diff --git a/app.go b/app.go
index b6fe4d8..535e3b4 100644
--- a/app.go
+++ b/app.go
@@ -14790,8 +14790,14 @@ func (a *App) AmpOperate(id string, on bool) error {
 }
 
 // AmpPower turns the given amp on/off (SPE and ACOM; the PGXL has no power
-// command on its direct link).
-func (a *App) AmpPower(id string, on bool) error {
+// command on its direct link). Logged here because the UI buttons swallow the
+// returned error — a failed power-on otherwise looks like a dead button.
+func (a *App) AmpPower(id string, on bool) (err error) {
+	defer func() {
+		if err != nil {
+			applog.Printf("amp %s: power %v failed: %v", id, on, err)
+		}
+	}()
 	inst := a.ampInstByID(id)
 	if inst == nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("amplifier not running — check Settings → Amplifier")
diff --git a/changelog.json b/changelog.json
index 64c6340..48e35e5 100644
--- a/changelog.json
+++ b/changelog.json
@@ -5,12 +5,24 @@
     "en": [
       "Awards: the CW / Phone / Digital filter now applies to the whole award — bands, counts, confirmations and the contacts behind a cell — instead of only hiding rows from the reference list.",
       "Yaesu and Kenwood: a new option lowers the DTR and RTS lines on connect, for interfaces that read either as PTT and keep the radio transmitting while OpsLog is open. Off by default — lowering them stops other interfaces transmitting at all.",
-      "Rig panels: the mouse wheel only moves a slider you have clicked on first. Scrolling the panel used to change whatever control the pointer happened to be over — including transmit power."
+      "SPE amplifiers: the ON and OFF buttons now switch the amplifier on and off over USB.",
+      "Quieter diagnostic log: no more FlexRadio meter subscriptions, per-packet WSJT-X/MSHV lines, or repeated Tuner Genius / PGXL / SPE status frames.",
+      "Station Control: the cards now line up on a grid — same width, and same height across a row — and the column selector goes up to 6.",
+      "New amplifier widget beside the keyers (flame icon): Operate, power ON/OFF, the SPE power level and live watts / SWR / temperature. With several amplifiers a dropdown on the icon picks the one to watch, or all of them.",
+      "Icom: the meters and front-panel readings are polled only while the Icom console is on screen. They were half of the CI-V traffic at all times, which matters when the link is shared — a microHAM Router splitting one CI-V port between OpsLog and WSJT-X, for instance.",
+      "Icom: the power-ON button sends a wake preamble sized for the CI-V speed. It was a fixed length that only suited 19200 baud, so a radio set faster — 115200 is the default — ignored the command.",
+      "The Tuner Genius power meter now shows the peak the device itself measured, instead of whatever instant the poll happened to catch — a kilowatt transmission could read a few hundred watts. Every power meter also clears the moment the carrier drops, instead of trailing several seconds behind it."
     ],
     "fr": [
       "Diplômes : le filtre CW / Phonie / Numérique s’applique désormais à tout le diplôme — bandes, comptes, confirmations et QSO derrière une case — au lieu de masquer seulement des lignes de la liste des références.",
       "Yaesu et Kenwood : une option abaisse les lignes DTR et RTS à la connexion, pour les interfaces qui les lisent comme PTT et laissent la radio en émission tant qu’OpsLog est ouvert. Désactivée par défaut — les abaisser empêche d’autres interfaces d’émettre.",
-      "Panneaux radio : la molette n’agit que sur un curseur préalablement cliqué. Faire défiler le panneau modifiait le réglage survolé par le pointeur — y compris la puissance d’émission."
+      "Amplificateurs SPE : les boutons ON et OFF allument et éteignent désormais l’amplificateur par l’USB.",
+      "Journal de diagnostic allégé : plus d’abonnements aux mètres FlexRadio, de ligne par paquet WSJT-X/MSHV, ni de trames statut Tuner Genius / PGXL / SPE répétées.",
+      "Contrôle station : les cartes s’alignent désormais sur une grille — même largeur, et même hauteur sur une ligne — et le sélecteur de colonnes va jusqu’à 6.",
+      "Nouveau widget amplificateur à côté des manipulateurs (icône flamme) : Operate, marche/arrêt, le niveau de puissance SPE et les watts / ROS / température en direct. Avec plusieurs amplis, une liste déroulante sur l’icône choisit celui à surveiller, ou tous.",
+      "Icom : les mesures et les réglages de façade ne sont interrogés que lorsque la console Icom est affichée. Ils représentaient la moitié du trafic CI-V en permanence, ce qui compte quand la liaison est partagée — un Router microHAM qui répartit un port CI-V entre OpsLog et WSJT-X, par exemple.",
+      "Icom : le bouton de mise sous tension envoie un préambule de réveil dimensionné pour la vitesse CI-V. Sa longueur était fixe et ne convenait qu’à 19200 bauds, si bien qu’une radio réglée plus vite — 115200 par défaut — ignorait la commande.",
+      "Le mètre de puissance du Tuner Genius affiche désormais la crête mesurée par l’appareil lui-même, au lieu de l’instant capté par l’interrogation — une émission d’un kilowatt pouvait afficher quelques centaines de watts. Tous les mètres de puissance retombent aussi dès la fin de l’émission, au lieu de traîner plusieurs secondes."
     ]
   },
   {
diff --git a/frontend/src/App.tsx b/frontend/src/App.tsx
index b1ccdf3..b8201e1 100644
--- a/frontend/src/App.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/App.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 import {
-  Activity, AlertCircle, Antenna, Bell, Check, CheckCircle2, ChevronDown, Clock, CloudOff, Compass, Database, Ear, Eraser, Gauge, Hash, Loader2, Lock,
+  Activity, AlertCircle, Antenna, Bell, Check, CheckCircle2, ChevronDown, Clock, CloudOff, Compass, Database, Ear, Eraser, Flame, Gauge, Hash, Loader2, Lock,
   Maximize2, Minimize2, Mic, MessageSquare, Pencil, Radio, RadioTower, RefreshCw, Satellite, Send, Settings, SlidersHorizontal, SpellCheck, Square, Terminal, Trash2, Unlock, X, Zap,
 } from 'lucide-react';
 
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ import { IcomPanel } from '@/components/IcomPanel';
 import { YaesuPanel } from '@/components/YaesuPanel';
 import { AntGeniusPanel, type AGStatus } from '@/components/AntGeniusPanel';
 import { TunerGeniusPanel, type TGStatus } from '@/components/TunerGeniusPanel';
+import { AmpWidget } from '@/components/AmpWidget';
 import { ScpPanel, type ScpResult } from '@/components/ScpPanel';
 import { FilterBuilder, type QueryFilter } from '@/components/FilterBuilder';
 import { AwardsPanel } from '@/components/AwardsPanel';
@@ -570,6 +571,16 @@ export default function App() {
   // PGXL's OPERATE state comes from the radio when it reports the amp.
   const [ampSts, setAmpSts] = useState<any[]>([]);
   const [flexAmp, setFlexAmp] = useState<any>(null);
+  // Amplifier widget: whether it is shown, and which amp — "all", or one amp id.
+  // Several amps side by side make a wide widget, so an operator running two
+  // picks the one he watches while transmitting. Declared here because the poll
+  // below runs faster while the widget is open.
+  const [showAmpWidget, setShowAmpWidget] = useState(() => localStorage.getItem('opslog.showAmpWidget') !== '0');
+  const [ampWidgetSel, setAmpWidgetSel] = useState(() => localStorage.getItem('opslog.ampSel.widget') || 'all');
+  // Poll fast only while the amplifier widget is open: its meters must track TX
+  // the way the FlexRadio panel's do (400 ms), or the power reads seconds behind
+  // the transmission and looks like the app is struggling. The status-bar chips
+  // alone need nothing like that rate.
   useEffect(() => {
     let alive = true;
     const tick = () => Promise.all([
@@ -577,9 +588,9 @@ export default function App() {
       GetFlexState().catch(() => null),
     ]).then(([l, fx]: any[]) => { if (alive) { setAmpSts((l ?? []) as any[]); setFlexAmp(fx); } });
     tick();
-    const id = window.setInterval(tick, 2000);
+    const id = window.setInterval(tick, showAmpWidget ? 400 : 2000);
     return () => { alive = false; window.clearInterval(id); };
-  }, []);
+  }, [showAmpWidget]);
   // Multi-op "who's on air" widget: every operator's live status from the shared
   // MySQL logbook (freq/mode/version). Only polled on a MySQL logbook.
   type LiveStation = { operator: string; station: string; freq_hz: number; band: string; mode: string; online: boolean; version: string; age_sec: number };
@@ -4849,6 +4860,60 @@ export default function App() {
                 {showTuner && tgStatus.connected && <span className="absolute -top-0.5 -right-0.5 size-2 rounded-full bg-success" />}
               </button>
             )}
+            {/* Amplifier widget. With one amp the icon is a plain toggle; with
+                several it also carries a dropdown to choose which one the widget
+                shows (or All), since two amps stacked make a tall widget. */}
+            {ampSts.length > 0 && (
+              <div className="relative inline-flex">
+                <button
+                  type="button"
+                  onClick={() => { const v = !showAmpWidget; setShowAmpWidget(v); writeUiPref('opslog.showAmpWidget', v ? '1' : '0'); }}
+                  title={showAmpWidget ? t('ampw.hideHint') : t('ampw.showHint')}
+                  className={cn(
+                    'relative inline-flex items-center justify-center size-7 rounded-md border transition-colors',
+                    ampSts.length > 1 && 'rounded-r-none border-r-0',
+                    showAmpWidget ? 'border-success-border bg-success-muted text-success-muted-foreground hover:bg-success-muted'
+                      : 'border-border text-muted-foreground hover:bg-muted',
+                  )}
+                >
+                  <Flame className="size-4" />
+                  {showAmpWidget && ampSts.some((a: any) => a.spe?.connected || a.acom?.connected || a.pgxl?.connected || flexAmp?.amp_available) && (
+                    <span className="absolute -top-0.5 -right-0.5 size-2 rounded-full bg-success" />
+                  )}
+                </button>
+                {ampSts.length > 1 && (
+                  <DropdownMenu>
+                    <DropdownMenuTrigger asChild>
+                      <button type="button" title={t('ampw.pick')}
+                        className={cn('inline-flex items-center justify-center h-7 w-4 rounded-md rounded-l-none border transition-colors',
+                          showAmpWidget ? 'border-success-border bg-success-muted text-success-muted-foreground hover:bg-success-muted'
+                            : 'border-border text-muted-foreground hover:bg-muted')}>
+                        <ChevronDown className="size-3" />
+                      </button>
+                    </DropdownMenuTrigger>
+                    <DropdownMenuContent align="end" className="min-w-44">
+                      {[{ id: 'all', name: t('ampw.all') }, ...ampSts.map((a: any) => ({ id: a.id, name: a.name || a.id }))].map((o) => (
+                        <DropdownMenuItem key={o.id}
+                          onSelect={() => {
+                            setAmpWidgetSel(o.id);
+                            writeUiPref('opslog.ampSel.widget', o.id);
+                            // Picking an amp means "show me this one" — opening the
+                            // widget too saves a second click on a hidden one.
+                            if (!showAmpWidget) { setShowAmpWidget(true); writeUiPref('opslog.showAmpWidget', '1'); }
+                          }}>
+                          <span className="flex items-center gap-2 min-w-0">
+                            {ampWidgetSel === o.id
+                              ? <Check className="size-3.5 shrink-0 text-primary" />
+                              : <span className="size-3.5 shrink-0" />}
+                            <span className="truncate">{o.name}</span>
+                          </span>
+                        </DropdownMenuItem>
+                      ))}
+                    </DropdownMenuContent>
+                  </DropdownMenu>
+                )}
+              </div>
+            )}
             {scpEnabled && (
               <button
                 type="button"
@@ -5365,7 +5430,7 @@ export default function App() {
       {/* Reserved free space to the right. The WinKeyer CW keyer and/or the
           Digital Voice Keyer take this slot when enabled (Log4OM-style);
           otherwise it shows the QRZ profile photo. */}
-      {!compact && (chatShown || wkEnabled || dvkEnabled || lookupResult?.image_url || (showRotor && (rotatorHeading.enabled || dxPath)) || (showAntGenius && agEnabled) || (showTuner && tgEnabled) || (showScp && scpEnabled) || (showLiveStations && dbConn?.backend === 'mysql')) && (
+      {!compact && (chatShown || wkEnabled || dvkEnabled || lookupResult?.image_url || (showRotor && (rotatorHeading.enabled || dxPath)) || (showAntGenius && agEnabled) || (showTuner && tgEnabled) || (showAmpWidget && ampSts.length > 0) || (showScp && scpEnabled) || (showLiveStations && dbConn?.backend === 'mysql')) && (
         // relative + absolute inner (like the F1-F5 panel): a taller widget (e.g.
         // the DVK with Auto CQ) can't grow the row — the row height stays set by
         // the entry strip and each widget fills that height, scrolling inside.
@@ -5452,6 +5517,19 @@ export default function App() {
               />
             </div>
           )}
+          {showAmpWidget && ampSts.length > 0 && (
+            // One column per amplifier shown, so two amps stand side by side
+            // rather than making the widget twice as tall as the dock row.
+            <div className="shrink-0 min-h-0"
+              style={{ width: `${Math.min(ampWidgetSel === 'all' ? ampSts.length : 1, 3) * 250 + 20}px` }}>
+              <AmpWidget
+                amps={ampSts}
+                flex={flexAmp}
+                sel={ampWidgetSel}
+                onClose={() => { setShowAmpWidget(false); writeUiPref('opslog.showAmpWidget', '0'); }}
+              />
+            </div>
+          )}
           {showTuner && tgEnabled && (
             <div className="w-[230px] shrink-0 min-h-0">
               <TunerGeniusPanel
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/AmpCard.tsx b/frontend/src/components/AmpCard.tsx
index 188b3e6..adbb75c 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/AmpCard.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/AmpCard.tsx
@@ -51,11 +51,14 @@ type Amp = { id: string; name: string; type?: string; spe?: any; acom?: any; pgx
 
