feat(cluster): chase switches for POTA and SOTA

An operator who does not chase parks does not want NEW POTA shouting from every
activator spot. Two switches (Settings → DX Cluster, on by default): off, the
marker is withdrawn at the display layer — applySpotDisplay, the same chokepoint
the grid, the band map and the filter read through — so the badge, the colour,
the filter chip and the reference column all go quiet together, and a new-band +
new-POTA spot reads NEW BAND alone. The facts keep being computed; only the
telling stops, so ticking the box back on needs no rescan.

frontend/src/App.tsx

@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ import { ExportFieldsDialog } from '@/components/ExportFieldsDialog';
 import { ShutdownProgress } from '@/components/ShutdownProgress';
 import { ClusterGrid } from '@/components/ClusterGrid';
 import { cleanSpotter, inferSpotMode, spotModeCategory, spotStatusKey } from '@/lib/spot';
-import { applySpotDisplay, readSpotDisplayOptions, spotIsWorked, SPOT_DISPLAY_OPTIONS_EXPOSED } from '@/lib/spotDisplay';
+import { applySpotDisplay, chasePota, readSpotDisplayOptions, spotIsWorked, SPOT_DISPLAY_OPTIONS_EXPOSED } from '@/lib/spotDisplay';
 import { AnswerDecode, HaltDecodeTx, LogUIError, FlexTXOnBand, GetMatrixColors, GetRotorPresets, GetRowColors, GetSpotTTLMinutes, GetSpotMax, IsNewUSCounty } from '../wailsjs/go/main/App';
 import { applyMatrixColors } from '@/lib/matrixColors';
 import { WorkedBeforeGrid } from '@/components/WorkedBeforeGrid';
@@ -6127,7 +6127,8 @@ export default function App() {
               // worked spots; the separate "Hide worked" checkbox drops them — they
               // are opposite controls, so don't use both at once.
               { k: 'worked'   as SpotFilterKey, label: 'WORKED',   cls: 'bg-info-muted text-info-muted-foreground border-info-border' },
-            ]).map((s: any) => fChip(s.k, s.label, s.cls, clusterStatusFilter.has(s.k),
+            ]).filter((s: any) => s.k !== 'new-pota' || chasePota())
+              .map((s: any) => fChip(s.k, s.label, s.cls, clusterStatusFilter.has(s.k),
               () => setClusterStatusFilter((cur) => { const n = new Set(cur); if (n.has(s.k)) n.delete(s.k); else n.add(s.k); return n; }), s.style))}
           </div>,
           clusterStatusFilter.size > 0 ? (

frontend/src/components/BandMap.tsx

@@ -272,11 +272,11 @@ export function BandMap({ band, spots, spotStatus: spotStatusRaw, currentFreqHz,
   // nothing until the next poll happened to hand over a fresh object.
   const dispOpts = readSpotDisplayOptions();
   const spotStatus = useMemo(() => {
-    if (!dispOpts.muteWorked && !dispOpts.slotHighlight) return spotStatusRaw;
+    if (!dispOpts.muteWorked && !dispOpts.slotHighlight && dispOpts.chasePota) return spotStatusRaw;
     const out: Record<string, SpotStatusEntry> = {};
     for (const k of Object.keys(spotStatusRaw)) out[k] = applySpotDisplay(spotStatusRaw[k], dispOpts) as SpotStatusEntry;
     return out;
-  }, [spotStatusRaw, dispOpts.muteWorked, dispOpts.slotHighlight]);
+  }, [spotStatusRaw, dispOpts.muteWorked, dispOpts.slotHighlight, dispOpts.chasePota]);
   // Re-render when the operator changes their IARU region in Settings.
   const [, setRegionTick] = useState(0);
   useEffect(() => subscribeIaruRegion(() => setRegionTick((n) => n + 1)), []);

