diff --git a/frontend/src/App.tsx b/frontend/src/App.tsx
index 6a2f0c2..658980e 100644
--- a/frontend/src/App.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/App.tsx
@@ -1656,12 +1656,12 @@ export default function App() {
   // map ("map1"), the locator street map ("map2"), the cluster grid or the
   // worked-before grid. Per-profile (stored via SetUIPref → profile-prefixed),
   // so it's loaded async on mount and re-read on profile:changed below.
-  type MainPaneKind = 'map1' | 'map2' | 'cluster' | 'worked' | 'flex' | 'recent' | 'icom' | 'yaesu' | 'netcontrol';
+  type MainPaneKind = 'map1' | 'map2' | 'cluster' | 'worked' | 'flex' | 'recent' | 'icom' | 'yaesu' | 'netcontrol' | 'decodes';
   const [mapZoomSignal, setMapZoomSignal] = useState(0); // bump → world map auto-zooms now
   const [mainPaneLeft, setMainPaneLeft] = useState<MainPaneKind>('map1');
   const [mainPaneRight, setMainPaneRight] = useState<MainPaneKind>('map2');
   const loadMainPanes = useCallback(async () => {
-    const valid = (v: string): v is MainPaneKind => v === 'map1' || v === 'map2' || v === 'cluster' || v === 'worked' || v === 'flex' || v === 'recent' || v === 'icom' || v === 'yaesu' || v === 'netcontrol';
+    const valid = (v: string): v is MainPaneKind => v === 'map1' || v === 'map2' || v === 'cluster' || v === 'worked' || v === 'flex' || v === 'recent' || v === 'icom' || v === 'yaesu' || v === 'netcontrol' || v === 'decodes';
     const [l, r] = await Promise.all([
       GetUIPref('mainPaneLeft').catch(() => ''),
       GetUIPref('mainPaneRight').catch(() => ''),
@@ -1786,6 +1786,7 @@ export default function App() {
   const spotsDirtyRef = useRef(false);
   useEffect(() => {
     const vis = mainPaneLeft === 'cluster' || mainPaneRight === 'cluster'
+      || mainPaneLeft === 'decodes' || mainPaneRight === 'decodes'
       || activeTab === 'cluster' || activeTab === 'bandmap' || activeTab === 'decodes' || showBandMap;
     if (vis && !spotsVisibleRef.current && spotsDirtyRef.current) {
       spotsDirtyRef.current = false;
@@ -5446,6 +5447,34 @@ export default function App() {
     </button>
   );
 
+  // The FT decodes panel, built in ONE place: it is offered both as a tab and as
+  // a Main-view pane, and two copies of this call would be two sets of props to
+  // keep in step.
+  const renderDecodesPanel = () => (
+    <DecodesPanel
+      decodes={decodes}
+      txMsgs={txMsgs}
+      txState={txState}
+      spotStatus={spotStatus as any}
+      myCall={station.callsign}
+      // A click ANSWERS the station: it hands the decode back to WSJT-X/MSHV as
+      // a Reply, which is the same thing as double-clicking the line in their
+      // own window.
+      //
+      // Deliberately NOT a rig tune, unlike a cluster spot. On FT8 the whole
+      // band is inside one passband, so moving the dial changes nothing about
+      // who gets answered — and it would only fight the digital application
+      // for the VFO. The entry is still filled, so the QSO can be logged here.
+      onCall={(d) => {
+        onCallsignInput(d.call, { force: true });
+        AnswerDecode(
+          d.instance ?? '', d.ms ?? 0, d.snr, d.dt ?? 0,
+          d.audio_hz ?? 0, d.mode ?? '', d.msg ?? '', !!d.low_conf,
+        ).catch((e: any) => setError(String(e?.message ?? e)));
+      }}
+    />
+  );
+
   // Render one Main-view pane. The two sides (mainPaneLeft/Right) each pick from
   // the same four choices, configured per-profile in Settings → Main view.
   const renderMainPane = (kind: MainPaneKind) => {
@@ -5464,6 +5493,14 @@ export default function App() {
         );
       case 'map2':
         return <LocatorMap toGrid={grid} toLabel={callsign} />;
+      case 'decodes':
+        // Same panel as the tab, in a pane. It brings its own filter bar and
+        // column header, so it needs no frame of its own here.
+        return (
+          <div className="h-full w-full min-h-0 flex flex-col bg-card border border-border rounded-lg overflow-hidden">
+            {renderDecodesPanel()}
+          </div>
+        );
       case 'cluster':
         return (
           <div className="h-full w-full min-h-0 flex flex-col bg-card border border-border rounded-lg overflow-hidden">
@@ -7205,29 +7242,7 @@ export default function App() {
 
             {decodesTabOpen && (
               <TabsContent value="decodes" className="mt-0 flex flex-col min-h-0 flex-1 data-[state=inactive]:hidden">
-                <DecodesPanel
-                  decodes={decodes}
-                  txMsgs={txMsgs}
-                  txState={txState}
-                  spotStatus={spotStatus as any}
-                  myCall={station.callsign}
-                  // A click ANSWERS the station: it hands the decode back to
-                  // WSJT-X/MSHV as a Reply, which is the same thing as
-                  // double-clicking the line in their own window.
-                  //
-                  // Deliberately NOT a rig tune, unlike a cluster spot. On FT8
-                  // the whole band is inside one passband, so moving the dial
-                  // changes nothing about who gets answered — and it would only
-                  // fight the digital application for the VFO. The entry is
-                  // still filled, so the QSO can be logged here.
