could cut off the new macro or leave its “playing” indicator wrong.
  • Fixed a Web Console error that could occur with VOX on Icom stations after the radio disconnected.
  • Fixed dragging on the Flex panadapter with touch screens on devices like Chromebooks.
  • Fixed a map crash when a station’s location wasn’t available.
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