 export function AmpCard({ amp, flex, t }: { amp: Amp; flex: any; t: (k: string, v?: any) => string }) {
   // Peak-hold so the jittery VITA-49 meters read steadily (own ref per card).
+  // One second: the same window as the docked widget, so the two never show
+  // different figures for the same amplifier, and neither trails the end of a
+  // transmission long enough to look like lag.
   const peak = useRef<Record<string, { v: number; t: number }>>({});
   const peakHold = (key: string, val: number) => {
     const now = Date.now();
     const p = peak.current[key];
-    if (!p || val >= p.v || now - p.t > 2000) { peak.current[key] = { v: val, t: now }; return val; }
+    if (!p || val >= p.v || now - p.t > 1000) { peak.current[key] = { v: val, t: now }; return val; }
     return p.v;
   };
 
@@ -73,9 +76,12 @@ export function AmpCard({ amp, flex, t }: { amp: Amp; flex: any; t: (k: string,
               spe.operate ? 'bg-warning text-warning-foreground border-warning shadow-[0_0_14px] shadow-warning/50' : 'bg-card text-warning border-warning hover:bg-warning-muted')}>
             {spe.operate ? 'OPERATE' : 'STANDBY'}
           </button>
+          {/* Power ON pulses RTS then DTR — it must stay clickable while the amp
+              is off (no status = not "connected"), and serial only. */}
           <div className="inline-flex rounded-lg overflow-hidden border-2 border-success/70">
-            <button type="button" disabled={!spe.connected}
+            <button type="button" disabled={!(spe.connected || spe.transport === 'serial')}
               onClick={() => AmpPower(amp.id, true).catch(() => {})}
+              title={spe.transport === 'serial' ? 'Power on (RTS then DTR pulse)' : 'Power-on needs the serial RTS/DTR lines — not available over a network bridge'}
               className="px-3 py-2 text-sm font-bold bg-card text-success hover:bg-success/15 disabled:opacity-30">ON</button>
             <button type="button" disabled={!spe.connected}
               onClick={() => AmpPower(amp.id, false).catch(() => {})}
@@ -177,9 +183,6 @@ export function AmpCard({ amp, flex, t }: { amp: Amp; flex: any; t: (k: string,
             operate ? 'bg-warning text-warning-foreground border-warning shadow-[0_0_14px] shadow-warning/50' : 'bg-card text-warning border-warning hover:bg-warning-muted')}>
           {operate ? 'OPERATE' : 'STANDBY'}
         </button>
-        <span className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">
-          {operate ? t('flxp.ampInLine') : t('flxp.ampBypassed')}
-        </span>
         {(pg.host || pg.connected) && (
           <label className="flex items-center gap-1.5 text-xs" title={pg.connected ? t('flxp.pgConnected') : (pg.last_error || t('flxp.pgOffline'))}>
             <span className={cn('size-1.5 rounded-full', pg.connected ? 'bg-success shadow-[0_0_6px_rgba(16,185,129,0.8)]' : 'bg-danger')} />
@@ -208,6 +211,11 @@ export function AmpCard({ amp, flex, t }: { amp: Amp; flex: any; t: (k: string,
         const amps = meters.filter((m) => (m.src || '').toUpperCase().includes('AMP')
           && !/^(RL|DRV)$/i.test((m.name || '').trim()));
         if (amps.length === 0) return null;
+        // Power comes from the radio's meter stream and nothing else. The
+        // amplifier also reports a "peakfwd", and using it was a mistake twice
+        // over: it is a latched maximum that is never reset, and it survives in
+        // the last-known status after the amp disconnects — so it claimed
+        // 1350 W from an old transmission while the radio was putting out 10.
         return (
           <div className="grid grid-cols-2 sm:grid-cols-3 gap-2 mt-2 pt-2 border-t border-border/50">
             {amps.map((m) => {
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/AmpWidget.tsx b/frontend/src/components/AmpWidget.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7eaa603
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/components/AmpWidget.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,281 @@
+import { useRef } from 'react';
+import { Flame, X, Power } from 'lucide-react';
+import { cn } from '@/lib/utils';
+import { useI18n } from '@/lib/i18n';
+import { MeterBar } from '@/components/MeterBar';
+import { AmpOperate, AmpPower, AmpPowerLevel, AmpFanMode, FlexAmpOperate } from '../../wailsjs/go/main/App';
+
+// AmpWidget — the docked amplifier widget, the compact counterpart of AmpCard
+// (which is the full-size card shown in the FlexRadio panel and Station
+// Control). It covers all three families, since an operator running an SPE and
+// a PowerGenius wants one widget, not two:
+//   • SPE Expert  — OPERATE, power ON/OFF, L/M/H, live power / SWR / temp
+//   • ACOM        — OPERATE, power ON/OFF, live power / SWR / temp
+//   • PowerGenius — OPERATE and meters ride on the FlexRadio, fan mode on GSCP
+// With several amplifiers configured the caller passes a selection ("all" or an
+// amp id) chosen from the toolbar icon's dropdown.
+
+type Amp = { id: string; name: string; type?: string; spe?: any; acom?: any; pgxl?: any };
+
+// Full-scale watts for the output bar, from the model string.
+function maxW(model?: string, fallback = 1300): number {
+  const m = (model || '').toUpperCase();
+  if (m.includes('20K') || m.includes('2K')) return 2000;
+  if (m.includes('15K')) return 1500;
+  if (m.includes('13K')) return 1300;
+  return fallback;
+}
+
+function swrColour(swr?: number): string {
+  if (!swr || swr <= 0) return 'text-muted-foreground';
+  if (swr <= 1.5) return 'text-success';
+  if (swr <= 2.0) return 'text-warning';
+  return 'text-danger';
+}
+
+// PowerMeter — the output-power LED bar that closes each column, straight under
+// the controls (no filler above it: pushed to the bottom it left a band of dead
+// space in the middle of the column). Uses the app-wide MeterBar, compact size,
+// so it reads exactly like the meters on the rig panels.
+function PowerMeter({ label, watts, maxWatts }: { label: string; watts: number; maxWatts: number }) {
+  return (
+    <MeterBar compact label={label} value={watts} unit="W" lo={0} hi={maxWatts}
+      display={`${Math.round(watts)} W`}
+      segColor={(f) => (f > 0.9 ? '#dc2626' : f > 0.75 ? '#f59e0b' : '#ea580c')} />
+  );
+}
+
+// usePeakHold keeps the highest reading seen for a short window, so a reading
+// sampled between two syllables doesn't collapse the meter. `live` is the key
+// part: pass false the moment the carrier drops and the held value is thrown
+// away at once — holding it there made releasing the PTT look like a five
+// second lag, which read as the whole app being slow.
+function usePeakHold(windowMs = 1000) {
+  const peak = useRef<Record<string, { v: number; t: number }>>({});
+  return (key: string, val: number, live = true) => {
+    if (!live) { delete peak.current[key]; return val; }
+    const now = Date.now();
+    const p = peak.current[key];
+    if (!p || val >= p.v || now - p.t > windowMs) { peak.current[key] = { v: val, t: now }; return val; }
+    return p.v;
+  };
+}
+
+// Stat — one small labelled figure (power, SWR, temperature).
+function Stat({ label, value, className }: { label: string; value: string; className?: string }) {
+  return (
+    <div className="rounded-lg border border-border bg-card/70 px-1.5 py-1 text-center">
+      <div className="text-[9px] uppercase tracking-wider text-muted-foreground leading-tight">{label}</div>
+      <div className={cn('text-sm font-bold font-mono leading-tight', className ?? 'text-foreground/80')}>{value}</div>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
+// OperateButton — the STANDBY/OPERATE toggle, identical in behaviour across the
+// three families (only where the state comes from differs).
+function OperateButton({ operate, disabled, onClick, t }: {
+  operate: boolean; disabled: boolean; onClick: () => void; t: (k: string, v?: any) => string;
+}) {
+  return (
+    <button type="button" disabled={disabled} onClick={onClick}
+      className={cn('w-full inline-flex items-center justify-center gap-1.5 rounded-lg text-xs font-bold py-1.5 border transition-all active:scale-[0.98] disabled:opacity-40',
+        operate
+          ? 'bg-gradient-to-b from-amber-400 to-amber-600 text-white border-amber-300/60 shadow-[0_0_9px_rgba(245,158,11,0.45)]'
+          : 'bg-card text-muted-foreground border-border hover:bg-muted hover:text-foreground')}>
+      <Power className="size-3.5" />
+      {operate ? t('ampw.operate') : t('ampw.standby')}
+    </button>
+  );
+}
+
+// AmpBlock — one amplifier inside the widget.
+function AmpBlock({ amp, flex, showName, t }: {
+  amp: Amp; flex: any; showName: boolean; t: (k: string, v?: any) => string;
+}) {
+  const spe = amp.spe, acom = amp.acom;
+  const hold = usePeakHold();
+
+  if (spe || acom) {
+    const s = spe || acom;
+    // The amp reports zero watts on receive, so its TX flag clears the meter as
+    // soon as the operator lets go — and the radio's own flag, when we have one,
+    // gets there first (the amp is polled on its own slower cycle).
+    const txing = typeof flex?.transmitting === 'boolean' ? flex.transmitting : s.tx !== false;
+    const w = hold('w', Number(spe ? s.output_w : s.fwd_w) || 0, txing);
+    const swr = Number(spe ? s.swr_ant : s.swr) || 0;
+    const hi = spe ? maxW(s.model) : (Number(s.max_w) || 800);
+    // Power ON drives the remote-on control lines, so it stays available while
+    // the amplifier is off and reporting nothing — but only over a serial link.
+    const canPowerOn = spe ? (s.connected || s.transport === 'serial') : (s.port_open && s.transport === 'serial');
+    return (
+      <div className="h-full flex flex-col gap-1.5">
+        {showName && (
+          <div className="flex items-center gap-1.5">
+            <span className={cn('size-1.5 rounded-full shrink-0', s.connected ? 'bg-success shadow-[0_0_6px_rgba(16,185,129,0.8)]' : 'bg-danger')} />
+            <span className="text-[10px] font-bold uppercase tracking-wider truncate">{amp.name || (spe ? 'SPE' : 'ACOM')}</span>
+            {s.connected && s.band && <span className="ml-auto text-[9px] text-muted-foreground shrink-0">{s.band}</span>}
+          </div>
+        )}
+        <OperateButton operate={!!s.operate} disabled={!s.connected} t={t}
+          onClick={() => AmpOperate(amp.id, !s.operate).catch(() => {})} />
+        <div className="flex gap-1.5">
+          <button type="button" disabled={!canPowerOn}
+            onClick={() => AmpPower(amp.id, true).catch(() => {})}
+            className="flex-1 rounded-lg border border-success/60 bg-card py-1 text-[11px] font-bold text-success hover:bg-success/15 disabled:opacity-30">
+            {t('ampw.on')}
+          </button>
+          <button type="button" disabled={!s.connected}
