diff --git a/changelog.json b/changelog.json
index c499fb6..e34db9e 100644
--- a/changelog.json
+++ b/changelog.json
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
     "version": "0.27.4",
     "date": "",
     "en": [
-      "FT decodes: the status column shows the two-letter US state when known — for the WAS chasers."
+      "FT decodes: a State column between the locator and the country — the two-letter badge plus the full name — for the WAS chasers."
     ],
     "fr": [
-      "FT decodes : la colonne statut affiche l’état US en deux lettres quand il est connu — pour les chasseurs de WAS."
+      "FT decodes : une colonne État entre le locator et le pays — le badge deux lettres plus le nom complet — pour les chasseurs de WAS."
     ]
   },
   {
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/DecodesPanel.tsx b/frontend/src/components/DecodesPanel.tsx
index 4cac8ee..166a500 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/DecodesPanel.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/DecodesPanel.tsx
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ const CELL_LAST = 'flex items-center min-w-0 px-2 gap-1 overflow-hidden';
 // One declaration per column, in display order: the header, the widths and the
 // resize handles all read from this, so a column cannot be resized in the header
 // and stay the old width in the body.
-type ColKey = 'time' | 'snr' | 'dt' | 'freq' | 'band' | 'mode' | 'msg' | 'grid' | 'country' | 'status';
+type ColKey = 'time' | 'snr' | 'dt' | 'freq' | 'band' | 'mode' | 'msg' | 'grid' | 'state' | 'country' | 'status';
 const COLS: { key: ColKey; tkey: string; def: number; min: number }[] = [
   { key: 'time',    tkey: 'dec.colTime',    def: 64,  min: 44 },
   { key: 'snr',     tkey: 'dec.colSnr',     def: 50,  min: 36 },
@@ -242,9 +242,26 @@ const COLS: { key: ColKey; tkey: string; def: number; min: number }[] = [
   // The grid was carried and shown nowhere: it drives the NEW GRID badge, and
   // an operator chasing squares could see the verdict but never the square.
   { key: 'grid',    tkey: 'dec.colGrid',    def: 62,  min: 46 },
+  // For the WAS chasers: the badge carries the two letters, the name spells
+  // them out — "SD" alone is a quiz for a European.
+  { key: 'state',   tkey: 'dec.colState',   def: 120, min: 56 },
   { key: 'country', tkey: 'dec.colCountry', def: 140, min: 70 },
   { key: 'status',  tkey: 'dec.colStatus',  def: 186, min: 80 },
 ];
+const US_STATES: Record<string, string> = {
+  AL: 'Alabama', AK: 'Alaska', AZ: 'Arizona', AR: 'Arkansas', CA: 'California',
+  CO: 'Colorado', CT: 'Connecticut', DE: 'Delaware', FL: 'Florida', GA: 'Georgia',
+  HI: 'Hawaii', ID: 'Idaho', IL: 'Illinois', IN: 'Indiana', IA: 'Iowa',
+  KS: 'Kansas', KY: 'Kentucky', LA: 'Louisiana', ME: 'Maine', MD: 'Maryland',
+  MA: 'Massachusetts', MI: 'Michigan', MN: 'Minnesota', MS: 'Mississippi',
+  MO: 'Missouri', MT: 'Montana', NE: 'Nebraska', NV: 'Nevada', NH: 'New Hampshire',
+  NJ: 'New Jersey', NM: 'New Mexico', NY: 'New York', NC: 'North Carolina',
+  ND: 'North Dakota', OH: 'Ohio', OK: 'Oklahoma', OR: 'Oregon', PA: 'Pennsylvania',
+  RI: 'Rhode Island', SC: 'South Carolina', SD: 'South Dakota', TN: 'Tennessee',
+  TX: 'Texas', UT: 'Utah', VT: 'Vermont', VA: 'Virginia', WA: 'Washington',
+  WV: 'West Virginia', WI: 'Wisconsin', WY: 'Wyoming', DC: 'District of Columbia',
+};
+
 const COL_MAX = 600;
 const COLW_KEY = 'opslog.decodeColWidths';
 
@@ -1098,6 +1115,15 @@ export function DecodesPanel({ decodes, txMsgs, txState, txStates, spotStatus, o
                     <span className="truncate">{d.grid || e?.grid || ''}</span>
                   </span>
 
+                  <span className={CELL}>
+                    {e?.state && (
+                      <>
+                        <span className="rounded px-1.5 py-px text-[11px] font-bold bg-info/15 text-info border border-info/40 shrink-0">{e.state}</span>
+                        <span className="text-[11px] text-muted-foreground truncate">{US_STATES[e.state.toUpperCase()] ?? ''}</span>
+                      </>
+                    )}
+                  </span>
+
                   <span className={cn(CELL, 'text-[11px] text-muted-foreground')}>