frontend/src/components/ClusterGrid.tsx

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import { Button } from '@/components/ui/button';
 import { Checkbox } from '@/components/ui/checkbox';
 import { cleanSpotter, inferSpotMode, spotStatusKey } from '@/lib/spot';
 import { markerColour } from '@/lib/spotMarkers';
-import { applySpotDisplay, readSpotDisplayOptions } from '@/lib/spotDisplay';
+import { applySpotDisplay, chasePota, chaseSota, readSpotDisplayOptions } from '@/lib/spotDisplay';
 import { loadLocal, loadRemote, saveState, seedLocal, whenGridPrefsReady } from '@/lib/gridPrefs';
 import { distanceUnit, distanceValue, subscribeDistanceUnit } from '@/lib/units';
 import { useI18n } from '@/lib/i18n';
@@ -343,7 +343,9 @@ const makeColCatalog = (t: TFn): ColEntry[] => [
   },
   {
     group: 'Spot', label: t('clg2.c.pota'), colId: 'pota',
-    headerName: t('clg2.c.pota'), field: 'pota_ref' as any, width: 92, cellClass: 'font-mono',
+    headerName: t('clg2.c.pota'), width: 92, cellClass: 'font-mono',
+    // Through a valueGetter so the chase switch empties the column live.
+    valueGetter: (p: any) => (chasePota() ? p.data?.pota_ref ?? '' : ''),
     defaultVisible: true,
     cellStyle: (p: any) => (statusFor(p)?.new_pota
       ? fillStyle(markerColour('new_pota'))
@@ -356,7 +358,8 @@ const makeColCatalog = (t: TFn): ColEntry[] => [
     // which is why the column is off by default rather than an empty column for
     // everyone who does not watch summits.
     group: 'Spot', label: t('clg2.c.sota'), colId: 'sota',
-    headerName: t('clg2.c.sota'), field: 'sota_ref' as any, width: 100, cellClass: 'font-mono',
+    headerName: t('clg2.c.sota'), width: 100, cellClass: 'font-mono',
+    valueGetter: (p: any) => (chaseSota() ? p.data?.sota_ref ?? '' : ''),
     defaultVisible: false,
     cellStyle: () => ({ color: 'var(--success)' }) as any,
   },

frontend/src/components/SettingsModal.tsx

@@ -2068,6 +2068,8 @@ function SettingsModalImpl({ onClose, onSaved, initialSection, onMainPaneChanged
     try { await SaveGridScopeSettings(next); } catch { /* the panel keeps the choice either way */ }
   };
   const [chaseGrids, setChaseGrids] = useState(false);
+  const [chasePotaOn, setChasePotaOn] = useState(() => localStorage.getItem('opslog.chasePota') !== '0');
+  const [chaseSotaOn, setChaseSotaOn] = useState(() => localStorage.getItem('opslog.chaseSota') !== '0');
   const [chaseNew, setChaseNew] = useState(false);
   const [spotTTL, setSpotTTL] = useState(0);
   const [spotTTLText, setSpotTTLText] = useState('0');
@@ -5380,6 +5382,19 @@ function SettingsModalImpl({ onClose, onSaved, initialSection, onMainPaneChanged
           </div>
 
           <div className="border-t border-border/60 pt-3 space-y-2">
+            {/* Chase switches: off, the marker stops being TOLD, everywhere at
+                once — badge, colour, filter chip, reference column. A "new band
+                + new POTA" spot then reads NEW BAND alone. */}
+            <label className="flex items-center gap-2 text-sm cursor-pointer" title={t('clu.chasePotaHint')}>
+              <Checkbox checked={chasePotaOn}
+                onCheckedChange={(c) => { const v = !!c; setChasePotaOn(v); writeUiPref('opslog.chasePota', v ? '1' : '0'); }} />
+              {t('clu.chasePota')}
+            </label>
+            <label className="flex items-center gap-2 text-sm cursor-pointer" title={t('clu.chaseSotaHint')}>
+              <Checkbox checked={chaseSotaOn}
+                onCheckedChange={(c) => { const v = !!c; setChaseSotaOn(v); writeUiPref('opslog.chaseSota', v ? '1' : '0'); }} />
+              {t('clu.chaseSota')}
+            </label>
             <label className="flex items-start gap-2 text-sm cursor-pointer">
               <Checkbox checked={chaseGrids} className="mt-0.5"
                 onCheckedChange={(c) => { setChaseGrids(!!c); SetChaseNewGrids(!!c).catch(() => {}); }} />

