diff --git a/frontend/src/App.tsx b/frontend/src/App.tsx
index 973707d..2606009 100644
--- a/frontend/src/App.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/App.tsx
@@ -2008,17 +2008,21 @@ export default function App() {
   async function wkSend(rawText: string) {
     setWkSent('');
     const resolved = resolveCW(rawText);
+    // Trailing word space so two macros fired back-to-back don't run together in
+    // the keyer buffer ("CQ" + "TEST" → "CQTEST"). The keyer keys a space as a
+    // word gap at the CURRENT speed, so it scales with WPM automatically.
+    const keyed = resolved ? resolved + ' ' : resolved;
     const doLog = /<LOGQSO>/i.test(rawText); // resolveCW strips the token (unknown var → "")
     const sleep = (ms: number) => new Promise((r) => window.setTimeout(r, ms));
     if (cwSourceRef.current === 'icom') {
       // The rig's keyer gives no busy echo back, so show the text we sent and,
       // for <LOGQSO>, wait the estimated send duration before logging.
       setWkSent(resolved);
-      await IcomSendCW(resolved).catch((e) => setError(String(e?.message ?? e)));
+      await IcomSendCW(keyed).catch((e) => setError(String(e?.message ?? e)));
       if (doLog) { await sleep(Math.round(estimateCwMs(resolved, wkWpm)) + 600); void save(); }
       return;
     }
-    await WinkeyerSend(resolved).catch((e) => setError(String(e?.message ?? e)));
+    await WinkeyerSend(keyed).catch((e) => setError(String(e?.message ?? e)));
     // <LOGQSO> (e.g. "BK 73 TU <LOGQSO>") logs the contact AFTER the keyer has
     // finished sending — so the QSO isn't logged (and the form cleared) while CW
     // is still going out. We'd like to wait for the busy flag to rise then fall,
@@ -3760,16 +3764,17 @@ export default function App() {
           {showQsoRate && (
             <div className="flex items-center gap-2.5 font-mono px-2.5 h-8 rounded-md border border-border/60 bg-muted/40 whitespace-nowrap"
               title={t('rate.title')}>
-              <Activity className="size-3.5 text-muted-foreground" />
+              <Activity className={cn('size-3.5', (qsoRate.last10 + qsoRate.last60) > 0 ? 'text-primary' : 'text-muted-foreground')} />
               {/* Contest-style rate: QSOs/hour projected from each window
-                  (10-min count ×6; the 60-min count is already per hour). */}
+                  (10-min count ×6; the 60-min count is already per hour). Numbers
+                  glow the brand accent when active, dim to muted when idle. */}
               <span className="inline-flex items-baseline gap-1">
                 <span className="text-muted-foreground uppercase tracking-wider text-[9px]">10′</span>
-                <span className="font-bold text-[12px] text-foreground">{qsoRate.last10 * 6}</span>
+                <span className={cn('font-bold text-[12px]', qsoRate.last10 > 0 ? 'text-primary' : 'text-muted-foreground')}>{qsoRate.last10 * 6}</span>
               </span>
               <span className="inline-flex items-baseline gap-1">
                 <span className="text-muted-foreground uppercase tracking-wider text-[9px]">60′</span>
-                <span className="font-bold text-[12px] text-foreground">{qsoRate.last60}</span>
+                <span className={cn('font-bold text-[12px]', qsoRate.last60 > 0 ? 'text-primary' : 'text-muted-foreground')}>{qsoRate.last60}</span>
               </span>
               <span className="text-muted-foreground text-[9px] uppercase tracking-wider">Q/h</span>
             </div>
@@ -3786,6 +3791,14 @@ export default function App() {
                 const geo = String(solar.geomag_field || '').toUpperCase();
                 const geoCls = /STORM|SEVERE/.test(geo) ? 'text-danger'
                   : /ACTIVE|UNSETTLED/.test(geo) ? 'text-warning' : 'text-success';
+                const num = (v: any) => { const n = Number(v); return Number.isFinite(n) ? n : null; };
+                // Semantic colour by band condition: higher flux/sunspots = better HF
+                // (green when strong); A and K measure geomagnetic disturbance, so LOW
+                // is good (green quiet → yellow unsettled → red storm).
+                const sfiCls = (v: any) => { const n = num(v); return n == null ? 'text-foreground' : n >= 120 ? 'text-success' : n >= 90 ? 'text-foreground' : 'text-warning'; };
+                const ssnCls = (v: any) => { const n = num(v); return n != null && n >= 80 ? 'text-success' : 'text-foreground'; };
+                const aCls = (v: any) => { const n = num(v); return n == null ? 'text-foreground' : n <= 7 ? 'text-success' : n <= 15 ? 'text-warning' : 'text-danger'; };
+                const kCls = (v: any) => { const n = num(v); return n == null ? 'text-foreground' : n <= 2 ? 'text-success' : n <= 3 ? 'text-warning' : 'text-danger'; };
                 const it = (label: string, val: any, cls = 'text-foreground') => (
                   <span className="inline-flex items-baseline gap-1">
                     <span className="text-muted-foreground uppercase tracking-wider text-[9px]">{label}</span>
@@ -3793,10 +3806,10 @@ export default function App() {
                   </span>
                 );
                 return (<>
-                  {it('SFI', solar.sfi)}
-                  {it('SSN', solar.ssn)}
-                  {it('A', solar.a_index)}
-                  {it('K', solar.k_index)}
+                  {it('SFI', solar.sfi, sfiCls(solar.sfi))}
+                  {it('SSN', solar.ssn, ssnCls(solar.ssn))}
+                  {it('A', solar.a_index, aCls(solar.a_index))}
+                  {it('K', solar.k_index, kCls(solar.k_index))}
                   {geo ? <span className={cn('font-bold text-[12px]', geoCls)}>{geo}</span> : null}
                 </>);
               })()}