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Special Notes
I introduced a timeout to HTTP transactions in version v1.23.1015 that has been causing issues with users on slow and non-North American connections. The timeout has been removed, sorry about that.
Thank you all for being patient with us, it’s been a long busy summer for most of the team. Only in the last week was I able to set down and work on some old issues.
We all want to give three cheers to WA4YA / DL4YA for his contribution of the two new push notification services that will send Call Roster Alerts and Off-air Message Service (OAMS) Chat messages to your mobile phone! He wrote a nice step-by-step guide that you can read here: push-notification-forwarding-to-your-phone
As many of you Windows users know, it can be a challenge to install GridTracker since we have not had the ability to code sign our Installer. Many warnings would pop-up that you had to bypass. Well thankfully our team member Beau Gunderson N7YHF has stood up to help until we can get our own code signing certificate. The Windows GridTracker installer is now code signed under his certificate. So don’t be alarmed when you get a window regarding publisher “Beau Gunderson”. Thank you Beau!
- Stephen ‘Tag’ Loomis – NØTTL
Changelog (October 19th, 2023)
- HTTP – Removed timeouts on transactions affecting log downloading and uploading
Changelog (October 15th, 2023)
- ADIF – Fixed record loading failure for PSK-Reporter if FREQ present
- WSPR – Fixed decodes not appearing
Changelog (October 14th, 2023)
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Call Roster – Fixed "All Traffic/Only Wanted" filtering
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Call Roster – Fixed POTA wanted same-day issue
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Call Roster – Added optional "Rig" column
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System – Support digital mode Q65
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System – BIGCTY update from October 7th
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System – Push notification services Simplepush.io and Pushover.net added (OAMS tab)
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System – Swaziland renamed to Eswatini
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Logging – HamZone.cn service is now HamCQ.cn
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Maps – Toner (online), Terrain, Watercolor and Geography Class no longer public access
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- Written by: NRØQ
Changelog
- Language – added German / Deutsch
- POTA – fixed disappearing parks, removed auto RBNs
- Pin mode – added missing band pins
- Call Roster – added UTC column for easier even/odd spotting
- Call Roster – fixed “Spotted Me” exception
- Call Roster – “Uses LoTW” “Uses eQSL” “Uses OQRS” now inclusive
- Loggers – added HamZone.cn service
- OAMS – band activity sums neighboring grids correctly
- Logbook – “Working Date” now accepts time of day
- Visual Alerts – in own movable window
- Map – upgraded to OpenLayers 6.15.1, Heatmap now world-wraps
- Mac – “Full Stop” no longer spoken at startup
- Satellite – framework started for satellite tracking
- BIGCTY – update from March 19th
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- Written by: NRØQ
General Information
Many updates in this release we’re excited about and one bit of sad news.
So let’s start with that. Our source for lightning strikes has privatized and encrypted their traffic, we will no longer be able to provide local strike warnings. Visit https://www.lightningmaps.org/ or https://map.blitzortung.org/ for live lightning strike data. If you're a Blitzortung station owner and interested in working with the GridTracker project, please reach out to KE0YBL, contact information is available at https://qrz.com/
Now for the fun stuff...
The Heatmap key “H” option has been merged with the “Spots” button on the main panel. The Spots button now has three states “Off”, “Spots”, “Heatmap”. Key “O” will cycle through these states.
The GridTracker User Flags now follow the Map View Filters. No longer a three state button, it is now “Off” and “Follow map view filters”
Fixed OAMS Chat not breaking lines at the window width, forcing you to scroll right to see the full message.
Fixed a bug where live decodes of Turkey zone 1 calls were being dropped.
Multi-rig QSO Reply settings have been moved to the General settings tab. Note: They only appear when you have more than one rig instance running.
Call Roster settings have been moved to the Call Roster finally! Right-click in the Call Roster to find the Settings option or press Ctrl-S with the Call Roster in focus.
The Roster column used for sorting now shows an indicator, default column sort is “Age”.
Call Roster Compact mode will now display the band if there are more than one band found in the decode list OR you are running Multi-rig.
You can now select the Compact Mode entity in Call Rosters Settings, the default is “DXCC”.
Right click on entities in Call Roster Compact mode now brings up the same menus as Roster mode.
New Call Roster Settings “Window Filters” where you can adjust Brightness, Contrast and more! Please take note: It’s possible with filters to render the window unreadable, use Ctrl-R to reset filters!
New OAMS (Off-Air Message Service) feature “Band Activity”, taking advantage of our real-time spotting network we can now provide supplemental band activity to the “Band Activity” graph in the main app action panel. When enabled (by default) the blue bar is the OAMS score and PSK-Reporter is the red bar. You can also enable “Nearest Neighbors” in your OAMS band activity which will include the neighboring 8 grids including yours. Settings are in the “OAMS” tab.
Changelog
- Removed lightning strike detection
- Bugfix for Turkey zone 1 decodes
- Heatmap part of “Spots” button, Hotkey H removed
- GT flags button follow “Map View Filters”
- OAMS chat messages word wrap correctly
- Mutli-Rig settings moved to Settings → General
- Call Roster Settings moved to Call Roster, right-click in Roster or press Ctrl-S
- Call Roster Compact Mode displays Band if multi-band
- Call Roster Compact Mode entity selection in Call Roster Settings, default “DXCC”
- Added Call Roster Window Filters in Call Roster Settings, Ctrl-R to reset filters
- Call Roster POTA column can now sort
- Added OAMS based band activity
- Award Tracker CQ Zone and State fix
- <...> treated as UNKNOWN in Call Roster
- LoTW download button not responding
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- Written by: NRØQ
General Information
An oversight in handling Logbook of the World responses can cause GT to callback to LoTW repeatedly every 1⁄2 second. Please update as soon as possible if you are a LoTW member.
Changelog
- Emergency LoTW fix
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General Information
As 2022 comes to a close, we wish to thank everyone for supporting GridTracker! Your donations have helped us support real-time spotting, offline messaging, downloads, all the callsign databases, and more! Stay tuned as always for improved features and bug fixes (hopefully we’re getting a handle on them now!) as well as new and exciting features that you didn’t know you wanted!
Changelog
- Fixed lightning strikes not showing on map
- Fixed distance in status panel
- Fixed chat window text entry
- Fixed Logbook of The World loading
- No longer clear data on new versions
- More code clean up