frontend/src/lib/i18n.tsx

@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ const en: Dict = {
   'gsc.scope': 'Match a square by', 'gsc.hunt': 'Chase', 'gsc.huntNew': 'New — never worked', 'gsc.huntUnconf': 'New and unconfirmed', 'gsc.scope_band_digi': 'This band + any digital mode', 'gsc.scope_band_mode': 'This band + this exact mode', 'gsc.scope_band_ftx': 'This band + any FT mode (FT8/FT4/FT2)', 'gsc.scope_mix_digi': 'Any band + any digital mode', 'gsc.scope_mix_mode': 'Any band + this exact mode', 'gsc.scope_mix_ftx': 'Any band + any FT mode (FT8/FT4/FT2)', 'gsc.hint': 'Decides when a square stops being NEW. Narrower means more squares to chase: per band and per exact mode is the most demanding, any band and any digital mode the least. Chasing unconfirmed as well keeps a square wanted until a QSL, LoTW or eQSL confirmation arrives — it is still missing from the award until then.',
   'gsm.basemap': 'Basemap', 'gsm.title': 'Grid squares', 'gsm.all': 'All', 'gsm.phone': 'Phone', 'gsm.cw': 'CW', 'gsm.digital': 'Digital', 'gsm.ftx': 'FTx', 'gsm.confirmed': 'confirmed', 'gsm.worked': 'worked', 'gsm.colConfirmed': 'Colour for confirmed squares', 'gsm.colWorked': 'Colour for worked (unconfirmed) squares', 'gsm.colReset': 'Back to the theme colours', 'gsm.refresh': 'Recount from the log', 'gsm.count': '{n} squares · {c} confirmed',
   'bo.nearKm': 'Count receivers within', 'bo.nearKmHint': 'A report proves YOUR path only if it was collected near you. Smaller is more local but leaves fewer receivers listening — too small and the watch has nothing to look at. 300 km borrows a whole region; 100 km suits 2 m, where a duct is narrow.',
-  'bo.open': 'open', 'bo.liveTip': '{band} is open — {n} stations, ~{km} km, {sector}{season}. Click for the band map.', 'bo.enable': 'Watch for band openings', 'bo.enableHint': '(10, 12, 6, 4 and 2 m. Switching this on adds the two RBN nodes and subscribes to the PSK Reporter feed — the detection needs far more ears than a cluster can give it.)', 'bo.feedUp': 'PSK Reporter feed up — {n} decodes seen', 'bo.feedDown': 'PSK Reporter feed down — needs your station grid, and a moment to connect', 'clu.spotTtl': 'Spot lifetime', 'clu.spotTtlNever': 'Keep', 'clu.spotMax': 'Spots kept', 'clu.spotMaxHint': '', 'clu.spotTtlHint': 'minutes — 0 keeps them.', 'clu.chaseGrids': 'Chase new grids', 'clu.chaseGridsHint': '(learns locators from your own WSJT-X decodes AND from PSK Reporter, and keeps them in their own database so the cluster shows them from the first second)', 'clu.chaseGridsStat': '{n} locators known — {p} waiting to be written', 'clu.workedSameSlot': 'Already worked only on the same slot',
+  'bo.open': 'open', 'bo.liveTip': '{band} is open — {n} stations, ~{km} km, {sector}{season}. Click for the band map.', 'bo.enable': 'Watch for band openings', 'bo.enableHint': '(10, 12, 6, 4 and 2 m. Switching this on adds the two RBN nodes and subscribes to the PSK Reporter feed — the detection needs far more ears than a cluster can give it.)', 'bo.feedUp': 'PSK Reporter feed up — {n} decodes seen', 'bo.feedDown': 'PSK Reporter feed down — needs your station grid, and a moment to connect', 'clu.spotTtl': 'Spot lifetime', 'clu.spotTtlNever': 'Keep', 'clu.spotMax': 'Spots kept', 'clu.spotMaxHint': '', 'clu.spotTtlHint': 'minutes — 0 keeps them.', 'clu.chasePota': 'I chase POTA', 'clu.chasePotaHint': 'Off: no NEW POTA badge or filter, and the POTA column stays empty — a new-band + new-POTA spot reads NEW BAND alone.', 'clu.chaseSota': 'I chase SOTA', 'clu.chaseSotaHint': 'Off: the SOTA column stays empty.', 'clu.chaseGrids': 'Chase new grids', 'clu.chaseGridsHint': '(learns locators from your own WSJT-X decodes AND from PSK Reporter, and keeps them in their own database so the cluster shows them from the first second)', 'clu.chaseGridsStat': '{n} locators known — {p} waiting to be written', 'clu.workedSameSlot': 'Already worked only on the same slot',
