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Lyra v0.4.3 — 60 m band plan, tune-drive modes, BCD polish

A focused operator-quality-of-life release: a correct, region-aware 60 m
band plan with clickable channels, a 3-way tune-drive selector, and a
11 m → 10 m BCD option for external amps — plus the safety guard rails
to go with them.

60 m band plan

  • Clickable 60 m channels. On the US 60 m band the five channels show as
    always-visible CH1–CH5 bars (a touch larger so they're easy to read),
    and you can click a channel to QSY straight to its USB dial frequency
    — the same one-click idiom as the FT8/FT4/PSK markers.

  • Region-correct 60 m, now driven by your region/country. A new
    Country picker (Settings → Hardware → Band plan, under Region)
    refines the bands where a country differs from its IARU region:

    • US / Region 2 (Auto) — the five fixed US channels, with the precise
      USB dial frequencies (5330.5 / 5346.5 / 5357.0 / 5371.5 / 5403.5 kHz).
    • IARU R1 / R3 (Auto) — the contiguous WRC-15 band
      (5351.5–5366.5 kHz), which was previously missing from the overlay.
    • United Kingdom — the UK's own set of 60 m segments (per the RSGB /
      Ofcom band plan).
    • Canada — the WRC-15 band rather than the US channels.

    Leave Country on Auto and nothing changes from the region default.

Tune-drive modes (TUN button)

  • A 3-way Tune drive selector (Settings → TX) sets what power the TUN
    button keys at: your TX Drive slider, a separate Tune slider
    (per-band, live-adjustable), or a Fixed drive value the same on every
    band. In the non-slider modes your TX Drive is stashed on key-down and
    restored on un-key, so tuning low never disturbs your voice-TX setting.
  • Capped to your Max TX drive. The Tune and Fixed values can't be set
    above — and TUN can never transmit past — your Max TX drive ceiling;
    the spinners follow that ceiling live.

External-amp band switching

  • 11 m uses the 10 m filter (BCD 9). The USB-BCD output can now send the
    10 m code on the 11 m / CB band (the appropriate adjacent filter) instead
    of bypassing — mirroring the existing 60 m → 40 m option.
  • A plain advisory now sits with these controls: operate only within the
    maximum power and band limits permitted by your country / region's
    regulations.     As always, the BCD section reminds you to verify wiring and
    low-power test per band before keying at full power.

Install

Download Lyra-Setup-0.4.3.exe and run it. Windows 10 (1809+) / 11,
64-bit. Existing settings carry over; an existing install is upgraded in
place.

Hardware / scope

Hermes Lite 2 / 2+ over HPSDR Protocol 1. RX, plus CW / SSB / AM / DSB / SAM /
FM and digital (TCI / VAC) transmit — all voice, CW, and digital modes
transmit.

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