-                  onCall={(d) => {
-                    onCallsignInput(d.call, { force: true });
-                    AnswerDecode(
-                      d.instance ?? '', d.ms ?? 0, d.snr, d.dt ?? 0,
-                      d.audio_hz ?? 0, d.mode ?? '', d.msg ?? '', !!d.low_conf,
-                    ).catch((e: any) => setError(String(e?.message ?? e)));
-                  }}
-                />
+                {renderDecodesPanel()}
               </TabsContent>
             )}
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/SettingsModal.tsx b/frontend/src/components/SettingsModal.tsx
index 5944a06..c414b7c 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/SettingsModal.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/SettingsModal.tsx
@@ -1029,7 +1029,7 @@ function RelayAutoPanel() {
 // panes show, independently: the great-circle map, the locator street map, the
 // cluster grid or the worked-before grid. Per-profile (stored via SetUIPref,
 // which is profile-prefixed). Self-contained so it owns its async-loaded state.
-const MAIN_PANE_VALUES = ['map1', 'map2', 'cluster', 'worked', 'recent', 'netcontrol'];
+const MAIN_PANE_VALUES = ['map1', 'map2', 'cluster', 'worked', 'recent', 'netcontrol', 'decodes'];
 function MainViewPanes({ onChanged, flexAvailable, icomAvailable, yaesuAvailable }: { onChanged?: (side: 'left' | 'right', value: string) => void; flexAvailable?: boolean; icomAvailable?: boolean; yaesuAvailable?: boolean }) {
   const { t } = useI18n();
   const [left, setLeft] = useState('map1');
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/i18n.tsx b/frontend/src/lib/i18n.tsx
index 206b890..8211766 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/i18n.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/i18n.tsx
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ const en: Dict = {
   'settings.leftPane': 'Left pane', 'settings.rightPane': 'Right pane',
   'settings.pane.map1': 'Map — great-circle + beam', 'settings.pane.map2': 'Map — locator (street)',
   'settings.pane.cluster': 'Cluster spots', 'settings.pane.worked': 'Worked before',
-  'settings.pane.recent': 'Recent QSOs', 'settings.pane.netcontrol': 'Net control',
+  'settings.pane.recent': 'Recent QSOs', 'settings.pane.netcontrol': 'Net control', 'settings.pane.decodes': 'FT decodes',
   'settings.pane.flex': 'Flex Console', 'settings.pane.icom': 'Icom Console', 'settings.pane.yaesu': 'Yaesu Console', 'yaesu.notConnected': 'Yaesu CAT not connected', 'yaesu.meters': 'Meters', 'yaesu.bandMode': 'Band & mode', 'yaesu.receive': 'Receive', 'yaesu.noiseFilter': 'Noise & filter', 'yaesu.transmit': 'Transmit', 'yaesu.refresh': 'Refresh', 'yaesu.tuneHint': 'Start an antenna-tuner cycle', 'yaesu.sToRst': 'Click to fill the RST sent', 'yaesu.sidebandHint': 'Click to select this mode; click again to switch sideband (U/L)', 'yaesu.splitUpHint': 'Transmit this far above the receive frequency, and turn split on', 'yaesu.txOn': 'TX', 'yaesu.cw': 'CW', 'yaesu.breakInHint': 'Break-in: the rig switches to receive between characters', 'yaesu.zinHint': 'Zero-in: retune so the station you hear lands on your CW pitch',
   'theme.auto': 'Auto (system)', 'theme.light-warm': 'Warm light', 'theme.light-cool': 'Cool light',
   'theme.light-sage': 'Sage light', 'theme.light-nordic': 'Nordic light', 'theme.sahara': 'Sahara', 'theme.dim-slate': 'Dim slate', 'theme.dark-warm': 'Warm dark',
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ const fr: Dict = {
   'settings.leftPane': 'Volet gauche', 'settings.rightPane': 'Volet droit',
   'settings.pane.map1': 'Carte — orthodromie + faisceau', 'settings.pane.map2': 'Carte — locator (rue)',
   'settings.pane.cluster': 'Spots cluster', 'settings.pane.worked': 'Déjà contactés',
-  'settings.pane.recent': 'QSO récents', 'settings.pane.netcontrol': 'Gestion de net',
+  'settings.pane.recent': 'QSO récents', 'settings.pane.netcontrol': 'Gestion de net', 'settings.pane.decodes': 'Decodes FT',
   'settings.pane.flex': 'Flex Console', 'settings.pane.icom': 'Icom Console', 'settings.pane.yaesu': 'Yaesu Console', 'yaesu.notConnected': 'CAT Yaesu non connecté', 'yaesu.meters': 'Mesures', 'yaesu.bandMode': 'Bande et mode', 'yaesu.receive': 'Réception', 'yaesu.noiseFilter': 'Bruit et filtre', 'yaesu.transmit': 'Émission', 'yaesu.refresh': 'Actualiser', 'yaesu.tuneHint': "Lancer un cycle d'accord d'antenne", 'yaesu.sToRst': 'Cliquer pour remplir le RST envoyé', 'yaesu.sidebandHint': 'Cliquer pour choisir ce mode ; recliquer pour changer de bande latérale (U/L)', 'yaesu.splitUpHint': "Émettre à cette distance au-dessus de la fréquence de réception, et activer le split", 'yaesu.txOn': 'TX', 'yaesu.cw': 'CW', 'yaesu.breakInHint': "Break-in : la radio repasse en réception entre les caractères", 'yaesu.zinHint': "Zéro-in : réaccorde pour que la station entendue tombe sur votre note CW",
   'theme.auto': 'Auto (système)', 'theme.light-warm': 'Clair chaud', 'theme.light-cool': 'Clair froid',
   'theme.light-sage': 'Clair sauge', 'theme.light-nordic': 'Clair nordique', 'theme.sahara': 'Sahara', 'theme.dim-slate': 'Ardoise tamisé', 'theme.dark-warm': 'Sombre chaud',