   'clu.macros': 'Command buttons', 'clu.macrosHint': 'A named button beside the cluster command box. Leave the command empty and the button is not shown.',
   'clu.macroLabel': 'Button', 'clu.macroCmd': 'Command',
   'clu.workedSameSlotHint': '— a spot shows "worked" only if you worked that call on the SAME band and mode, not just anywhere.',
@@ -835,7 +835,7 @@ const fr: Dict = {
   'bo.nearKm': 'Compter les récepteurs à moins de', 'bo.nearKmHint': 'Un report ne prouve TON chemin que s’il a été collecté près de chez toi. Plus petit est plus local, mais laisse moins de récepteurs à l’écoute — trop petit, la veille n’a plus rien à observer. 300 km emprunte les oreilles de toute une région ; 100 km convient au 2 m, où un conduit est étroit.',
   'bo.open': 'ouvert', 'bo.liveTip': '{band} est ouvert — {n} stations, ~{km} km, {sector}{season}. Cliquer pour le bandmap.', 'bo.enable': 'Surveiller les ouvertures de bande', 'bo.enableHint': "(10, 12, 6, 4 et 2 m. Activer ajoute les deux nœuds RBN et souscrit au flux PSK Reporter — la détection a besoin de bien plus d oreilles qu un cluster ne peut en fournir.)", 'bo.feedUp': 'Flux PSK Reporter actif — {n} décodages vus', 'bo.feedDown': 'Flux PSK Reporter inactif — il faut ton locator, et un instant pour se connecter', 'clu.workedSameSlot': 'Déjà contacté seulement sur le même slot',
   'clu.macros': 'Boutons de commande', 'clu.macrosHint': 'Un bouton nommé à côté du champ de commande du cluster. Laisse la commande vide et le bouton n’est pas affiché.',
-  'clu.macroLabel': 'Bouton', 'clu.macroCmd': 'Commande', 'clu.spotTtl': 'Durée de vie des spots', 'clu.spotTtlNever': 'Garder', 'clu.spotMax': 'Nombre de spots conservés', 'clu.spotMaxHint': '', 'clu.spotTtlHint': 'minutes — 0 les conserve.', 'clu.chaseGrids': 'Chasser les nouveaux locators', 'clu.chaseGridsHint': '(apprend les locators depuis TES propres décodages WSJT-X ET depuis PSK Reporter, et les garde dans leur propre base pour que le cluster les affiche dès la première seconde)', 'clu.chaseGridsStat': '{n} locators connus — {p} en attente d’écriture',
+  'clu.macroLabel': 'Bouton', 'clu.macroCmd': 'Commande', 'clu.spotTtl': 'Durée de vie des spots', 'clu.spotTtlNever': 'Garder', 'clu.spotMax': 'Nombre de spots conservés', 'clu.spotMaxHint': '', 'clu.spotTtlHint': 'minutes — 0 les conserve.', 'clu.chasePota': 'Je chasse le POTA', 'clu.chasePotaHint': "Décoché : plus de badge ni de filtre NOUVEAU POTA, et la colonne POTA reste vide — un spot nouvelle bande + nouveau POTA affiche seulement NOUVELLE BANDE.", 'clu.chaseSota': 'Je chasse le SOTA', 'clu.chaseSotaHint': 'Décoché : la colonne SOTA reste vide.', 'clu.chaseGrids': 'Chasser les nouveaux locators', 'clu.chaseGridsHint': '(apprend les locators depuis TES propres décodages WSJT-X ET depuis PSK Reporter, et les garde dans leur propre base pour que le cluster les affiche dès la première seconde)', 'clu.chaseGridsStat': '{n} locators connus — {p} en attente d’écriture',
   'clu.workedSameSlotHint': "— un spot n'est « contacté » que si cet indicatif a été fait sur la MÊME bande et le même mode, pas n'importe où.",
 
 

frontend/src/lib/spotDisplay.ts

@@ -11,7 +11,25 @@
 //
 // They compose deliberately: mute what is done, light up what is not.
 