+            onClick={() => AmpPower(amp.id, false).catch(() => {})}
+            className="flex-1 rounded-lg border border-danger/60 bg-card py-1 text-[11px] font-bold text-danger hover:bg-danger/15 disabled:opacity-30">
+            {t('ampw.off')}
+          </button>
+        </div>
+        {/* Output level — SPE only; an ACOM has no L/M/H over CAT. */}
+        {spe && (
+          <div className="grid grid-cols-3 gap-1">
+            {(['L', 'M', 'H'] as const).map((lvl) => {
+              const active = (s.power_level || '').trim().toUpperCase() === lvl;
+              return (
+                <button key={lvl} type="button" disabled={!s.connected}
+                  onClick={() => AmpPowerLevel(amp.id, lvl).catch(() => {})}
+                  className={cn('rounded-md border py-0.5 text-[10px] font-bold transition-colors disabled:opacity-30',
+                    active ? 'bg-primary text-primary-foreground border-primary' : 'bg-card text-muted-foreground border-border hover:bg-muted')}>
+                  {t(`ampw.lvl${lvl}`)}
+                </button>
+              );
+            })}
+          </div>
+        )}
+        {s.connected ? (
+          <div className="grid grid-cols-3 gap-1">
+            <Stat label={t('ampw.pwr')} value={`${Math.round(w)}`} />
+            <Stat label={t('ampw.swr')} value={swr > 0 ? swr.toFixed(1) : '—'} className={swrColour(swr)} />
+            <Stat label={t('ampw.temp')} value={`${Number(s.temp_c) || 0}°`} />
+          </div>
+        ) : (
+          <div className="text-[10px] text-center text-muted-foreground italic py-1">{t('ampw.offline')}</div>
+        )}
+        {(s.warnings || s.alarms || s.err_text) && (
+          <div className="rounded-md border border-danger-border bg-danger-muted text-danger-muted-foreground text-[9px] px-1.5 py-0.5 text-center break-words">
+            {s.err_text || `${s.warnings || ''} ${s.alarms || ''}`.trim()}
+          </div>
+        )}
+        <PowerMeter label={t('flxp.outputPower')} watts={s.connected ? w : 0} maxWatts={hi} />
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
+
+  // PowerGenius XL: OPERATE and the meters come from the radio when the Flex
+  // reports the amp; the fan mode rides on our own GSCP link.
+  const pg = amp.pgxl || {};
+  const viaFlex = !!flex?.amp_available;
+  const operate = viaFlex ? !!flex?.amp_operate : !!pg.operate;
+  const connected = !!pg.connected || viaFlex;
+  const fault = flex?.amp_fault;
+  const meters = ((flex?.meters as any[]) || []).filter((m) => (m.src || '').toUpperCase().includes('AMP'));
+  const meter = (re: RegExp) => meters.find((m) => re.test((m.name || '').trim()));
+  const dbmToW = (d: number) => Math.pow(10, (d - 30) / 10);
+  const fwd = meter(/^fwd|pwr/i);
+  const flexW = fwd ? (/dbm/i.test(fwd.unit || '') ? dbmToW(fwd.value) : fwd.value) : 0;
+  // Whether there is power is the RADIO's transmit flag: it flips the instant
+  // the PTT does, where the amplifier's own status poll answers a second and a
+  // half late and holds TRANSMIT past the carrier.
+  //
+  // How MUCH is the live reading — the radio's meter stream, or the amp's own
+  // forward figure when there is no Flex. NOT the amp's "peakfwd": that is a
+  // latched maximum which is never reset AND survives in the last-known status
+  // after the amp disconnects, so it reported 1350 W from an old transmission
+  // while the radio was putting out 10 W into a disconnected amplifier.
+  const txing = typeof flex?.transmitting === 'boolean'
+    ? flex.transmitting
+    : fwd ? flexW >= 1 : /TRANSMIT/i.test(pg.state || '');
+  const liveW = flexW > 0 ? flexW : (pg.connected ? Number(pg.fwd_w) || 0 : 0);
+  const fwdW = hold('fwd', txing ? liveW : 0, txing);
+  const id = meter(/^ID$|current/i);
+  // Live drain current, for the same reason: peak_id latches like peak_w.
+  const idA = id ? Number(id.value) : (txing ? Number(pg.id) || undefined : 0);
+  const temp = meter(/temp/i);
+  const tempC = pg.temperature > 0 ? pg.temperature : (temp ? temp.value : undefined);
+
+  return (
+    <div className="h-full flex flex-col gap-1.5">
+      {showName && (
+        <div className="flex items-center gap-1.5">
+          <span className={cn('size-1.5 rounded-full shrink-0', connected ? 'bg-success shadow-[0_0_6px_rgba(16,185,129,0.8)]' : 'bg-danger')} />
+          <span className="text-[10px] font-bold uppercase tracking-wider truncate">{amp.name || 'PGXL'}</span>
+        </div>
+      )}
+      <OperateButton operate={operate} disabled={!connected} t={t}
+        onClick={() => (viaFlex ? FlexAmpOperate(!operate) : AmpOperate(amp.id, !operate)).catch(() => {})} />
+      {connected ? (
+        <div className="grid grid-cols-3 gap-1">
+          <Stat label={t('ampw.pwr')} value={`${Math.round(fwdW)}`} />
+          <Stat label={t('ampw.id')} value={idA != null ? idA.toFixed(1) : '—'} />
+          <Stat label={t('ampw.temp')} value={tempC != null ? `${Math.round(tempC)}°` : '—'} />
+        </div>
+      ) : (
+        <div className="text-[10px] text-center text-muted-foreground italic py-1">{t('ampw.offline')}</div>
+      )}
+      {(pg.host || pg.connected) && (
+        <select
+          disabled={!pg.connected}
+          value={(pg.fan_mode || 'CONTEST').toUpperCase()}
+          onChange={(e) => AmpFanMode(amp.id, e.target.value).catch(() => {})}
+          title={t('ampw.fan')}
+          className="w-full h-7 rounded-md border border-border bg-card px-1.5 text-[10px] font-semibold outline-none focus:border-warning disabled:opacity-40">
+          <option value="STANDARD">{t('flxp.fanStandard')}</option>
+          <option value="CONTEST">{t('flxp.fanContest')}</option>
+          <option value="BROADCAST">{t('flxp.fanBroadcast')}</option>
+        </select>
+      )}
+      {fault && fault !== 'NONE' && (
+        <div className="rounded-md border border-danger-border bg-danger-muted text-danger-muted-foreground text-[9px] px-1.5 py-0.5 text-center break-words">
+          {t('flxp.fault')}: {fault}
+        </div>
+      )}
+      <PowerMeter label={t('flxp.outputPower')} watts={connected ? fwdW : 0} maxWatts={2000} />
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
+export function AmpWidget({ amps, flex, sel, onClose }: {
+  amps: Amp[];
+  flex: any;
+  sel: string; // "all" or an amp id
+  onClose: () => void;
+}) {
+  const { t } = useI18n();
+  // An id that no longer matches (the amp was removed in Settings) falls back to
+  // showing everything rather than an empty widget.
+  const shown = sel === 'all' ? amps : (amps.filter((a) => a.id === sel).length ? amps.filter((a) => a.id === sel) : amps);
+  const anyOnline = shown.some((a) => a.spe?.connected || a.acom?.connected || a.pgxl?.connected || flex?.amp_available);
+  const title = shown.length === 1 ? (shown[0].name || t('ampw.title')) : t('ampw.title');
+
+  return (
+    <div className="h-full flex flex-col rounded-xl border border-border bg-gradient-to-b from-card to-muted/30 shadow-sm overflow-hidden">
+      <div className="flex items-center gap-2 px-3 py-2 border-b border-border/60 bg-muted/40 shrink-0">
+        <Flame className={cn('size-4', anyOnline ? 'text-warning drop-shadow-[0_0_3px_rgba(245,158,11,0.55)]' : 'text-muted-foreground')} />
+        <span className="text-xs font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-foreground/80 truncate">{title}</span>
+        <span className="flex-1" />
+        <button type="button" onClick={onClose} className="ml-1 text-muted-foreground hover:text-foreground transition-colors" title={t('ampw.close')}>
+          <X className="size-3.5" />
+        </button>
+      </div>
+      {/* Several amplifiers sit SIDE BY SIDE, one column each: stacked, two amps
+          made a widget taller than the dock row and both ended up half hidden. */}
+      <div className="flex-1 min-h-0 overflow-y-auto p-2.5">
+        {shown.length === 0 ? (
+          <div className="text-[11px] text-center text-muted-foreground italic py-2">{t('ampw.none')}</div>
+        ) : (
+          <div className="grid gap-2.5 h-full" style={{ gridTemplateColumns: `repeat(${shown.length}, minmax(0, 1fr))` }}>
+            {shown.map((a, i) => (
+              <div key={a.id} className={cn(i > 0 && 'pl-2.5 border-l border-border/50')}>
+                <AmpBlock amp={a} flex={flex} showName={shown.length > 1} t={t} />
+              </div>
+            ))}
+          </div>
+        )}
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/FlexPanel.tsx b/frontend/src/components/FlexPanel.tsx
index 697bef1..f04a22c 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/FlexPanel.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/FlexPanel.tsx
@@ -86,13 +86,6 @@ function Slider({ value, onChange, disabled, accent = '#16a34a', step = 1, max =
     if (!el) return;
     const onWheel = (e: WheelEvent) => {
       if (disRef.current) return;
-      // The wheel only acts on a slider the operator has DELIBERATELY taken
-      // hold of — one that has focus. Hovering was enough before, so scrolling
-      // the panel with the pointer anywhere over these controls silently moved
-      // whatever sat under it: an IC-7800 owner watched his transmit power
-      // change on its own. Without focus the event is left alone and the panel
-      // scrolls, which is what the gesture was for.
-      if (document.activeElement !== el) return;
       e.preventDefault();
       const d = e.deltaY < 0 ? stepRef.current : -stepRef.current;
       const nv = Math.max(0, Math.min(maxRef.current, valRef.current + d));
@@ -330,13 +323,15 @@ export function FlexPanel({ onCWSpeed, onReportRST }: { onCWSpeed?: (wpm: number
     }
     // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
   }, [st.cw_speed]);
-  // Peak-hold: keep the highest reading for ~2 s so the jittery VITA-49 meters
-  // read steadily instead of jumping every poll.
+  // Peak-hold: keep the highest reading for a second so the jittery VITA-49
+  // meters read steadily instead of jumping every poll. One second, not two —
+  // longer and the meters visibly trail the end of a transmission, which reads
+  // as the app lagging rather than as a peak being held.
   const peak = useRef<Record<string, { v: number; t: number }>>({});
-  const peakHold = (key: string, val: number) => {
+  const peakHold = (key: string, val: number, windowMs = 1000) => {
     const now = Date.now();
     const p = peak.current[key];
-    if (!p || val >= p.v || now - p.t > 2000) { peak.current[key] = { v: val, t: now }; return val; }
+    if (!p || val >= p.v || now - p.t > windowMs) { peak.current[key] = { v: val, t: now }; return val; }
     return p.v;
   };
 
@@ -362,7 +357,7 @@ export function FlexPanel({ onCWSpeed, onReportRST }: { onCWSpeed?: (wpm: number
   }, []);
 
