OscarWatch Tracker - Version 0.8.13

Doppler Pass Insights Feature Introduced a brand new diagnostic window that provides an in-depth analysis of your rig's tracking performance after a pass. It reads your saved tracking logs to generate a comprehensive assessment, complete with comparison metrics and practical tuning recommendations.
Time-Series Charting Control The new insights window features an advanced time-series chart control. It charts your radio's performance against threshold bands, baseline settings, and satellite elevation strips, marking the exact moment of Closest Approach (TCA) for easy evaluation.

Smarter Knob-Tuning Policy Centralised the dial-capture logic into a unified policy. The software now uses a stable 30 Hz threshold for linear satellites and a wider 250 Hz window for FM birds. This filters out micro-jitter from physical radio dials while cleanly registering genuine operator tuning.
Automatic Passband Trim Reset on AOS When a satellite rises above your horizon, the tracking engine now completely wipes any transient passband "trim" or adjustments you made while hunting for the signal on the previous pass. This ensures you always start the next pass with a completely clean slate.
Improved Operator Hunt Detection Refined how the software differentiates between automatic Doppler writes and manual main-dial tuning. If you are actively hunting a signal, the software will allow immediate uplink VFO writes when your main dial aligns with the last tracking frequency, folding your manual tuning cleanly into the panel offsets and preventing unwanted frequency corrections.

Unified DATA-FM Mode Support Standardised and canonicalised digital FM transponder operations. The system now normalises and handles DATA-FM and FM-DATA identically across the satellite database editor and all radio codecs (including Icom, Kenwood, and Yaesu rigs).
Doppler Correction and Lead Fixes Corrected multiple branching bugs within the Doppler adaptive threshold engine, ensuring the proper rate calculations are selected for uplink-only, downlink-only, and combined tracking states. The look-ahead CAT lead logic was also tightened to correctly evaluate available latency sources before querying the orbital propagator.

Standby Parking Safeguard Fixed a bug where entering standby or ending a pass would occasionally trigger an unwanted rotator move even if automatic parking was disabled. The software now strictly respects your ParkAfterPass preference across both tracking loops and standby paths.

Frequency Panel Dark Theme Wrapped the frequency overlay panel in a dedicated dark layout. The numeric input spinners for live lead time and lead gain now adapt to high-contrast, low-light text settings for comfortable operating in dark shacks.
Expanded Wide-Passband Offsets Increased the manual frequency offset limit to +/-20 kHz, giving you plenty of extra room to nudge your frequencies on wide-passband birds like RS-44.
Expanded Translation Support Added a full Spanish translation across the user interface and help files, alongside complete multi-language support for the new Doppler Insights dashboard.

Full Changelog: v0.8.12...v0.8.13

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