v0.5.0-alpha.3

0.5.0-alpha.3 (2026-10-21)

Features

• beacons: the moving schedule, SmartBeaconing from the GPS (6098941), closes #335
• gps: a GPS source over serial, TCP or gpsd, and the station where it says (1ecd035), closes #205
• igate: gate what the TNCs hear to APRS-IS, receive only (b61ba15), closes #206
• map: dead reckoning, where moving stations probably are now (9771a44), closes #198
• map: map contrast from a map button: fade, greyscale and a backing behind symbols (c07c657), closes #345
• messaging: answer APRS queries, back the way they came (25f08fa), closes #200
• transmit: where others see you, from your last position's course and speed (137d197), closes #197

v0.5.0-alpha.2

0.5.0-alpha.2 (2026-10-21)

Features

• about: Help › About lists where settings, data, tiles and logs are kept, each with Copy and Open folder (F1.31) (9c603e9), closes #306
• beacons: Mic-E position format with a status, and Emergency (41a1aa8), closes #204
• beacons: saved status texts, grid square or time, and Send status now (f6a17e4), closes #203
• filter: 50 km by default, the map no longer changes the filter, circles on, and the filter said when adding APRS-IS (9eca25d)
• logging: Settings › Logging with a level per area, a daily log file, and OTLP targets (F1.32) (f290360)
• logging: Settings › Logging with a level per area, a daily log file, and OTLP targets (F1.32) (8936a7f), closes #310
• map: extra map views that each follow one station (cfbd5da), closes #207
• messages: answer pings, a remote check that the station is running, hearing and sending (F2.13) (d9f2080)
• messages: answer pings: a remote check that the station is running, hearing and sending (F2.13) (d77b3d9), closes #307
• messaging: auto-reply while away, once per station, after a delay (2196145), closes #202
• messaging: email through the gateway, and asking QRU servers (862fbff), closes #201
• objects: place, move, kill and re-send objects and items (a6cbd71), closes #199

Bug Fixes

• beacons: never send the Mic-E Emergency status (9ef4e46)
• map: Clear stations' Clear button clears again (5fc2dd9)
• messages: group message history saves, and save what's waiting when the engine stops (6ee7162)
• messages: group message history saves, and save what's waiting when the engine stops (01d3ace)
• messages: on stopping, write the history only if a save is waiting; keep hosting tests off the real Data folder (00fc30d)

v0.5.0-alpha.1

0.5.0-alpha.1 (2026-10-19)

Miscellaneous Chores

• release 0.5.0-alpha.1 (3bd0d47)

v0.4.0-alpha.6

0.4.0-alpha.6 (2026-10-19)

Features

• setup: first run asks the callsign and location, then Finish or add a source; APRS-IS server drop-down (F0.5) (22a52af)
• setup: first run asks the callsign and location, then Finish, Add APRS-IS or Add a TNC; the APRS-IS server is a drop-down (F0.5) (e3aa68b), closes #295
• setup: no APRS-IS pill for a profile without an APRS-IS source, and each profile keeps its own login (F0.5) (f7cb335)
• transmit: one Transmit switch in the status bar, RX only sources, and refusals that say where to fix them (F2.1) (27fe8dc), closes #296
• transmit: one Transmit switch in the status bar, RX only sources, refusals that say where to fix them (F2.1) (e71cb92)

Bug Fixes

• engine: a profile without an APRS-IS source isn't warned about as not set up (54574dc)
• messages: a new conversation says which way it would go, not that nothing can send (5f0b1f3)
• messages: an RF-only station's messages go out on its TNCs, deleted sources leave Send via, and a waiting message says why (F2.4) (213b2fb), closes #297
• messages: RF-only stations send on their TNCs, deleted sources leave Send via, waiting messages say why (F2.4) (9c31a95)
• transmit: an RX-only source's pill always says RX only, not only while transmitting (f8e1823)
• transmit: the Transmit pill says TX enabled while it's on (4b8c4fd)

v0.4.0-alpha.5

0.4.0-alpha.5 (2026-10-18)

