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Summary

This fifth release of Morse Runner Community Edition introduces the IARU HF World Championship Contest, provides improvements to the CQ WPX and ARRL FD Contests, plus general enhancements and bug fixing for all contests. Updated call history files were also added.

The full list of changes is below.

Installation

Download the Morse.Runner.1.84.zip file (see Assets section below), Open the zip file, extract the folder to your DESKTOP, and run MorseRunner.exe within this folder. Do not add these files to a previous release folder, or place in a windows program directory as this causes errors.. After installing, read the Readme.txt file for more information.

Join our Community

You are invited to join our community effort. For more information, please visit the Morse Runner Community Edition project.

Our goal is to create a program you love to use, so please help by leaving any feedback you would like to share on our Announcements page or our GitHub discussions page.

Additionally, you can discuss or leave feedback at MorseRunnerCE on groups.io.

You have several ways to join in on our project and we look forward to hearing your ideas.

Release Details

Version 1.84 (March 2024)

  • Add IARU HF World Championship Contest (W7SST)
  • CQ WPX improvements, including editable exchange and improved serial NR generation (W7SST)
  • Update call history files for ARRL DX, ARRL FD, CQ WW, CWOPS CWT, K1USN SST and NCJ NAQP Contests
  • Works on Mac systems under WINE (use Win7 bottle) or Crossover (info TNX N3RTW).

Contest-specific improvements...

  • ARRL DX - Fix incorrect handling of KH6/KL7 stations using AH6/AL7, NH6/NL7, WH6/WL7 (Coded by W7SST)
  • ARRL FD - Reduce high number of home/portable club stations (W7SST)
  • CQ WPX - Add editable exchange field with starting number or '#' (W7SST)
  • CQ WPX - Improve Serial Number generation; rename NR Digits menu to Serial NR (W7SST)
  • CQ WPX - Fix problem where Dx stations will occasionally send a serial number of zero (Coded by W7SST)
  • CWOPS CWT - Fix problem where contest parser was reading first line of file (Coded by W7SST)
  • JARL - DX station will send an abbreviated exchange number in the JARL ALLJA and ACAG contests (Coded by JR8PPG)
  • JARL - User's exchange number is not abbreviated (not convert 100 to 1TT) (Coded by JR8PPG)
  • K1USN SST - User text field in call history file should be optional (Coded by W7SST)
  • NAQP - Fix problem where exchange field did not allow numbers (e.g. KH6 or KL7) (Coded by W7SST)

General bug fixes and improvements...

  • Improve Run button behavior with default Run Mode and Stop icon (W7SST)
  • No RIT needed for Single Call Modes (W7SST)
  • After a CQ, if nothing is caught or if what you caught is wrong, you can use F7 ('?') to instruct the callers to call again. (F6FVY)
  • New callers can be added when a QSO is done. (F6FVY)
  • When F1 was hit several times in a row, the number of callers was increasing without respect to the activity setting. (F6FVY)
  • Improve the "reply or not" algorithm to allow callers with long call signs to reply, even if only few letters are caught. (F6FVY)
  • Add Receive Bandwidth adjustment using Cntl-key and mouse wheel (F6FVY, W7SST)
  • Speed increments / decrements modified (2 WPM instead of 5). (F6FVY, W7SST)
  • Improve RIT adjustment using mouse wheel (W7SST)
  • Improve pattern matching for DXCC entities (used in status bar) (Coded by W7SST)
  • Fix WPM keyboard entry incorrect behavior for Spin Box (up down control) (Coded by W7SST)
  • Spacebar or Tab will now select both exchange fields (Coded by W7SST)
  • Hide Dx Station's Entity status string if same as user's Entity (Coded by W7SST)
  • Shift-F9 added as shortcut to start Single Call mode (Coded by W7SST)

Version 1.83 (March 2023)