                     <span className="truncate">{e?.country ?? ''}</span>
                   </span>
@@ -1106,12 +1132,6 @@ export function DecodesPanel({ decodes, txMsgs, txState, txStates, spotStatus, o
                       right edge, shortest first so the eye can scan the column
                       rather than read it. */}
                   <span className={CELL_LAST}>
-                    {/* The two-letter US state, when the log or the licence
-                        data knows it — a WAS chaser reads the column for
-                        exactly this. */}
-                    {e?.state && (
-                      <span className="rounded px-1.5 py-px text-[11px] font-bold bg-info/15 text-info border border-info/40 shrink-0" title={t('dec.stateTip')}>{e.state}</span>
-                    )}
                     {e?.lotw && (
                       <span className="text-[10px] font-bold text-info-muted-foreground shrink-0" title="LoTW">L</span>
                     )}
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/i18n.tsx b/frontend/src/lib/i18n.tsx
index 5ee31de..ad061bb 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/i18n.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/i18n.tsx
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ const en: Dict = {
   'dec.colFreq': 'Freq', 'dec.colFreqTitle': 'Audio offset inside the passband (Hz)',
   'dec.txNow': 'Transmitting', 'dec.txIdle': 'Transmit', 'dec.working': 'calling', 'dec.toYou': 'to you',
   'dec.txUnknown': 'transmitting — text not reported', 'dec.txNothing': 'nothing being sent',
-  'dec.colTime': 'Time', 'dec.colSnr': 'SNR', 'dec.colMsg': 'Message', 'dec.bgGridUnconf': 'GRID?', 'dec.bgGridUnconfTip': 'This square is worked but not yet confirmed — a QSL to chase, not a QSO to make.', 'dec.colGrid': 'Grid', 'dec.colCountry': 'Country', 'dec.colBand': 'Band', 'dec.colMode': 'Mode', 'dec.colStatus': 'Status', 'dec.stateTip': 'US state', 'dec.wkd': 'Wkd',
+  'dec.colTime': 'Time', 'dec.colSnr': 'SNR', 'dec.colMsg': 'Message', 'dec.bgGridUnconf': 'GRID?', 'dec.bgGridUnconfTip': 'This square is worked but not yet confirmed — a QSL to chase, not a QSO to make.', 'dec.colGrid': 'Grid', 'dec.colState': 'State', 'dec.colCountry': 'Country', 'dec.colBand': 'Band', 'dec.colMode': 'Mode', 'dec.colStatus': 'Status', 'dec.stateTip': 'US state', 'dec.wkd': 'Wkd',
   'dec.bgPota': 'POTA', 'dec.bgGrid': 'GRID', 'dec.bgPfx': 'PFX', 'dec.bgCounty': 'CTY',
   'dec.stNew': 'NEW', 'dec.stBand': 'BAND', 'dec.stMode': 'MODE', 'dec.stSlot': 'SLOT', 'dec.stCall': 'CALL',
   'dec.empty': 'Nothing decoded yet. Decodes arrive from WSJT-X, JTDX or MSHV over the inbound UDP link (Settings -> UDP).',
@@ -696,7 +696,7 @@ const fr: Dict = {
   'dec.colFreq': 'Freq', 'dec.colFreqTitle': 'Decalage audio dans la bande passante (Hz)',
   'dec.txNow': 'En emission', 'dec.txIdle': 'Emission', 'dec.working': 'appelle', 'dec.toYou': 'pour toi',
   'dec.txUnknown': 'en émission — texte non communiqué', 'dec.txNothing': 'rien en cours d’émission',
-  'dec.colTime': 'Heure', 'dec.colSnr': 'SNR', 'dec.colMsg': 'Message', 'dec.bgGridUnconf': 'GRID?', 'dec.bgGridUnconfTip': 'Ce carré est contacté mais pas encore confirmé — une QSL à relancer, pas un QSO à faire.', 'dec.colGrid': 'Locator', 'dec.colCountry': 'Pays', 'dec.colBand': 'Bande', 'dec.colMode': 'Mode', 'dec.colStatus': 'Statut', 'dec.stateTip': 'État US', 'dec.wkd': 'Fait',
+  'dec.colTime': 'Heure', 'dec.colSnr': 'SNR', 'dec.colMsg': 'Message', 'dec.bgGridUnconf': 'GRID?', 'dec.bgGridUnconfTip': 'Ce carré est contacté mais pas encore confirmé — une QSL à relancer, pas un QSO à faire.', 'dec.colGrid': 'Locator', 'dec.colState': 'État', 'dec.colCountry': 'Pays', 'dec.colBand': 'Bande', 'dec.colMode': 'Mode', 'dec.colStatus': 'Statut', 'dec.stateTip': 'État US', 'dec.wkd': 'Fait',
   'dec.bgPota': 'POTA', 'dec.bgGrid': 'LOC', 'dec.bgPfx': 'PFX', 'dec.bgCounty': 'CTY',
   'dec.stNew': 'NOUV', 'dec.stBand': 'BANDE', 'dec.stMode': 'MODE', 'dec.stSlot': 'SLOT', 'dec.stCall': 'IND',
   'dec.empty': "Aucun decode pour l'instant. Ils arrivent de WSJT-X, JTDX ou MSHV par le lien UDP entrant (Reglages -> UDP).",