• The new CQ parrot transmits periodically CQ messages until you start entering a callsign or press ESC. Just press ctrl+F1 to kick it off.
• Some detail improvements around the use of call history files.

improve the selection handling in the spots table

add the OK1WC Memorial Contest

• Major UI overhaul: the callinfo window was removed, all the related information is now shown in the main window:
  • the best matching callsign from supercheck and call history is shown above the callsign entry field
  • the predicted exchange of the entered callsign is shown above the exchange entry fields
  • the predicted score of the entered callsign is shown right next to the predicted exchange
  • if the VFO is on a frequency of an DX spot and there is no match in supercheck or the call history, or there is no callsign entered, the callsign of the DX spot is shown above the callsign entry field
  • the callsign shown above the callsign entry field can be transferred into the entry field with Alt+Enter
  • the callsign of one of the best nine matches can be transferred into the callsign entry field using the keyboard shortcuts Alt+1 to Alt+9
• Several concurrency problems were fixed that could lead to deadlocks when editing the contest settings.
• CT1BOH's algorithm is used to tag the DX spots in the spots list
• Hello Contest can talk to F5UII's HamDXMap to show the currently worked station on the map.
• The frequency dependent visual effects were removed from the spots list to mitigate a major performance problem.

What's Changed

• Bump google.golang.org/protobuf from 1.28.1 to 1.33.0 by @dependabot in #3
• Add contests:
  • DARC XMAS
  • YU DX
  • CQMM DX
• fix concurrency bugs in the spots list and dx cluster connection handling
• overwrite exhange input fields with the latest exchange prediction (Ctrl+P)
• prefer callsigns with "false friend" typos in the supercheck result sort order

What's Changed

• Fixed cwdaemon not sending text by @benishor in #2
• use the text color for the score table for better contrast
• reset the keyer settings to the defaults when creating a new contest log
• add the DARC XMAS contest

New Contributors

• @benishor made their first contribution in #2

Full Changelog: v0.18.1...v0.18.2

some bugfixes:

• the file and message dialogs are not tied to the main window anymore, but are shown in the center of the screen
• concurrent access to the score counter is prevented with a mutex

• calculate a weighted value for each spot
• show the weighted value of each spot in the spots list
• add the shortcut ctrl+shift+n to go to the spot with the currently highest value

• some minor bug fixes
• improve the prediction of their exchange
• show spots in a table instead of cards
• enable Github sponsors