Features

• bulletins: a Bulletins panel of what's heard (F2.5, reading) (c07911f)
• bulletins: post bulletins and announcements, and join, leave and post to ANSRVR groups (F2.5) (1c6235f)
• bulletins: post bulletins and announcements, and join, leave and post to ANSRVR groups (F2.5) (5ccfa57)
• capture: record unexpected packets for the test corpus (F1.27) (f3c87cc)
• console: a source's live traffic, and typing to a serial TNC (F1.28, F3.2) (f333f06)
• dashboard: My view counts only the stations the view filter shows (F1.22) (faa2d06)
• dashboard: My view counts only the stations the view filter shows (F1.22) (0bb75b9)
• dashboard: sparkline values on hover and by keyboard, and Copy on the tiles (F1.22) (318d081)
• gateway: a public port and an operator port, receive-only logins, a title, and a viewer's page without station controls (F1.26) (ef62e35)
• gateway: home privacy for viewers: the square's centre, or no location (F1.26) (1641bb9)
• gateway: operator sign-in: operators on the host, a session cookie, guessing limits, and roles on every hub call (F2.9) (d08d2e3)
• installers: installers that update in the app, and each system's own folders for settings, data and cache (F4.15) (d571a62)
• layout: save layouts by name and ask to use one when the monitors change (F1.23) (d7414fa)
• map: a destination with its distance, bearing and line (F1.18) (88f2381)
• map: my last position's routes out, through each digipeater to each IGate (F3.3) (2c288aa)
• map: my last position's routes out, through each digipeater to each IGate (F3.3) (e26bdfd)
• shell: any panel can be a tab beside the map (F1.0 behavior 16) (3416274)
• sources: KISS TNCs on a serial port (F3.1) (3089bcf)
• sources: radios' built-in TNCs, by TNC type or in APRS mode (F3.2) (28447c1)
• transmit: how my last position got out (F3.3) (2cdecda)
• transmit: how my last position got out (F3.3) (6cf775f)
• ui: actions leave Settings for the menus; Reset layout asks and can be undone (F1.29) (8fb443e)
• ui: File, View, Station, Tools and Help menus, hidden until Alt (F1.29) (43757ac)
• updates: a daily check of the releases, a quiet notice, and the gateway operator's image to pull (F4.15) (276d3dc)
• updates: a daily check of the releases, a quiet notice, and the gateway operator's image to pull (F4.15) (c128332)
• web: sign in as the gateway's operator from the app menu (F2.9) (adc32d8)
• wizard: a TNC on a serial port in Use a TNC instead (F3.1, F3.2) (a18919f)

Bug Fixes

• messages: an open conversation takes the whole panel, with Back to the list (627f48b)
• tiles: a tile read while a refresh replaces it no longer fails on Windows (cf09d41)
• tiles: a tile read while a refresh replaces it no longer fails on Windows (e3e9519)
• ui: TNC commands is a submenu, without an ellipsis (677960d)

v0.4.0-alpha.4

0.4.0-alpha.4 (2026-10-17)

Features

• beacons: position and status beacons (F2.2) (8e74f56)

v0.4.0-alpha.3

0.4.0-alpha.3 (2026-10-17)

Features

• engine: messaging on APRS.NET's MessagingStation, with Send via, the offline queue and kept conversations (940191e)
• engine: own station and the Transmit switch, with Send position now (1e2725c)
• engine: transmit per source, with Disable TX, the licence on the profile, Test send and listener IDs (e0c449c)
• ui: one licensed checkbox on the profile: unticked listens with a listener ID, ticked shows the callsign and Disable TX (be698c6)
• ui: the Messages panel, with conversations, Send via, retries and unread counts (0b99790)
• ui: Transmit and Send position now in the connection menu, the station's symbol and comment (4bd8034)
• ui: Transmit and Send position now, the station's symbol and comment (ddd8040)
• ui: TX enabled, TX path and Test send per source, listen only and the licence on the profile, Send position now per pill (c93bfe2)
• ui: TX per source, listen only and the licence on the profile, Send position now per pill (92d1017)

Bug Fixes

• ui: the packet list pauses only when the viewer scrolls or clicks a row (dd2c133)
• ui: the packet list pauses only when the viewer scrolls or clicks a row (30e869a)

v0.4.0-alpha.2

0.4.0-alpha.2 (2026-10-17)

Bug Fixes

• ui: a floating panel or dashboard shows its view, and the dashboard docks beside the map again from its tab menu (3f30f4e)
• ui: floating panels show their view; the dashboard docks beside the map again (45ceed4)

v0.4.0-alpha.1

What's new

0.4.0-alpha.1 is the first release of the 0.4.0 milestone, built on APRS.NET 0.4.0-alpha.1. Its features shipped in the 0.3.0 alphas; see 0.3.0-alpha.4, 0.3.0-alpha.3 and earlier for the full lists. Still receive only: nothing transmits.

• Your own TNC (F3.1): KISS over TCP sources (Direwolf, a TNC served by ser2net), heard by this station, each with a status pill, an on/off switch and Reconnect now. The setup wizard offers "Use a TNC instead" for an RF-only station.
• Several sources at once: a packet is listed once, with where else it was seen; the packet list filters by source; selecting this station shows what its radio heard.
• Dashboard (F1.22): live tiles and sparklines, connection rows with each source's switch, farthest direct hops, weather extremes and statistics tables that filter the map.
• Also: RF links for the selected station, telemetry with names, units and scaling (F1.11), flagged position jumps (F1.20), Clear stations on the map (F1.19), and saving the packet list as text, CSV, JSON or YAML.

TNCs over USB serial come in 0.5.0-alpha.1 (#177), with update checks (#186).

0.4.0-alpha.1 (2026-10-17)

Documentation

• a milestone's Release-As footer goes on a new commit (53cdc99)

v0.3.0-alpha.4

0.3.0-alpha.4 (2026-10-16)

Features

• filter the packet list by source (F3.1) (acf6782)
• select this station on the map, with what its radio heard (F3.1) (a4005e0)
• select this station on the map, with what its radio heard (F3.1) (78e00b1)
• ui: each TNC's switch on the dashboard's Connection rows (F3.1) (e0f0ccb)
• ui: Use a TNC instead in the setup wizard (F3.1) (dc04842)