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marker is withdrawn at the display layer — applySpotDisplay, the same chokepoint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.

changelog.json

@@ -6,13 +6,15 @@
       "TCI (SunSDR): the meter subscription is renewed when the radio announces it is ready — sent only at connect, it could fall inside the initial state dump and be ignored, which left the transmit power and SWR empty. The log now also records the subscription and the first sensor frames, so a report can tell “the radio never sends them” from “they arrived and were dropped”.",
       "Sending a spot while in split now pre-fills the RX frequency — where the station actually is — instead of the TX frequency, which spotted the pile-up five up from the DX.",
       "Cluster: NEW SLOT gets its own colour — the sky cyan the panadapter palette already uses for it, clearly apart from POTA green and the yellows. The NEW SLOT and NEW COUNTY filter chips now wear the same colours as the badges they select, and the NEW CALL filter works even when the slot-highlight display option is off.",
-      "Elecraft console: a mode row — CW, USB, LSB, DATA and DATA RTTY. The two DATA buttons set the K3’s submode as well (DATA A for FT8/FT4, FSK D for RTTY): switching to DATA by mode alone kept whatever submode the last session left, which is how a K3 “in DATA” keys FT8 with no audio."
+      "Elecraft console: a mode row — CW, USB, LSB, DATA and DATA RTTY. The two DATA buttons set the K3’s submode as well (DATA A for FT8/FT4, FSK D for RTTY): switching to DATA by mode alone kept whatever submode the last session left, which is how a K3 “in DATA” keys FT8 with no audio.",
+      "DX Cluster settings: “I chase POTA” and “I chase SOTA”, on by default. Unticked, the NEW POTA badge, colour and filter disappear — a new-band + new-POTA spot reads NEW BAND alone — and the reference columns stay empty."
     ],
     "fr": [
       "TCI (SunSDR) : l'abonnement aux mesures est renouvelé quand la radio annonce qu'elle est prête — envoyé seulement à la connexion, il pouvait tomber pendant l'envoi initial de l'état et être ignoré, laissant la puissance et le ROS vides en émission. Le journal enregistre aussi l'abonnement et les premières trames de mesure, pour distinguer « la radio ne les envoie jamais » de « elles arrivaient et étaient perdues ».",
       "Envoyer un spot en split préremplit désormais la fréquence RX — là où la station se trouve réellement — au lieu de la fréquence TX, qui spottait le pile-up cinq au-dessus du DX.",
       "Cluster : NOUVEAU SLOT reçoit sa propre couleur — le cyan ciel que la palette du panadapter lui donne déjà, bien distinct du vert POTA et des jaunes. Les puces de filtre NOUVEAU SLOT et NOUVEAU COMTÉ portent désormais les couleurs des badges qu'elles sélectionnent, et le filtre NOUVEAU CALL fonctionne même quand l'option de surlignage par slot est désactivée.",
-      "Console Elecraft : une rangée de modes — CW, USB, LSB, DATA et DATA RTTY. Les deux boutons DATA règlent aussi le sous-mode du K3 (DATA A pour FT8/FT4, FSK D pour le RTTY) : passer en DATA par le seul mode gardait le sous-mode de la session précédente, et un K3 « en DATA » manipulait le FT8 sans audio."
+      "Console Elecraft : une rangée de modes — CW, USB, LSB, DATA et DATA RTTY. Les deux boutons DATA règlent aussi le sous-mode du K3 (DATA A pour FT8/FT4, FSK D pour le RTTY) : passer en DATA par le seul mode gardait le sous-mode de la session précédente, et un K3 « en DATA » manipulait le FT8 sans audio.",
+      "Réglages DX Cluster : « Je chasse le POTA » et « Je chasse le SOTA », cochés par défaut. Décochés, le badge, la couleur et le filtre NOUVEAU POTA disparaissent — un spot nouvelle bande + nouveau POTA affiche seulement NOUVELLE BANDE — et les colonnes de références restent vides."
     ]
   },
   {

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:[..]}