   // PowerGenius XL direct connection (fan mode), independent of the Flex link.
-  const [pg, setPg] = useState<{ connected: boolean; fan_mode?: string; host?: string; last_error?: string }>({ connected: false });
+  const [pg, setPg] = useState<{ connected: boolean; fan_mode?: string; host?: string; last_error?: string; state?: string; peak_w?: number }>({ connected: false });
   useEffect(() => {
     let alive = true;
     const tick = async () => { try { const s: any = await GetPGXLStatus(); if (alive) setPg(s || { connected: false }); } catch {} };
@@ -985,10 +980,12 @@ export function FlexPanel({ onCWSpeed, onReportRST }: { onCWSpeed?: (wpm: number
                   spe.operate ? 'bg-warning text-warning-foreground border-warning shadow-[0_0_14px] shadow-warning/50' : 'bg-card text-warning border-warning hover:bg-warning-muted')}>
                 {spe.operate ? 'OPERATE' : 'STANDBY'}
               </button>
-              {/* Power ON / OFF (best-guess keystrokes from the APG — verify on hw). */}
+              {/* Power ON pulses RTS then DTR — it must stay clickable while the amp
+                  is off (no status = not "connected"), and serial only. */}
               <div className="inline-flex rounded-lg overflow-hidden border-2 border-success/70">
-                <button type="button" disabled={!spe.connected}
+                <button type="button" disabled={!(spe.connected || spe.transport === 'serial')}
                   onClick={() => AmpPower(selAmp.id, true).catch(() => {})}
+                  title={spe.transport === 'serial' ? 'Power on (RTS then DTR pulse)' : 'Power-on needs the serial RTS/DTR lines — not available over a network bridge'}
                   className="px-3 py-2 text-sm font-bold bg-card text-success hover:bg-success/15 disabled:opacity-30">ON</button>
                 <button type="button" disabled={!spe.connected}
                   onClick={() => AmpPower(selAmp.id, false).catch(() => {})}
@@ -1090,9 +1087,6 @@ export function FlexPanel({ onCWSpeed, onReportRST }: { onCWSpeed?: (wpm: number
                   st.amp_operate ? 'bg-warning text-warning-foreground border-warning shadow-[0_0_14px] shadow-warning/50' : 'bg-card text-warning border-warning hover:bg-warning-muted')}>
                 {st.amp_operate ? 'OPERATE' : 'STANDBY'}
               </button>
-              <span className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">
-                {st.amp_operate ? t('flxp.ampInLine') : t('flxp.ampBypassed')}
-              </span>
               {/* Fan mode — shown when the PowerGenius is configured (Settings →
                   PowerGenius). The dot shows the direct-connection state; the
                   selector is disabled until connected (hover it for the error). */}
@@ -1125,6 +1119,12 @@ export function FlexPanel({ onCWSpeed, onReportRST }: { onCWSpeed?: (wpm: number
               const amp = meters.filter((m) => (m.src || '').toUpperCase().includes('AMP')
                 && !/^(RL|DRV)$/i.test((m.name || '').trim()));
               if (off || amp.length === 0) return null;
+              // Power comes from the radio's meter stream and nothing else. The
+              // amplifier also reports a "peakfwd", and using it was a mistake
+              // twice over: it is a latched maximum that is never reset, and it
+              // survives in the last-known status after the amp disconnects — so
+              // it claimed 1350 W from an old transmission while the radio was
+              // putting out 10.
               return (
                 <div className="grid grid-cols-2 sm:grid-cols-3 gap-2 mt-2 pt-2 border-t border-border/50">
                   {amp.map((m) => {
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/IcomPanel.tsx b/frontend/src/components/IcomPanel.tsx
index b759cae..5dc9c7b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/IcomPanel.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/IcomPanel.tsx
@@ -125,13 +125,6 @@ function Slider({ value, onChange, disabled, accent = '#2563eb', step = 1 }: {
     if (!el) return;
     const onWheel = (e: WheelEvent) => {
       if (disRef.current) return;
-      // The wheel only acts on a slider the operator has DELIBERATELY taken
-      // hold of — one that has focus. Hovering was enough before, so scrolling
-      // the panel with the pointer anywhere over these controls silently moved
-      // whatever sat under it: an IC-7800 owner watched his transmit power
-      // change on its own. Without focus the event is left alone and the panel
-      // scrolls, which is what the gesture was for.
-      if (document.activeElement !== el) return;
       e.preventDefault();
       const d = e.deltaY < 0 ? stepRef.current : -stepRef.current;
       const nv = Math.max(0, Math.min(100, valRef.current + d));
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/StationControlPanel.tsx b/frontend/src/components/StationControlPanel.tsx
index b225217..118e945 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/StationControlPanel.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/StationControlPanel.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useLayoutEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 import { Plus, Pencil, Trash2, Power, PlugZap, Loader2, Check, X, Compass, Square, Antenna as AntennaIcon, ArrowDownToLine, Minus, RefreshCw, GripVertical } from 'lucide-react';
 import { Button } from '@/components/ui/button';
 import { Input } from '@/components/ui/input';
@@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ type Device = { id: string; type: string; name: string; host: string; user?: str
 type Relay = { number: number; label: string; on: boolean };
 type DevStatus = { id: string; name: string; type: string; connected: boolean; error?: string; relays: Relay[] };
 
+// Dashboard geometry: a grid of EQUAL columns whose cards also share a common
+// HEIGHT per row — every card stretches to the tallest one beside it. Masonry
+// packed tighter but left the row edges ragged, which read as untidy on a wide
+// screen; aligned rows are what an operator expects from a dashboard.
+const CARD_MIN = 430; // narrowest a card may get before "Auto" drops a column
+const GRID_GAP = 16; // px between cards, both axes
+
 const RELAY_COUNT: Record<string, number> = { webswitch: 5, kmtronic: 8, denkovi: 8, usbrelay: 8 };
 const TYPE_LABEL: Record<string, string> = { webswitch: 'WebSwitch 1216H', kmtronic: 'KMTronic 8-relay', denkovi: 'Denkovi USB (FT245)', usbrelay: 'Denkovi USB (serial)' };
 
@@ -269,6 +276,23 @@ export function StationControlPanel({ centerLat, centerLon, bearing }: RotatorPr
   // Max columns per row (persisted). "Auto" fills the window; a number caps the
   // row so cards wrap onto further lines even when there's horizontal room.
   const [cols, setCols] = useState<string>(() => localStorage.getItem('opslog.stationCols') || 'auto');
+
+  // How many columns the dashboard shows. "Auto" fits as many CARD_MIN-wide
+  // cards as the window allows; an explicit count is honoured as asked, even
+  // past that width — the operator can see his own screen.
+  const gridRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement | null>(null);
+  const [colCount, setColCount] = useState(1);
+
+  useLayoutEffect(() => {
+    if (cols !== 'auto') { setColCount(Number(cols) || 1); return; }
+    const el = gridRef.current;
+    if (!el) return;
+    const measure = () => setColCount(Math.max(1, Math.floor((el.clientWidth + GRID_GAP) / (CARD_MIN + GRID_GAP))));
+    measure();
+    const ro = new ResizeObserver(measure);
+    ro.observe(el);
+    return () => ro.disconnect();
+  }, [cols]);
   // Amplifiers (Settings → Amplifier): shown here so operators without a
   // FlexRadio panel still get the controls. EVERY configured amp gets its own
   // card (identical to the Flex panel's) — no dropdown. Polled fast (1.5s) so the
@@ -415,10 +439,10 @@ export function StationControlPanel({ centerLat, centerLon, bearing }: RotatorPr
     );
   };
 
-  // `wide` cards span the whole dashboard instead of sitting in one masonry
-  // column. The amplifier and tuner carry meter rows and a channel selector that
-  // are unreadable squeezed into a ~430px column — they are the same cards the
-  // FlexRadio panel shows full-width, and they need that room here too.
+  // `wide` cards take two grid columns instead of one. The amplifier and tuner
+  // carry meter rows and a channel selector that are unreadable squeezed into a
+  // single ~430px column — they are the same cards the FlexRadio panel shows
+  // full-width, and they need that room here too.
   const widgets: { id: string; node: React.ReactNode; wide?: boolean }[] = [];
   if (rot.enabled) {
     widgets.push({ id: 'rotator', node: <RotatorWidget hd={rot} refetch={pollRot} centerLat={centerLat} centerLon={centerLon} bearing={bearing} t={t} /> });
@@ -446,7 +470,7 @@ export function StationControlPanel({ centerLat, centerLon, bearing }: RotatorPr
           {/* Max columns per row: Auto fills the window; 1/2/3/4 cap the row so a
               card can sit on a further line even with horizontal room to spare. */}
           <div className="flex items-center rounded-md border border-border overflow-hidden text-[11px]">
-            {(['auto', '1', '2', '3', '4'] as const).map((c) => (
+            {(['auto', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6'] as const).map((c) => (
               <button key={c} type="button"
                 onClick={() => { setCols(c); writeUiPref('opslog.stationCols', c); }}
                 className={cn('px-2 py-1 font-medium', cols === c ? 'bg-primary text-primary-foreground' : 'text-muted-foreground hover:bg-muted')}>
@@ -466,31 +490,36 @@ export function StationControlPanel({ centerLat, centerLon, bearing }: RotatorPr
         </div>
       )}
 
-      {/* Masonry dashboard: fixed-width cards flow into balanced CSS columns so
-          they pack tightly by height (no ragged gaps under short cards). "Auto"
-          fits as many ~430px columns as the window allows; a fixed count caps the
-          container width to that many columns. Each card has a grip handle (left
-          rail) as the drag initiator (the body is full of buttons). */}
-      <div style={{ columnWidth: '430px', columnGap: '1rem', columnFill: 'balance',
-        ...(cols !== 'auto' ? { maxWidth: `${Number(cols) * 446}px` } : {}) }}>
+      {/* Dashboard grid: equal columns, and every card stretches to the height of
+          the tallest one on its row, so the rows line up instead of ending
+          ragged. One column each, two for the amplifier/tuner whose meter rows
+          need the room. Each card has a grip handle (left rail) as the drag
+          initiator, since the body is full of buttons. */}
+      <div ref={gridRef} style={{
+        display: 'grid',
+        gridTemplateColumns: `repeat(${colCount}, minmax(0, 1fr))`,
+        gap: `${GRID_GAP}px`,
+      }}>
         {ordered.map((w) => (
-          // column-span:all lifts a wide card out of the columns and across the
-          // full container, while keeping it in document order — so drag-reorder
-          // still works between wide and normal cards. Capped so it stays a card
-          // and not a banner on an ultra-wide window.
-          <div key={w.id} className="flex items-stretch break-inside-avoid mb-4"
-            style={w.wide ? { columnSpan: 'all', maxWidth: '900px' } : undefined}
+          <div key={w.id}
+            // A wide card takes two columns — but never more than there are, or
+            // the grid would grow a phantom column on a narrow window.
+            style={{ gridColumn: w.wide ? `span ${Math.min(2, colCount)}` : undefined }}
             onDragOver={(e) => { if (dragId.current) { e.preventDefault(); e.dataTransfer.dropEffect = 'move'; } }}
             onDrop={(e) => { if (dragId.current) { e.preventDefault(); onDrop(w.id); } }}>
-            <div draggable
-              onDragStart={(e) => { dragId.current = w.id; e.dataTransfer.effectAllowed = 'move'; }}
-              onDragEnd={() => { dragId.current = null; }}
-              title={t('station.dragMove')}
-              className={cn('flex items-center shrink-0 px-0.5 rounded-l-xl cursor-grab active:cursor-grabbing text-muted-foreground/30 hover:text-muted-foreground hover:bg-muted/40 transition-colors',
-                dragId.current === w.id && 'opacity-60')}>
-              <GripVertical className="size-4" />
+            {/* h-full down the chain is what makes the card fill the row height
+                rather than sit at its natural size in a taller cell. */}
+            <div className="flex items-stretch h-full">
+              <div draggable
+                onDragStart={(e) => { dragId.current = w.id; e.dataTransfer.effectAllowed = 'move'; }}
+                onDragEnd={() => { dragId.current = null; }}
+                title={t('station.dragMove')}
+                className={cn('flex items-center shrink-0 px-0.5 rounded-l-xl cursor-grab active:cursor-grabbing text-muted-foreground/30 hover:text-muted-foreground hover:bg-muted/40 transition-colors',
+                  dragId.current === w.id && 'opacity-60')}>
+                <GripVertical className="size-4" />
+              </div>
+              <div className="flex-1 min-w-0 [&>*]:h-full">{w.node}</div>
             </div>
-            <div className="flex-1 min-w-0">{w.node}</div>
           </div>
         ))}
       </div>
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/TunerCard.tsx b/frontend/src/components/TunerCard.tsx
index 4cc2d87..7c6d230 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/TunerCard.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/TunerCard.tsx
@@ -76,13 +76,16 @@ export function TunerCard({ status, t }: { status: TGStatus; t: (k: string, v?:
   const peakHold = (key: string, val: number) => {
     const now = Date.now();
     const p = peak.current[key];
-    if (!p || val >= p.v || now - p.t > 2000) { peak.current[key] = { v: val, t: now }; return val; }
+    if (!p || val >= p.v || now - p.t > 1000) { peak.current[key] = { v: val, t: now }; return val; }
     return p.v;
   };
 
   const connected = !!status.connected;
   const rawVswr = status.vswr && status.vswr > 0 ? status.vswr : undefined;
-  const rawFwdW = status.fwd_w && status.fwd_w >= 1 ? status.fwd_w : 0;
+  // Prefer the device's own peak detector over the sampled reading; the JS hold
+  // below still smooths what is left between polls.
+  const rawPeak = Math.max(status.peak_w ?? 0, status.fwd_w ?? 0);
+  const rawFwdW = rawPeak >= 1 ? rawPeak : 0;
   const fwdW = peakHold('fwd', rawFwdW);
 
