Ham Radio Software Updates!

VarAC V9.2.3 was just released.

New features

Broadcast based SNR: Ask for SNR report using Broadcast

DCD bypass: Ignore VARA DCD (Busy indicator) - to bypass constant noise on the frequency that prevent transmitting.

Date/Time customization: Customize Date/Time Formats to Standard, European or US style.

Chat recall - When connected to a station, your previous correspondences will be automatically loaded into the data stream so you can continue the conversation where you left it.

Date splitters - Split your DataStream into date-based sections for easy navigation.

GPS integration

- Read GPS data from NMEA GPS device and automatically updates your Locator.

- Adding also new tag to share your exact Long/Lat.

- Showing live GPS base grid locator on the bottom status strip.

- Hovering on it, shows the exact Lat/Long.

- Provide warning if no GPS data was received in 5 minutes.

Enhancements/Changes

Tags now work in VMails. Easily incorporate data to VMails with , , , etc...

Changing default dx cluster (VE7CC) port from 7373 to 23.

Reflecting "EmComm beacon" on the VARA command window when a beacon is fired in EmComm mode.

Showing alert when changing to EmComm mode while on a calling frequency.

EmComm beacons colors can be now customized under the appearance settings.

Adding a dropdown menu for recent callsign in the send broadcast dialogue.

Moving the beacons/CQ time diff selector to the settings section.

set a custom VarAC DB File path using new VarAC.ini parameter DBCustomFilePath= under the OTHER section.

Change in sending log to N3FJP log - sending an "ENTER" comment to trigger QSO uploads to external sources (QRZ.COM)

Double-clicking a broadcast message will open it on a larger viewer (similar to DataStream message double-click) now also allowing to pick Name/QTH/LOC for QSO logging.

was replaced with a shorter version

Changing the way in which VarAC logs to ACL N3FJP. Now it automatically logged and does not require manual approval.

Removing N1MM+ Logging using TCP. UDP method remains.

Upgrading callsign-history screen: New tabular view mode for chat history, applying appearance settings, Clicking enter to search callsign.

Bug fixes

Pings were marked as "Worked before" stations.

Fixing some color flickering when opening the frequency dropdown immediately after a frequency change.

Not sending "Is typing" event when selecting a canned message from the drop down.

After restart in EmComm mode - the beacon timer was reset to 15, in case it was lower.

Alert tags with < > signs did not work

Fixing some prefixes in DXCC country codes