  • Added K1USN Slow Speed Test (Coded by W7SST)
  • Add support for CWOPS CWT nonmember exchanges (Coded by W7SST)
  • Improve CW spacing and timing (Found by John K3TN, Coded by W7SST)
  • Added JARL All Japan Contest (Coded by JR8PPG)
  • Added JARL All Cities All Guns (ACAG) Contest (Coded by JR8PPG)

Version 1.82 (Dec 2022)

  • Added ARRL DX Contest (Coded by W7SST)
  • CWOPS Contest fixes (Coded by W7SST)
  • Rename the F2 button to exchange (Coded by tekenny)
  • Add Help | First Time Setup (Written by KD4SIR & W7SST)
  • Add cut numbers (e.g. 5NN = 599) in exchanges received (Coded by W7SST)
  • bug fixes

Version 1.81 (Oct 2022)

  • Fix bad CWOPS CWT Exchange message (Coded by W7SST)
  • Added CQ WW Contest (Coded by W7SST)
  • Update README.md (by F6FVY)
  • Updated GUI and menu items (Coded by W7SST)

Version 1.80 (Oct 2022)

  • Added multi-contest support (Coded by W7SST)
  • Added ARRL Field Day contest (Coded by W7SST)
  • Added NCL NAQP contest (Coded by W7SST)

What's Changed

  • Add IARU call history file by @K6OK in #170
  • Do not abbreviate my exchange number. by @jr8ppg in #206
  • DX station will send an abbreviated exchange number #204 by @jr8ppg in #207
  • 208 SST Contest - allow empty user text when loading call history by @w7sst in #224
  • 222 - don't display dx station's Entity string when same as users. by @w7sst in #223
  • Spacebar or Tab will auto select both exchange fields. by @w7sst in #228
  • CWOPS CWT - fix call history reader to ignore comment lines by @w7sst in #226
  • CW Speed can be edited using keyboard and updated with Enter or move… by @w7sst in #225
  • 216 NAQP does not accept numbers in state field by @w7sst in #230
  • 218 ARRL DX format for KH6/KL7 is incorrect by @w7sst in #231
  • CQ WPX - Dx Stations will not send a serial number of zero by @w7sst in #232
  • Updated to 2023 version by @jr8ppg in #235
  • Better status bar messages with improved DXCC Entity lookup #236 by @w7sst in #237
  • 158 Add IARU HF Championship Contest by @w7sst in #238
  • fixed: "00" must be replaced before "0" #204 by @jr8ppg in #241
  • RST and Serial Number cut number improvements (minor code change) by @w7sst in #243
  • NAQP default exchange setting was wrong #242 by @w7sst in #244
  • Alt-F9/Alt-F10 now uses 2 WPM speed increments. #245 by @w7sst in #246
  • Remove beep when Enter is hit after a Q is entered (F6FVY) by @w7sst in #251
  • 248/252 Improve RIT and Bandwidth adjustment using mouse wheel by @w7sst in #253
  • Add callers to the pile-up when a QSO is done (F6FVY) by @w7sst in #261
  • 262 modify the reply or not algorithm (F6FVY) by @w7sst in #263
  • 264 better f7 management (F6FVY) by @w7sst in #265
  • A few changes to the Readme.txt file. by @w7sst in #267
  • No RIT needed for Single Call mode (W7SST) by @w7sst in #268
  • Update Readme.txt for 1.84 by @scotthibbs in #254
  • #270 - update first time user help message by @w7sst in #271
  • Update Readme.txt by @f6fvy in #272
  • All Contests - Add Shift-F9 to start Single Call mode by @w7sst in #277
  • 269 rename menu item nr digits to serial nr by @w7sst in #273
  • CQ WPX - editable exchange field (starting number or #) by @w7sst in #280
  • HST Competition - add error check for correct settings by @w7sst in #279
  • Improve Run button with default Run Mode and Stop icon by @w7sst in #282
  • ARRL FD - reduce high number of home/portable club stations (W7SST) by @w7sst in #287
  • 288 roll version number and update release notes by @w7sst in #289
  • Add note that it works on Mac by @swalberg in #291

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Full Changelog: v1.83...v1.84

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