fix issues

frontend/src/components/SettingsModal.tsx

@@ -1836,7 +1836,7 @@ export function SettingsModal({ onClose, onSaved, initialSection }: Props) {
           <div className="border-t border-border/60 pt-3">
             <Label className="text-sm font-medium">CW message macros (F1…)</Label>
             <p className="text-[11px] text-muted-foreground mb-2">
-              Use variables: <span className="font-mono">&lt;MY_CALL&gt; &lt;CALL&gt; &lt;STX&gt; &lt;STRX&gt; &lt;MY_NAME&gt; &lt;HIS_NAME&gt; &lt;MY_QTH&gt; &lt;GRID&gt; &lt;CONT_TX&gt; &lt;n&gt;</span> (cut numbers: 9→N, 0→T). <span className="font-mono">*</span>=my call, <span className="font-mono">!</span>=his call.
+              Use variables: <span className="font-mono">&lt;MY_CALL&gt; &lt;CALL&gt; &lt;STX&gt; &lt;STRX&gt; &lt;MY_NAME&gt; &lt;HIS_NAME&gt; &lt;MY_QTH&gt; &lt;GRID&gt; &lt;CONT_TX&gt; &lt;n&gt;</span> (cut numbers: 9→N, 0→T). <span className="font-mono">*</span>=my call, <span className="font-mono">!</span>=his call. <span className="font-mono">&lt;LOGQSO&gt;</span> = log the QSO when the macro is sent (e.g. <span className="font-mono">73 TU &lt;LOGQSO&gt;</span>).
             </p>
             <div className="space-y-1.5 max-h-[34vh] overflow-y-auto pr-1">
               {Array.from({ length: 12 }).map((_, i) => {

frontend/src/components/ui/combobox.tsx

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { cn } from '@/lib/utils';
 // only an exact (case-insensitive) match — otherwise it reverts, so the field
 // can't hold a typo'd value that isn't in the list.
 export function Combobox({
-  value, onChange, options, placeholder, className, allowFreeText = false,
+  value, onChange, options, placeholder, className, allowFreeText = false, commitOnType = false,
 }: {
   value: string;
   onChange: (v: string) => void;
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ export function Combobox({
   placeholder?: string;
   className?: string;
   allowFreeText?: boolean;
+  // Commit each keystroke to the parent immediately (not just on blur). Use for
+  // fields read live by other actions — e.g. RST, so a CW macro sent without
+  // leaving the field uses the value just typed.
+  commitOnType?: boolean;
 }) {
   const [open, setOpen] = useState(false);
   const [query, setQuery] = useState('');
@@ -41,9 +45,13 @@ export function Combobox({
     // Defer so a click on an option registers first.
     setTimeout(() => {
       setOpen(false);
-      const exact = options.find((o) => o.toLowerCase() === query.trim().toLowerCase());
-      if (exact) { onChange(exact); setQuery(exact); }
-      else if (allowFreeText) { onChange(query.trim()); }
+      const trimmed = query.trim();
+      const exact = options.find((o) => o.toLowerCase() === trimmed.toLowerCase());
+      // Only fire onChange when the value actually changed — committing an
+      // unchanged value on a plain tab-through would wrongly flag the field as
+      // "user-edited" (e.g. RST, which then blocks the CW/SSB 599↔59 default).
+      if (exact) { if (exact !== value) onChange(exact); setQuery(exact); }
+      else if (allowFreeText) { if (trimmed !== value) onChange(trimmed); }
       else { setQuery(value); } // revert typo
     }, 120);
   }
@@ -56,7 +64,7 @@ export function Combobox({
         // Focus selects the text so a keystroke replaces it — but does NOT
         // open the list (so tabbing in doesn't pop the dropdown).
         onFocus={(e) => { setQuery(value); e.currentTarget.select(); }}
-        onChange={(e) => { setQuery(e.target.value); setOpen(true); }}
+        onChange={(e) => { setQuery(e.target.value); setOpen(true); if (commitOnType) onChange(e.target.value); }}
         onBlur={onBlur}
         onKeyDown={(e) => {
           if ((e.key === 'ArrowDown' || e.key === 'Alt') && !open) { setOpen(true); }