   // SWR needs RF to mean anything: sampled on receive the device reports a
@@ -93,13 +96,14 @@ export function TunerCard({ status, t }: { status: TGStatus; t: (k: string, v?:
   // That expiry is the point: the first version of this held the last TX value
   // with no timeout at all, so the meter sat frozen on the previous transmission
   // indefinitely — reading 1.39:1 with the radio plainly in RX and 0 W forward.
-  // Same 2 s window as the power peak above, so the two meters clear together.
+  // Same one-second window as the power peak above, so the two meters clear
+  // together.
   const swrHold = useRef<{ v: number; t: number } | null>(null);
   if (rawFwdW >= 1 && rawVswr) swrHold.current = { v: rawVswr, t: Date.now() };
   const heldSwr = swrHold.current;
   const vswr = rawFwdW >= 1
     ? rawVswr
-    : heldSwr && Date.now() - heldSwr.t < 2000
+    : heldSwr && Date.now() - heldSwr.t < 1000
       ? heldSwr.v
       : undefined;
   const active = status.active ?? 1;
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/TunerGeniusPanel.tsx b/frontend/src/components/TunerGeniusPanel.tsx
index 232cff2..f7f2d77 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/TunerGeniusPanel.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/TunerGeniusPanel.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export type TGChannel = {
 };
 export type TGStatus = {
   connected: boolean; host?: string; last_error?: string;
-  fwd_dbm?: number; fwd_w?: number; swr_db?: number; vswr?: number; freq_mhz?: number;
+  fwd_dbm?: number; fwd_w?: number; peak_w?: number; swr_db?: number; vswr?: number; freq_mhz?: number;
   operate?: boolean; bypass?: boolean; tuning?: boolean; active?: number;
   antenna?: number; three_way?: boolean; message?: string;
   a?: TGChannel; b?: TGChannel;
@@ -69,6 +69,10 @@ export function TunerGeniusPanel({ status, onTune, onBypass, onOperate, onActiva
   const { t } = useI18n();
   const vswr = status.vswr && status.vswr > 0 ? status.vswr : undefined;
   const active = status.active ?? 1;
+  // The device's own peak, not the instantaneous reading: a 400 ms poll lands
+  // between syllables as often as on a peak, so the plain figure showed a few
+  // hundred watts on a kilowatt transmission.
+  const fwdW = Math.max(status.peak_w ?? 0, status.fwd_w ?? 0);
 
   return (
     <div className="h-full flex flex-col rounded-xl border border-border bg-gradient-to-b from-card to-muted/30 shadow-sm overflow-hidden">
@@ -103,7 +107,7 @@ export function TunerGeniusPanel({ status, onTune, onBypass, onOperate, onActiva
             <div className="rounded-lg border border-border bg-card/70 px-2 py-1.5 text-center">
               <div className="text-[9px] uppercase tracking-wider text-muted-foreground">{t('tgp.power')}</div>
               <div className="text-lg font-bold font-mono leading-tight text-foreground/80">
-                {status.fwd_w && status.fwd_w >= 1 ? `${Math.round(status.fwd_w)} W` : '—'}
+                {fwdW >= 1 ? `${Math.round(fwdW)} W` : '—'}
               </div>
             </div>
           </div>
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/YaesuPanel.tsx b/frontend/src/components/YaesuPanel.tsx
index 4c759b7..2506c0b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/YaesuPanel.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/YaesuPanel.tsx
@@ -149,13 +149,6 @@ function Slider({ value, onChange, disabled, accent = 'var(--primary)', min = 0,
     if (!el) return;
     const onWheel = (e: WheelEvent) => {
       if (disRef.current) return;
-      // The wheel only acts on a slider the operator has DELIBERATELY taken
-      // hold of — one that has focus. Hovering was enough before, so scrolling
-      // the panel with the pointer anywhere over these controls silently moved
-      // whatever sat under it: an IC-7800 owner watched his transmit power
-      // change on its own. Without focus the event is left alone and the panel
-      // scrolls, which is what the gesture was for.
-      if (document.activeElement !== el) return;
       e.preventDefault();
       const nv = Math.max(minRef.current, Math.min(maxRef.current, valRef.current + (e.deltaY < 0 ? 1 : -1)));
       if (nv !== valRef.current) cbRef.current(nv);
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/i18n.tsx b/frontend/src/lib/i18n.tsx
index 8c7e68a..7dd0f52 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/i18n.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/i18n.tsx
@@ -352,6 +352,12 @@ const en: Dict = {
   'wkp.autoCallHint': 'Click a CQ macro (one whose text contains CQ) to resend it on a loop — message, gap, repeat — until you send another macro (e.g. a report), press Stop, or hit ESC. Non-CQ macros send once.', 'wkp.autoCall': 'Auto-call', 'wkp.gap': 'gap', 'wkp.gapHint': 'Seconds to wait after the message before resending', 'wkp.loopHint': 'click a CQ macro to loop it', 'wkp.macroN': 'Macro {n}',
   'dvkp.voiceKeyer': 'Voice keyer', 'dvkp.autoCq': 'Auto CQ', 'dvkp.autoCqHint': 'Repeat a CQ-labelled message on a timer until you stop it or play another slot', 'dvkp.gap': 'Gap', 'dvkp.notPhone': 'The voice keyer only transmits on a phone mode (SSB/AM/FM)', 'dvkp.stop': 'Stop', 'dvkp.disable': 'Disable voice keyer', 'dvkp.noMsgPre': 'No messages recorded yet. Open', 'dvkp.settingsPath': 'Settings → Audio devices & voice keyer', 'dvkp.noMsgPost': 'to record F1–F6.', 'dvkp.transmit': 'Transmit F{slot}{label} ({dur}s)', 'dvkp.empty': 'F{slot} — empty', 'dvkp.message': 'message',
   'agp.portDeselect': 'Port {letter} — click to deselect', 'agp.portSelect': 'Select on port {letter}', 'agp.online': 'online', 'agp.offline': 'offline', 'agp.close': 'Close', 'agp.connecting': 'Connecting…', 'agp.noAntennas': 'No antennas configured.', 'agp.filterOnHint': 'Showing antennas for {band} only — click to show all bands', 'agp.filterOffHint': 'Showing all antennas — click to show only the current band',
+  'ampw.title': 'Amplifier', 'ampw.all': 'All amplifiers', 'ampw.pick': 'Which amplifier the widget shows',
+  'ampw.showHint': 'Amplifier · click to show', 'ampw.hideHint': 'Amplifier — shown · click to hide',
+  'ampw.close': 'Close', 'ampw.offline': 'offline', 'ampw.none': 'No amplifier configured',
+  'ampw.operate': 'Operate', 'ampw.standby': 'Standby', 'ampw.on': 'ON', 'ampw.off': 'OFF',
+  'ampw.lvlL': 'Low', 'ampw.lvlM': 'Mid', 'ampw.lvlH': 'High',
+  'ampw.pwr': 'Watts', 'ampw.swr': 'SWR', 'ampw.temp': 'Temp', 'ampw.id': 'Id (A)', 'ampw.fan': 'Fan mode',
   'tgp.online': 'online', 'tgp.offline': 'offline', 'tgp.close': 'Close', 'tgp.connecting': 'Connecting…', 'tgp.swr': 'SWR', 'tgp.power': 'Fwd power', 'tgp.tune': 'Tune', 'tgp.tuning': 'Tuning…', 'tgp.tuneHint': 'Start an automatic tuning cycle on the active channel — key the rig into a carrier so the tuner can measure SWR', 'tgp.bypass': 'Bypass', 'tgp.bypassHint': 'Toggle global bypass — route the antenna straight through, tuner out of line', 'tgp.operate': 'Operate', 'tgp.standby': 'Standby', 'tgp.operateHint': 'Toggle Operate / Standby',
   'tgp.title': 'Tuner Genius', 'tgp.chActive': 'Channel {letter} — active', 'tgp.chSelect': 'Make channel {letter} active', 'tgp.chActiveTag': 'active', 'tgp.ant': 'Ant', 'tgp.bypassed': 'Bypassed', 'tgp.inLine': 'In line',
   'flxp.ritHint': 'RIT — shifts your RECEIVE frequency only. Wheel, ± or arrow keys to adjust (Ctrl = 100 Hz). The offset is kept when you switch it off.', 'flxp.xitHint': 'XIT — shifts your TRANSMIT frequency only. Wheel, ± or arrow keys to adjust (Ctrl = 100 Hz). The offset is kept when you switch it off.',
@@ -747,6 +753,12 @@ const fr: Dict = {
   'wkp.autoCallHint': "Clique une macro CQ (dont le texte contient CQ) pour la réémettre en boucle — message, pause, répétition — jusqu'à envoyer une autre macro (ex. un report), appuyer sur Stop ou ESC. Les macros non-CQ ne sont émises qu'une fois.", 'wkp.autoCall': 'Appel auto', 'wkp.gap': 'pause', 'wkp.gapHint': 'Secondes à attendre après le message avant de réémettre', 'wkp.loopHint': 'clique une macro CQ pour la boucler', 'wkp.macroN': 'Macro {n}',
   'dvkp.voiceKeyer': 'Manipulateur vocal', 'dvkp.autoCq': 'Auto CQ', 'dvkp.autoCqHint': 'Répète un message libellé CQ à intervalle régulier jusqu\'à l\'arrêt ou la lecture d\'un autre slot', 'dvkp.gap': 'Intervalle', 'dvkp.notPhone': 'Le manipulateur vocal n\'émet qu\'en mode phonie (SSB/AM/FM)', 'dvkp.stop': 'Stop', 'dvkp.disable': 'Désactiver le manipulateur vocal', 'dvkp.noMsgPre': 'Aucun message enregistré. Ouvre', 'dvkp.settingsPath': 'Réglages → Périphériques audio & manipulateur vocal', 'dvkp.noMsgPost': 'pour enregistrer F1–F6.', 'dvkp.transmit': 'Émettre F{slot}{label} ({dur}s)', 'dvkp.empty': 'F{slot} — vide', 'dvkp.message': 'message',
   'agp.portDeselect': 'Port {letter} — clic pour désélectionner', 'agp.portSelect': 'Sélectionner sur le port {letter}', 'agp.online': 'en ligne', 'agp.offline': 'hors ligne', 'agp.close': 'Fermer', 'agp.connecting': 'Connexion…', 'agp.noAntennas': 'Aucune antenne configurée.', 'agp.filterOnHint': 'Antennes du {band} uniquement — clic pour afficher toutes les bandes', 'agp.filterOffHint': 'Toutes les antennes affichées — clic pour n’afficher que la bande courante',
+  'ampw.title': 'Amplificateur', 'ampw.all': 'Tous les amplis', 'ampw.pick': 'Ampli affiché par le widget',
+  'ampw.showHint': 'Amplificateur · cliquer pour afficher', 'ampw.hideHint': 'Amplificateur — affiché · cliquer pour masquer',
+  'ampw.close': 'Fermer', 'ampw.offline': 'hors ligne', 'ampw.none': 'Aucun amplificateur configuré',
+  'ampw.operate': 'Operate', 'ampw.standby': 'Standby', 'ampw.on': 'ON', 'ampw.off': 'OFF',
+  'ampw.lvlL': 'Low', 'ampw.lvlM': 'Mid', 'ampw.lvlH': 'High',
+  'ampw.pwr': 'Watts', 'ampw.swr': 'ROS', 'ampw.temp': 'Temp', 'ampw.id': 'Id (A)', 'ampw.fan': 'Mode ventil.',
   'tgp.online': 'en ligne', 'tgp.offline': 'hors ligne', 'tgp.close': 'Fermer', 'tgp.connecting': 'Connexion…', 'tgp.swr': 'ROS', 'tgp.power': 'Puiss. directe', 'tgp.tune': 'Accord', 'tgp.tuning': 'Accord…', 'tgp.tuneHint': "Lancer un cycle d'accord automatique sur le canal actif — passe la radio en porteuse pour que le coupleur mesure le ROS", 'tgp.bypass': 'Bypass', 'tgp.bypassHint': "Basculer le bypass global — antenne en direct, coupleur hors ligne", 'tgp.operate': 'Operate', 'tgp.standby': 'Standby', 'tgp.operateHint': 'Basculer Operate / Standby',
   'tgp.title': 'Tuner Genius', 'tgp.chActive': 'Canal {letter} — actif', 'tgp.chSelect': 'Activer le canal {letter}', 'tgp.chActiveTag': 'actif', 'tgp.ant': 'Ant', 'tgp.bypassed': 'Bypass', 'tgp.inLine': 'En ligne',
   'flxp.ritHint': "RIT — décale uniquement ta fréquence de RÉCEPTION. Molette, ± ou flèches pour ajuster (Ctrl = 100 Hz). Le décalage est conservé quand tu l'éteins.", 'flxp.xitHint': "XIT — décale uniquement ta fréquence d'ÉMISSION. Molette, ± ou flèches pour ajuster (Ctrl = 100 Hz). Le décalage est conservé quand tu l'éteins.",
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/uiPref.ts b/frontend/src/lib/uiPref.ts
index 6e83bd6..33870c7 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/uiPref.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/uiPref.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ const PORTABLE_KEYS = [
   'opslog.autofocusWB',   // auto-focus Worked-before
   'hamlog.filterPresets', // Filter Builder saved presets
   'opslog.showRotor',     // rotor compass shown next to the keyers
+  'opslog.showAmpWidget', // amplifier widget shown next to the keyers
+  'opslog.ampSel.widget', // which amplifier that widget shows ("all" or an amp id)
   'opslog.showBeamOnMap', // antenna beam lobe drawn on the Main map
   'opslog.startEqualsEnd',// log TIME_ON = TIME_OFF (QSO time = completion time)
   'opslog.showQsoRate',   // QSO-rate meter (10/60 min) shown in the header
diff --git a/frontend/src/version.ts b/frontend/src/version.ts
index 6019b4d..cc47fc5 100644
--- a/frontend/src/version.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/version.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // Single source of truth for the app version shown in the UI (header + About).
 // Bump this on a release (the release script updates it alongside telemetry.go).
-export const APP_VERSION = '0.22.8';
+export const APP_VERSION = '0.22.9';
 
