AetherSDR v26.9.1 — Globe Maps, Antenna Control & Radio-Aware Polish

53 merged changes from 12 contributors make AetherSDR easier to operate, easier
to diagnose, and more faithful to each radio's real capabilities. This cycle
leads with features and UX shared across the application, follows with focused
FlexRadio repairs, and closes with the model-gated Icom work.

New features and operator workflow

A more useful operating surface

• Green Heron Everyware antenna control (#5209). A native GHE applet controls
  compatible antenna switches and rotators.
• Optional globe projection for PSK Reporter (#5273). Switch from the flat
  map to a global view of received reports.
• System Info Threads and Logs tabs (#5246) expose runtime detail inside the
  app, while RTTY decoder sensitivity (#5132) is now adjustable from the
  decoder bar.
• Panadapter button-rail collapse state persists (#5221), the active band is
  highlighted in the spectrum overlay (#5236), and connect-time enumeration no
  longer overwrites the radio's active slice (#4985).
• Explicit PortAudio sidetone selections no longer get captured by a shorter
  device-name match (#5135). CW Zero Beat mirrors correctly for CWL (#5224), and
  iambic keyer edges no longer echo back into the sidetone gate (#5128).
• Radio sharing is single-sourced (#5264), unsupported Flex-only controls dim
  off-Flex (#5266), missing command planes fail visibly (#5265), and Demo mode
  reaches its backend through the capability extension namespace (#5268).

Automation and project quality

• Automation adds FM repeater controls (#5104), text-view inspection (#5136),
  momentary key events (#5137), and combo-box popup actions (#5144).
• Flex-only verbs now refuse unsupported backends instead of falsely reporting
  success (#5267).
• Synthetic transport tests are separated by verification layer (#5232), every
  registered test gets a default 300-second timeout (#5272), and test boundaries
  are documented (#5255).
• Capability documentation is back in sync (#5269), and the project gains a
  repeatable issue-fit, governance and code-quality PR review workflow (#5245).

FlexRadio and TCI fixes

• Band shortcuts once again restore Flex band-stack state (#4967).
• Flex PA temperature returns to the status bar on capable radios (#5295).
• TNF removal status removes the notch instead of recreating it (#5314).
• TCI cw_macros messages no longer append the receiver index to macro text
  (#5153).

Networked Icom

Evidence-gated controls and radio-authoritative state

• Read-only IC-9700 radio memory integration (#5283), synchronized dial lock
  (#5261), capability-gated IC-705/IC-9700 DTCS (#5294), IC-9700 CTCSS TX/RX
  (#5203), and model-gated extended repeater readback (#5161) follow each
  model's attested surface.
• Supply voltage (#5170), PA drain current (#5238), continuous compression
  (#5240), LAN MOD Phone level (#5211), RF power scaling (#5208), RF Gain/preamp
  presentation (#5189), and declared bands (#5186) now reach the UI correctly.
• Unsupported PA temperature (#5172), Main Fan (#5174), DEXP (#5181), and TX
  cutoff controls (#5184) stay hidden; voltage waits for real telemetry (#5176),
  and Phone/CW level clears before its first sample (#5179).
• TUNE owns its carrier (#5218), SWR and ALC survive isolated minimum replies
  (#5216), RX Controls stay subscribed across reconnect (#5220), and WSJT-X TCI
  unkey handling gains incident telemetry (#5274).
• Custom UDP port triplets support multi-radio NAT (#5230), SpotHub spots flow
  through the client model (#5228), and RS-BA1 handshake failures identify the
  target and likely cause (#5303).

Contributors

Big thanks to @w5jwp (17 changes), @ten9876 (maintainer, 9),
@jensenpat (9), @skerker (8), @chibondking (2), @nonoo (2),
@M7HNF-Ian, @motoham88, @nigelfenton, @Ozy311, and @rfoust.

We are excited to welcome our first-time contributor this cycle:
@williamscody.

73, Pat KI6BCJ & Codex (AI dev partner)

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Downloads

Linux AppImage (x86_64 / aarch64), macOS DMG (Apple Silicon + Intel, signed +
notarized), Windows installer (setup.exe) + portable ZIP, and the Stream Deck
plugin are attached below — built and signed by CI workflows on this tag.

Full diff: v26.8.4...v26.9.1

Verifying releases: see docs/VERIFYING-RELEASES.md. Signing key: docs/RELEASE-SIGNING-KEY.pub.asc.