-export type SpotDisplayOptions = { muteWorked: boolean; slotHighlight: boolean };
+export type SpotDisplayOptions = {
+  muteWorked: boolean; slotHighlight: boolean;
+  // Chase switches (Settings → DX Cluster), ON by default. An operator who does
+  // not chase parks does not want NEW POTA shouting from every activator spot:
+  // off, the marker is withdrawn at the display layer — a "new band + new POTA"
+  // spot simply reads NEW BAND — and the reference column goes quiet. The facts
+  // keep being computed; only the telling stops, so ticking the box back on
+  // needs no rescan.
+  chasePota: boolean; chaseSota: boolean;
+};
+
+// chasePota/chaseSota read the switches directly — for the places that show a
+// REFERENCE rather than a status (the POTA and SOTA columns).
+export function chasePota(): boolean {
+  try { return localStorage.getItem('opslog.chasePota') !== '0'; } catch { return true; }
+}
+export function chaseSota(): boolean {
+  try { return localStorage.getItem('opslog.chaseSota') !== '0'; } catch { return true; }
+}
 
 // Both options are withdrawn from the filter panel for now. The machinery below
 // is deliberately kept whole — it is correct and hard-won — so putting the two
@@ -23,14 +41,19 @@ export type SpotDisplayOptions = { muteWorked: boolean; slotHighlight: boolean }
 export const SPOT_DISPLAY_OPTIONS_EXPOSED = false;
 
 export function readSpotDisplayOptions(): SpotDisplayOptions {
-  if (!SPOT_DISPLAY_OPTIONS_EXPOSED) return { muteWorked: false, slotHighlight: false };
+  // The EXPOSED flag only withdraws the two original switches; the chase
+  // switches are live regardless.
+  if (!SPOT_DISPLAY_OPTIONS_EXPOSED) {
+    return { muteWorked: false, slotHighlight: false, chasePota: chasePota(), chaseSota: chaseSota() };
+  }
   try {
     return {
       muteWorked: localStorage.getItem('opslog.clusterMuteWorked') === '1',
       slotHighlight: localStorage.getItem('opslog.clusterSlotHighlight') === '1',
+      chasePota: chasePota(), chaseSota: chaseSota(),
     };
   } catch {
-    return { muteWorked: false, slotHighlight: false };
+    return { muteWorked: false, slotHighlight: false, chasePota: true, chaseSota: true };
   }
 }
 
@@ -72,6 +95,9 @@ export function applySpotDisplay<T extends Entry>(s: T, o: SpotDisplayOptions):
   if (o.muteWorked) {
     e = { ...e, worked_call: false } as NonNullable<T>;
   }
+  if (!o.chasePota && e.new_pota) {
+    e = { ...e, new_pota: false } as NonNullable<T>;
+  }
   return e;
 }
 

frontend/src/lib/uiPref.ts

@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ const PORTABLE_KEYS = [
   'opslog.clusterModeFilter', 'opslog.clusterSearch', 'opslog.clusterHideWorked',
   'opslog.distanceMiles', // distances shown in statute miles rather than km
   'opslog.iaruRegion',    // IARU region (1/2/3) — band edges and segments on the band maps
+  'opslog.chasePota',     // show POTA references and the NEW POTA marker on spots
+  'opslog.chaseSota',     // show SOTA references on spots
   'opslog.activeTab',     // last selected tab
   'opslog.mainSplit',    // Main tab: width share of the left pane (percent) — legacy, read once to seed mainShares
   'opslog.mainShares',   // Main tab: column shares per column count, as {2:[..],3:[..],4:[..]}