 // Author / credits, shown in Help -> About.
 export const APP_AUTHOR = 'F4BPO';
diff --git a/frontend/wailsjs/go/models.ts b/frontend/wailsjs/go/models.ts
index 7eee750..e4c9901 100644
--- a/frontend/wailsjs/go/models.ts
+++ b/frontend/wailsjs/go/models.ts
@@ -3501,6 +3501,11 @@ export namespace powergenius {
 	    fan_mode?: string;
 	    temperature: number;
 	    operate: boolean;
+	    fwd_w: number;
+	    peak_w: number;
+	    vswr: number;
+	    id: number;
+	    peak_id: number;
 	
 	    static createFrom(source: any = {}) {
 	        return new Status(source);
@@ -3515,6 +3520,11 @@ export namespace powergenius {
 	        this.fan_mode = source["fan_mode"];
 	        this.temperature = source["temperature"];
 	        this.operate = source["operate"];
+	        this.fwd_w = source["fwd_w"];
+	        this.peak_w = source["peak_w"];
+	        this.vswr = source["vswr"];
+	        this.id = source["id"];
+	        this.peak_id = source["peak_id"];
 	    }
 	}
 
@@ -4560,6 +4570,7 @@ export namespace spe {
 	
 	export class Status {
 	    connected: boolean;
+	    transport: string;
 	    last_error?: string;
 	    model?: string;
 	    operate: boolean;
@@ -4583,6 +4594,7 @@ export namespace spe {
 	    constructor(source: any = {}) {
 	        if ('string' === typeof source) source = JSON.parse(source);
 	        this.connected = source["connected"];
+	        this.transport = source["transport"];
 	        this.last_error = source["last_error"];
 	        this.model = source["model"];
 	        this.operate = source["operate"];
@@ -4637,6 +4649,7 @@ export namespace tunergenius {
 	    last_error?: string;
 	    fwd_dbm: number;
 	    fwd_w: number;
+	    peak_w: number;
 	    swr_db: number;
 	    vswr: number;
 	    operate: boolean;
@@ -4664,6 +4677,7 @@ export namespace tunergenius {
 	        this.last_error = source["last_error"];
 	        this.fwd_dbm = source["fwd_dbm"];
 	        this.fwd_w = source["fwd_w"];
+	        this.peak_w = source["peak_w"];
 	        this.swr_db = source["swr_db"];
 	        this.vswr = source["vswr"];
 	        this.operate = source["operate"];
diff --git a/internal/cat/flex.go b/internal/cat/flex.go
index 5c5581d..f968078 100644
--- a/internal/cat/flex.go
+++ b/internal/cat/flex.go
@@ -314,7 +314,12 @@ func (f *Flex) send(cmd string) int {
 		debugLog.Printf("Flex: send %q failed: %v", cmd, err)
 		return 0
 	}
-	debugLog.Printf("Flex: → %s", cmd)
+	// Meter subscriptions are pure bookkeeping and a Flex announces meters one
+	// status line at a time — tracing each "sub meter N" wrote dozens of lines
+	// at every connect.
+	if !strings.HasPrefix(cmd, "sub meter ") {
+		debugLog.Printf("Flex: → %s", cmd)
+	}
 	return seq
 }
 
@@ -773,17 +778,11 @@ func (f *Flex) handleStatus(payload string) {
 				f.meterMeta[num] = old
 			}
 			f.mu.Unlock()
-			// One line for the whole batch, not one per meter: a Flex announces
-			// dozens at connect and that was a wall of text every time.
-			var names []string
+			// Not logged: the radio announces meters ONE per status line, so even
+			// a batched line meant dozens of them at every connect.
 			for _, id := range newIDs {
-				mi := f.meterMeta[id]
-				names = append(names, nonEmpty(mi.name, strconv.Itoa(id)))
 				f.subscribeMeter(id)
 			}
-			if len(names) > 0 {
-				debugLog.Printf("Flex: subscribed to %d meter(s): %s", len(names), strings.Join(names, " "))
-			}
 		}
 		// Spot status: "spot <index> …". Track the index so we can clear the
 		// panadapter, and log it verbatim — a click on a panadapter spot pushes a
@@ -2261,13 +2260,6 @@ func (f *Flex) subscribeMeter(id int) {
 	f.send(fmt.Sprintf("sub meter %d", id))
 }
 
-func nonEmpty(s, def string) string {
-	if s == "" {
-		return def
-	}
-	return s
-}
-
 func parseFloatDefault(s string, def float64) float64 {
 	if v, err := strconv.ParseFloat(strings.TrimSpace(s), 64); err == nil {
 		return v
diff --git a/internal/cat/icomserial.go b/internal/cat/icomserial.go
index 1a1df1c..73b1d2d 100644
--- a/internal/cat/icomserial.go
+++ b/internal/cat/icomserial.go
@@ -114,6 +114,15 @@ type IcomSerial struct {
 	silentGrace time.Duration // current width of that tolerance (backs off, see ReadState)
 	dspLoaded   bool          // readDSP has run since the rig became responsive (loads all
 	//                     the panel's set-once controls once the rig actually answers)
+	// When the console last asked for the DSP snapshot. The meters and the
+	// front-panel rotation are polled ONLY while something is displaying them:
+	// they are half of OpsLog's CI-V traffic, and on a shared bus — a microHAM
+	// Router splitting one CI-V link into two virtual ports, OpsLog on one and
+	// WSJT-X/MSHV on the other — every frame we don't need is a frame that can
+	// collide with the other program's.
+	dspWantMu sync.Mutex
+	dspWantAt time.Time
+
 	lastSetFreq   int64 // last frequency commanded (spot click: freq then mode)
 	lastSetFreqAt time.Time
 
@@ -409,15 +418,25 @@ func (b *IcomSerial) ReadState() (RigState, error) {
 	}
 
 	// Live meters + TX state for the Icom panel (the rig doesn't push these).
+	// The meters are polled only while the console is actually on screen: they
+	// were three CI-V round trips per cycle, every cycle, whether or not anyone
+	// could see them. The previous readings are kept so the panel opens on the
+	// last known values rather than on zeros.
 	tx := b.readTX()
-	sm, _ := b.readMeter(civ.SubMeterS)
-	po, swr := 0, 0
-	if tx {
-		if v, ok := b.readMeter(civ.SubMeterPo); ok {
-			po = v
-		}
-		if v, ok := b.readMeter(civ.SubMeterSWR); ok {
-			swr = v
+	watched := b.panelWatched()
+	b.dspMu.Lock()
+	sm, po, swr := b.dsp.SMeter, b.dsp.PowerMeter, b.dsp.SWRMeter
+	b.dspMu.Unlock()
+	if watched {
+		sm, _ = b.readMeter(civ.SubMeterS)
+		po, swr = 0, 0
+		if tx {
+			if v, ok := b.readMeter(civ.SubMeterPo); ok {
+				po = v
+			}
+			if v, ok := b.readMeter(civ.SubMeterSWR); ok {
+				swr = v
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	b.dspMu.Lock()
@@ -434,11 +453,15 @@ func (b *IcomSerial) ReadState() (RigState, error) {
 	// snapshot so the panel's antenna, sliders, RIT, notch, etc. reflect the rig
 	// instead of sitting at their zero defaults. Runs once; ↻ Refresh re-reads on
 	// demand, and a reconnect re-arms it (Connect clears dspLoaded).
-	if !b.dspLoaded {
-		b.readDSP()
-		b.dspLoaded = true
-	} else {
-		b.refreshFrontPanel()
+	// Both of these only make sense for the console — don't spend the bus on them
+	// while it is closed. The snapshot then loads the first time it is opened.
+	if watched {
+		if !b.dspLoaded {
+			b.readDSP()
+			b.dspLoaded = true
+		} else {
+			b.refreshFrontPanel()
+		}
 	}
 	return s, nil
 }
@@ -532,12 +555,25 @@ func (b *IcomSerial) SetPower(on bool) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("icom: not connected")
 	}
 	if on {
-		buf := make([]byte, 0, 32)
-		for i := 0; i < 25; i++ {
+		// The preamble has to last long enough IN TIME for the sleeping rig to
+		// notice it, so its length scales with the baud rate — Icom's own table
+		// asks for 7 bytes at 4800 baud and 150 at 115200, which is a fixed
+		// ~25 ms of carrier. A flat 25 bytes (what this sent before) is right at
+		// 19200 and far too short above it, so a rig configured for 115200 simply
+		// ignored the command.
+		n := b.baud / 768
+		if n < 7 {
+			n = 7
+		} else if n > 150 {
+			n = 150
+		}
+		buf := make([]byte, 0, n+8)
+		for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
 			buf = append(buf, 0xFE)
 		}
 		buf = append(buf, 0xFE, 0xFE, b.rigAddr, civ.AddrController, civ.CmdPower, 0x01, 0xFD)
 		_, err := b.port.Write(buf)
+		applog.Printf("icom: power ON — %d-byte wake preamble at %d baud, addr 0x%02X (err=%v)", n, b.baud, b.rigAddr, err)
 		return err
 	}
 	_, err := b.port.Write(civ.Frame(b.rigAddr, civ.AddrController, civ.CmdPower, 0x00))
@@ -1289,11 +1325,26 @@ func (b *IcomSerial) modeCode(mode string) (code byte, data bool, err error) {
 // ── IcomController: receive-DSP controls for the Icom tab ───────────────────
 
 func (b *IcomSerial) IcomState() IcomTXState {
+	// Asking for the snapshot is what marks the console as being watched, which
+	// is what re-enables the meter polling in ReadState.
+	b.dspWantMu.Lock()
+	b.dspWantAt = time.Now()
+	b.dspWantMu.Unlock()
+
 	b.dspMu.Lock()
 	defer b.dspMu.Unlock()
 	return b.dsp
 }
 
+// panelWatched reports whether the Icom console asked for the DSP snapshot
+// recently — i.e. whether anything is on screen to read the meters.
+func (b *IcomSerial) panelWatched() bool {
+	b.dspWantMu.Lock()
+	at := b.dspWantAt
+	b.dspWantMu.Unlock()
+	return !at.IsZero() && time.Since(at) < 3*time.Second
+}
+
 // RefreshIcom re-reads the whole DSP snapshot from the rig. Runs on the CAT
 // goroutine (dispatched via IcomDo).
 func (b *IcomSerial) RefreshIcom() error {
diff --git a/internal/integrations/udp/server.go b/internal/integrations/udp/server.go
index aa252dc..e9b15db 100644
--- a/internal/integrations/udp/server.go
+++ b/internal/integrations/udp/server.go
@@ -196,7 +196,6 @@ func (s *Server) run() {
 }
 
 func (s *Server) handle(pkt []byte, remote *net.UDPAddr) {
-	applog.Printf("udp: [%s] rx %d bytes from %s\n", s.cfg.Name, len(pkt), remote)
 	ev := Event{ConfigID: s.cfg.ID, Service: s.cfg.ServiceType, Source: remote.String()}
 	switch s.cfg.ServiceType {
 	case ServiceWSJT:
@@ -229,8 +228,12 @@ func (s *Server) handle(pkt []byte, remote *net.UDPAddr) {
 			ev.Mode = w.Mode
 			break
 		}
-		applog.Printf("udp: [%s] WSJT decoded: prog=%q dx_call=%q grid=%q mode=%q freq=%d adif_len=%d\n",
-			s.cfg.Name, w.ProgramID, w.DXCall, w.DXGrid, w.Mode, w.FreqHz, len(w.LoggedADIF))
+		// Only a logged QSO is worth a line — WSJT-X/MSHV send a Status packet
+		// every second, and logging each one buried the rest of the file.
+		if len(w.LoggedADIF) > 0 {
+			applog.Printf("udp: [%s] WSJT QSO logged: prog=%q dx_call=%q grid=%q mode=%q freq=%d adif_len=%d\n",
+				s.cfg.Name, w.ProgramID, w.DXCall, w.DXGrid, w.Mode, w.FreqHz, len(w.LoggedADIF))
+		}
 		ev.DXCall = w.DXCall
 		ev.DXGrid = w.DXGrid
 		ev.Mode = w.Mode
diff --git a/internal/powergenius/powergenius.go b/internal/powergenius/powergenius.go
index e33bdf7..3be852b 100644
--- a/internal/powergenius/powergenius.go
+++ b/internal/powergenius/powergenius.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ package powergenius
 import (
 	"bufio"
 	"fmt"
+	"math"
 	"net"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
@@ -36,6 +37,16 @@ type Status struct {
 	FanMode     string  `json:"fan_mode,omitempty"` // STANDARD / CONTEST / BROADCAST
 	Temperature float64 `json:"temperature"`
 	Operate     bool    `json:"operate"` // OPERATE vs STANDBY (optimistic until the amp reports it)
+
+	// Live power, read straight from the amplifier's own status frame rather
+	// than sampled off the FlexRadio meter stream. PeakW is the amp's own peak
+	// detector: a poll catches one instant of the envelope, so the plain forward
+	// figure lands between syllables as often as on a peak.
+	FwdW   float64 `json:"fwd_w"`   // forward power [W] (the frame reports dBm)
+	PeakW  float64 `json:"peak_w"`  // peak forward power [W]
+	Vswr   float64 `json:"vswr"`    // VSWR, derived from the frame's return loss in dB
+	Id     float64 `json:"id"`      // drain current [A]
+	PeakId float64 `json:"peak_id"` // peak drain current [A]
 }
 
 type Client struct {
@@ -226,9 +237,9 @@ func (c *Client) parse(resp string) {
 	c.statusMu.Lock()
 	c.status.Connected = true
 	c.status.LastError = ""
-	// Log each DISTINCT status payload once: the PGXL's field set isn't fully
-	// documented, so this is how we learn the real key for e.g. operate/standby.
-	if data != c.lastRaw {
+	// One raw frame per session is enough to learn the field set — the frames
+	// carry live meter values, so "log on change" logged every frame.
+	if c.lastRaw == "" {
 		c.lastRaw = data
 		applog.Printf("pgxl: status raw=%q", data)
 	}
@@ -252,7 +263,50 @@ func (c *Client) parse(resp string) {
 			c.status.FanMode = dev
 		case "temp":
 			c.status.Temperature, _ = strconv.ParseFloat(kv[1], 64)
+		case "fwd":
+			if v, err := strconv.ParseFloat(kv[1], 64); err == nil {
+				c.status.FwdW = dbmToWatts(v)
+			}
+		case "peakfwd":
+			if v, err := strconv.ParseFloat(kv[1], 64); err == nil {
+				c.status.PeakW = dbmToWatts(v)
+			}
+		case "swr":
+			if v, err := strconv.ParseFloat(kv[1], 64); err == nil {
+				c.status.Vswr = returnLossToVswr(v)
+			}
+		case "id":
+			c.status.Id, _ = strconv.ParseFloat(kv[1], 64)
+		case "peakid":
+			c.status.PeakId, _ = strconv.ParseFloat(kv[1], 64)
 		}
 	}
 	c.statusMu.Unlock()
 }
+
+// dbmToWatts converts a power reading in dBm to watts (0 dBm = 1 mW). The amp
+// reports power that way — "fwd=60.5" is 1122 W, not 60 W.
+func dbmToWatts(dbm float64) float64 {
+	if dbm <= 0 {
+		return 0
+	}
+	return math.Pow(10, (dbm-30)/10)
+}
+
+// returnLossToVswr converts the amp's "swr" field — a return loss in dB, sent
+// negative for a good match — into the VSWR ratio an operator reads.
+func returnLossToVswr(swrDb float64) float64 {
+	rl := math.Abs(swrDb)
+	if rl <= 0 {
+		return 0
+	}
+	rho := math.Pow(10, -rl/20)
+	if rho >= 1 {
+		return 0
+	}
+	vswr := (1 + rho) / (1 - rho)
+	if vswr > 99.9 || math.IsInf(vswr, 0) || math.IsNaN(vswr) {
+		return 0
+	}
+	return vswr
+}
diff --git a/internal/spe/spe.go b/internal/spe/spe.go
index 8e7b64f..686bd89 100644
--- a/internal/spe/spe.go
+++ b/internal/spe/spe.go
@@ -33,13 +33,11 @@ const (
 	cmdOperate byte = 0x0D // toggles STANDBY ↔ OPERATE (confirmed on hw)
 	cmdStatus  byte = 0x90 // request the status string
 
-	// Best-guess keystroke codes reconstructed from the APG command table after
-	// correcting the PDF's note-wrap misalignment (anchored to the confirmed
-	// OPERATE=0x0D): OFF=0x0A, POWER=0x0B. The POWER key doubles as power-on (when
-	// the amp is off) and the output-level cycle L→M→H (when it's on) — same as the
-	// single physical POWER button. To be verified on hardware.
-	cmdOff   byte = 0x0A // OFF key — switch the amplifier off
-	cmdPower byte = 0x0B // POWER key — turn on / cycle output power level
+	// From the official APG rev 1.1 command table. Note POWER does NOT switch a
+	// sleeping amp on (that is the RTS/DTR wake, see PowerOn) — on a running amp
+	// it cycles the output level L→M→H, which is all we use it for.
+	cmdOff   byte = 0x0A // SWITCH OFF key — how PowerOff switches the amp off
+	cmdPower byte = 0x0B // POWER key — cycles the output power level
 
 	syncHost = 0x55
 	syncAmp  = 0xAA
@@ -47,11 +45,16 @@ const (
 	dialTimeout = 5 * time.Second
 	ioTimeout   = 3 * time.Second
 	pollEvery   = 800 * time.Millisecond
+
+	// How long a modem line is held LOW before being raised again, to give the
+	// amp's edge-triggered remote-on input a transition it can see.
+	wakePulse = time.Second
 )
 
 // Status is the decoded amplifier state for the UI.
 type Status struct {
 	Connected  bool    `json:"connected"`
+	Transport  string  `json:"transport"` // "serial" | "tcp" — the UI enables power-ON on serial even when asleep
 	LastError  string  `json:"last_error,omitempty"`
 	Model      string  `json:"model,omitempty"`       // "20K" / "13K"
 	Operate    bool    `json:"operate"`               // true = OPERATE, false = STANDBY
@@ -91,6 +94,8 @@ type Client struct {
 
 	stop    chan struct{}
 	running bool
+
+	lastConnErr string // last connect failure logged (log only on change)
 }
 
 func New(cfg Config) *Client {
@@ -123,7 +128,13 @@ func (c *Client) Stop() {
 func (c *Client) GetStatus() Status {
 	c.statusMu.RLock()
 	defer c.statusMu.RUnlock()
-	return c.status
+	s := c.status
+	if c.cfg.Transport == "tcp" {
+		s.Transport = "tcp"
+	} else {
+		s.Transport = "serial"
+	}
+	return s
 }
 
 func (c *Client) setErr(err error) {
@@ -146,27 +157,79 @@ func (c *Client) Operate(on bool) error {
 // ToggleOperate flips STANDBY/OPERATE unconditionally.
 func (c *Client) ToggleOperate() error { return c.sendCmd(cmdOperate) }
 
-// PowerOn turns the amplifier on. Per the SPE manual this is NOT a data command
-// but a hardware DTR pulse on the serial line (the "Remote_ON" pin), which needs
-// the special SPE cable — so it only applies to the serial transport. Over TCP
-// there is no DTR line and power-on isn't possible remotely.
+// PowerOn switches the amplifier on with a RISING EDGE on RTS, then on DTR.
+//
+// Confirmed on a live 1.3K-FA. The remote-on input is EDGE-triggered, which is
+// why holding the lines high does nothing: a plain port open already leaves both
+// high (the serial library's default), so there is no transition left to give.
+// Hence low → pause → high on each line, in that order. The keystroke route is a
+// dead end — a switched-off amp does not answer its UART at all, and the POWER
+// key (0x0B) merely cycles L/M/H on an amp that is already running.
+//
+// Serial only: over TCP there are no modem lines. The port is (re)opened first,
+// since the poll loop has dropped the connection to a sleeping amp long before
+// the user clicks ON.
 func (c *Client) PowerOn() error {
+	if c.cfg.Transport == "tcp" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("power-on needs the serial RTS/DTR lines; not available over a network bridge")
+	}
+	// On an amp that is already awake there is nothing to wake.
+	if c.GetStatus().Connected {
+		return nil
+	}
+	// The poll goroutine may still be inside a blocking read on the old handle;
+	// Windows keeps the port "busy" until that read times out (ioTimeout). Retry
+	// the open for a little longer than that.
+	var err error
+	deadline := time.Now().Add(ioTimeout + 3*time.Second)
+	for {
+		if err = c.ensureConn(); err == nil || time.Now().After(deadline) {
+			break
+		}
+		time.Sleep(200 * time.Millisecond)
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		applog.Printf("spe: power ON failed — cannot open %s: %v", c.cfg.ComPort, err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("power-on: %w", err)
+	}
 	c.mu.Lock()
-	defer c.mu.Unlock()
 	sp, ok := c.conn.(serial.Port)
+	c.mu.Unlock()
 	if !ok {
-		return fmt.Errorf("power-on needs the serial DTR line (special SPE cable); not available over network")
+		return fmt.Errorf("power-on needs a serial connection")
 	}
-	// A single positive pulse (~1.2s) on DTR, as the manual describes.
-	if err := sp.SetDTR(true); err != nil {
-		return err
+	pulse := func(set func(bool) error) error {
+		if err := set(false); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		time.Sleep(wakePulse)
+		return set(true)
 	}
-	time.Sleep(1200 * time.Millisecond)
-	return sp.SetDTR(false)
+	if err = pulse(sp.SetRTS); err == nil {
+		err = pulse(sp.SetDTR)
+	}
+	// Booting, the amp re-enumerates its USB interface, which leaves this handle
+	// pointing at a device that no longer exists — the amp came up and OpsLog
+	// still read "offline". Drop it; the poll loop reopens a fresh one as soon as
+	// the port is back.
+	c.mu.Lock()
+	c.dropLocked()
+	c.mu.Unlock()
+	applog.Printf("spe: power ON — RTS then DTR pulsed on %s (err=%v)", c.cfg.ComPort, err)
+	return err
 }
 
-// PowerOff presses the OFF key (switches the amp off).
-func (c *Client) PowerOff() error { return c.sendCmd(cmdOff) }
+// PowerOff presses the SWITCH OFF key (0x0A) — the amp is running, so it hears
+// its UART. Dropping DTR then RTS switches it off too (it is the mirror of the
+// wake, and does work when done by hand), but back-to-back from one click it
+// did not, while this keystroke has never once failed. The amp then stays off:
+// the poll loop keeps reopening the port with both lines high and that has
+// never woken it — only the deliberate low→high sequence in PowerOn does.
+func (c *Client) PowerOff() error {
+	err := c.sendCmd(cmdOff)
+	applog.Printf("spe: power OFF — SWITCH OFF key sent (err=%v)", err)
+	return err
+}
 
 // SetPowerLevel cycles the output power level (L/M/H) to the requested one by
 // tapping the POWER key (0x0B) and WAITING for the amp to actually report the new
@@ -206,9 +269,16 @@ func (c *Client) pollLoop() {
 			return
 		case <-t.C:
 			if err := c.ensureConn(); err != nil {
+				// Logged once per distinct message: "the amp is on but OpsLog
+				// says offline" was impossible to diagnose without the reason.
+				if msg := err.Error(); msg != c.lastConnErr {
+					c.lastConnErr = msg
+					applog.Printf("spe: connect %s failed: %s", c.cfg.ComPort, msg)
+				}
 				c.setErr(fmt.Errorf("connect: %w", err))
 				continue
 			}
+			c.lastConnErr = ""
 			// The amp streams status frames faster than one per poll, so a backlog
 			// builds up and we'd read stale frames (the display lagged ~15s behind
 			// the real amp). Flush anything pending, THEN request + read exactly one
@@ -239,16 +309,48 @@ func (c *Client) ensureConn() error {
 		nc, err = net.DialTimeout("tcp", net.JoinHostPort(c.cfg.Host, strconv.Itoa(c.cfg.Port)), dialTimeout)
 		rwc = nc
 	} else {
-		rwc, err = serial.Open(c.cfg.ComPort, &serial.Mode{BaudRate: c.cfg.Baud})
+		var sp serial.Port
+		// Plain open: both modem lines come up high (the library's default), which
+		// is what the interface needs to talk. That is not enough to switch the amp
+		// on — the remote-on input wants the deliberate low→high sequence PowerOn
+		// sends — so reconnecting never wakes an amplifier the operator switched
+		// off, and forcing either line low here would switch a running one off.
+		sp, err = serial.Open(c.cfg.ComPort, &serial.Mode{BaudRate: c.cfg.Baud})
+		if err == nil {
+			// Without this, a read on a sleeping amp blocks forever inside the
+			// Windows serial driver — the poll goroutine survived the window and
+			// the process took ~a minute to die.
+			_ = sp.SetReadTimeout(ioTimeout)
+			rwc = sp
+		}
 	}
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	c.conn = rwc
-	c.r = bufio.NewReader(rwc)
+	if sp, ok := rwc.(serial.Port); ok {
+		// The driver reports a read timeout as "0 bytes, no error", which bufio
+		// spins on; surface it as a real error so the poll loop drops and retries.
+		c.r = bufio.NewReader(serialTimeoutReader{sp})
+	} else {
+		c.r = bufio.NewReader(rwc)
+	}
 	return nil
 }
 
+// serialTimeoutReader converts the serial driver's timeout convention (n=0,
+// err=nil once SetReadTimeout expires) into an explicit error, so a bufio
+// reader fails fast instead of retrying an amp that is asleep.
+type serialTimeoutReader struct{ p serial.Port }
+
+func (s serialTimeoutReader) Read(b []byte) (int, error) {
+	n, err := s.p.Read(b)
+	if n == 0 && err == nil {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("spe: read timeout")
+	}
+	return n, err
+}
+
 func (c *Client) dropLocked() {
 	if c.conn != nil {
 		c.conn.Close()
@@ -361,9 +463,10 @@ func (c *Client) decodeCSV(payload string) {
 
 	c.statusMu.Lock()
 	defer c.statusMu.Unlock()
-	// Log the raw status frame ONCE per change, so field alignment can be verified
-	// against real hardware (the doc's 19-field layout may differ per firmware).
-	if payload != c.lastRaw {
+	// One raw frame per session is enough to verify field alignment against real
+	// hardware — the frame carries live meter values, so logging each change
+	// meant logging nearly every frame.
+	if c.lastRaw == "" {
 		c.lastRaw = payload
 		applog.Printf("spe: status raw=%q fields=%d", payload, len(f))
 	}
diff --git a/internal/tunergenius/tunergenius.go b/internal/tunergenius/tunergenius.go
index 94a469e..773d817 100644
--- a/internal/tunergenius/tunergenius.go
+++ b/internal/tunergenius/tunergenius.go
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ type Status struct {
 
 	FwdDbm float64 `json:"fwd_dbm"` // forward power [dBm], as reported
 	FwdW   float64 `json:"fwd_w"`   // forward power [W], derived from dBm
+	PeakW  float64 `json:"peak_w"`  // the device's own peak forward power [W] — what the meters show
 	SwrDb  float64 `json:"swr_db"`  // return loss [dB] as reported (negative = good match)
 	Vswr   float64 `json:"vswr"`    // VSWR ratio, derived from swr_db (1.0 = perfect)
 
@@ -405,7 +406,9 @@ func (c *Client) parse(resp string) {
 	if !strings.HasPrefix(data, "status") {
 		return
 	}
-	if data != c.lastRaw {
+	// One raw frame per session is enough to verify field alignment — the
+	// frames carry live meter values, so "log on change" logged every frame.
+	if c.lastRaw == "" {
 		c.lastRaw = data
 		applog.Printf("tunergenius: status raw=%q", data)
 	}
@@ -439,6 +442,13 @@ func (c *Client) applyStatus(data string) {
 		c.status.FwdDbm = v
 		c.status.FwdW = dbmToWatts(v)
 	}
+	// The device's OWN peak detector. A poll samples one instant of the envelope,
+	// so on SSB the plain "fwd" figure lands between syllables as often as on a
+	// peak — the widget read a few hundred watts on a kilowatt transmission. This
+	// is the number to display.
+	if v, ok := parseFloat(kv["peak"]); ok {
+		c.status.PeakW = dbmToWatts(v)
+	}
 	if v, ok := parseFloat(kv["swr"]); ok {
 		c.status.SwrDb = v
 		c.status.Vswr = returnLossToVswr(v)
diff --git a/telemetry.go b/telemetry.go
index fa264e6..75d8243 100644
--- a/telemetry.go
+++ b/telemetry.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	// appVersion is stamped on every heartbeat (and could feed the About box).
-	appVersion = "0.22.8"
+	appVersion = "0.22.9"
 
 	// posthogHost is the PostHog ingestion endpoint. EU cloud by default; change
 	// to https://us.i.posthog.com for a US project.
diff --git a/wiki/Amplifiers-and-Switches.md b/wiki/Amplifiers-and-Switches.md
index 5ede70a..4b5d3c1 100644
--- a/wiki/Amplifiers-and-Switches.md
+++ b/wiki/Amplifiers-and-Switches.md
@@ -1,13 +1,47 @@
 # Amplifiers and Switches
 
-## PowerGenius XL (4O3A) amplifier
+## Amplifiers
 
-Direct TCP connection (Settings → PowerGenius):
+Settings → **Amplifier** is a **list**: configure several amps (e.g. two SPEs
+run in parallel), each with its own name and connection. Brands:
 
-- **Operate / Standby** and **fault** display.
-- **Fan-mode** selector (Standard / Contest / Broadcast).
-- When a Flex is connected, the amp controls + its **FWD / ID / TEMP** meters
-  appear in the FlexRadio panel's Amplifier card. See [[FlexRadio]].
+- **SPE Expert** (1.3K / 1.5K / 2K) — USB serial or an RS232-to-Ethernet
+  bridge. OPERATE/STANDBY, ON/OFF, Low/Mid/High power level, live status.
+  Switching the amplifier **on and off** uses the remote-on control lines, so
+  it needs the **USB (or RS-232) connection**, not a network bridge — the ON
+  button works even while the amplifier is off and reporting nothing.
+- **ACOM** (500S / 600S / 700S / 1200S / 2020S) — serial or bridge.
+  OPERATE/STANDBY/OFF, live power / SWR / PA temperature / band / fan.
+  Power-ON works over serial when the cable wires the DTR/RTS pins.
+- **PowerGenius XL** (4O3A) — direct TCP. Operate/Standby, fault display, and a
+  **fan-mode** selector (Standard / Contest / Broadcast).
+
+Where the controls appear:
+
+- An **amplifier card** in the FlexRadio panel and in **Station Control**:
+  OPERATE/STANDBY, ON/OFF, power level, output-power bar and live FWD /
+  drain-current / temperature meters. Several amps → one card each.
+- A **status chip per amp** in the bottom bar: green ON AIR = OPERATE, orange =
+  STANDBY, red = offline. Clicking it toggles OPERATE/STANDBY.
+- A **docked widget** (flame icon, next to the keyers): Operate, power ON/OFF,
+  the SPE power level and live watts / SWR / temperature, in the narrow column
+  format of the Tuner Genius widget. With several amplifiers configured, a
+  dropdown on the icon picks which one it shows — or **All**.
+
+### Band-follow (amp on a second COM port)
+
+An ACOM or SPE that normally polls the radio for its frequency can follow
+OpsLog instead: OpsLog answers the amp's polls **as a Kenwood rig** on a second
+COM port (Settings → Amplifier → frequency port). Useful when the real radio's
+CAT port is already taken by OpsLog itself.
+
+## Tuner Genius XL (4O3A)
+
+Settings → Tuner Genius (IP only; port fixed at 9010). Live **SWR and forward
+power** with peak-hold, **Tune / Bypass / Operate-Standby**, and the two
+channels A/B (source, frequency, antenna) shown and click-selectable. Available
+as a docked widget, a card in the FlexRadio panel and a card in Station
+Control. Direct TCP — uses one of the box's connection slots.
 
 ## Antenna Genius (4O3A) antenna switch
 
@@ -16,8 +50,20 @@ Over TCP / GSCP — a docked **A/B antenna-switch** widget:
 - One row per configured antenna, with a **Port A** and **Port B** button.
 - Colours: green = selected on port A, blue = selected on port B, red (pulsing) =
   that port is transmitting. Clicking a selected port deselects it (→ None).
-- **Band filter** (funnel icon in the header): shows only the antennas configured
-  for the current band, like the native app. Toggle it off to see all antennas.
-  Antennas with an unknown band mask are always shown.
+- **Band filter** (funnel icon): shows only the antennas configured for the
+  current band. Antennas with an unknown band mask are always shown.
 
 Configure the host / password in Settings → Antenna Genius.
+
+## Relay boards (Station Control)
+
+USB relay boards for antenna/accessory switching, with named buttons in Station
+Control: **Denkovi** (4/8 relays, FT245) and generic **CH340 / LCUS**
+USB-serial boards. A Test-connection button and detection feedback live in the
+setup panel.
+
+## Station Control
+
+The Station Control tab is a dashboard of fixed-width panels that wrap to fill
+the window — amplifier(s), tuner, relays, rotator, Ultrabeam… Drag a panel by
+the grip on its left edge to reorder; the order is remembered.
diff --git a/wiki/Audio-and-Keyers.md b/wiki/Audio-and-Keyers.md
index a4f7f89..d845f39 100644
--- a/wiki/Audio-and-Keyers.md
+++ b/wiki/Audio-and-Keyers.md
@@ -2,35 +2,72 @@
 
 ## CW keyer
 
-A CW keyer with **macros** and F-key macros. The keyer **engine** is selectable
-(Settings → CW Keyer):
+A CW keyer with **macros** on F-keys (F1–F9; empty slots are hidden). The keyer
+**engine** is selectable (Settings → CW Keyer):
 
-- **WinKeyer** — K1EL WK1/2/3 over a COM port.
+- **WinKeyer** — K1EL WK1/2/3 over a COM port. The log names the generation
+  detected, and a byte-level trace can be enabled for bug reports.
+- **Serial port (DTR=CW / RTS=PTT)** — OpsLog keys CW by toggling a serial
+  control line itself, the hardware method N1MM/WSJT-X use with a Yaesu SCU-17
+  or a generic keying interface. No WinKeyer needed. Choose the COM port, which
+  line carries CW, and *Invert keying* for interfaces that key backwards. This
+  is also the engine for an **FTDX10** (whose CAT refuses `KY`), on the rig's
+  second COM port.
 - **Icom** — the radio's own keyer over CI-V, no extra hardware. Works over the
-  remote link too. (Requires the Icom CAT backend; set break-in to SEMI/FULL or
-  the rig keys the sidetone but stays in RX.)
+  remote link too. (Set break-in to SEMI/FULL or the rig keys the sidetone but
+  stays in RX.)
+- **FlexRadio (CWX)** — keys CW straight over the SmartSDR connection, with
+  type-ahead and mid-send backspace.
+- **Yaesu (rig keyer)** — the radio's internal keyer over CAT (`KY`), for the
+  FTDX101 / FT-991A / FT-710 family. See [[Yaesu]].
 - **TCI** — for TCI backends.
 
+**ESC** stops CW on whichever engine is active; typing a callsign aborts a
+running macro. `<LOGQSO>` inside a macro logs the contact at that exact point.
+**Auto-call** repeats a CQ with the gap you set measured *after* the message.
+
+### ESM — Enter Sends Message
+
+N1MM-style, for CW (Settings → CW Keyer). With the keyer on, **Enter** fires a
+macro by QSO stage instead of logging: empty callsign → F1 (CQ); callsign
+entered → F2 (report), focus jumps to RST; Enter in RST → F3 (TU), which logs
+if the macro contains `<LOGQSO>`.
+
 ## Digital Voice Keyer (DVK)
 
 Record **F1–F6** voice messages and transmit them. Set the audio devices, PTT
 method and gains in Settings → Audio.
 
-- **PTT** method: CAT, RTS, DTR, or none (VOX).
-- **Test PTT** keys the rig briefly. On CAT/OmniRig the key is held ~1.5 s so the
-  transmit command is actually sent (OmniRig is asynchronous and coalesces rapid
-  writes).
+- **PTT** method: CAT (whichever backend is active — every one supports PTT),
+  RTS, DTR, or none (VOX).
+- **Auto CQ** repeats a CQ-labelled message on a timer until you stop it.
+- The DVK refuses to transmit on non-phone modes — no speech on FT8.
+- A **message level** control (Settings → Audio) drives the rig at the right
+  level even from a quietly recorded microphone. If the rig transmits almost
+  nothing, check its rear-input setting (on an FTDX10: SSB MOD SOURCE = REAR).
 
 ## QSO audio recording
 
-Continuous rolling capture. On **Log QSO** the contact is saved to a per-QSO WAV
-(`CALL_YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS.wav`), mixing RX + mic. Configure the recordings folder,
-format (WAV / MP3), pre-roll and gains in Settings → Audio.
+Continuous rolling capture. On **Log QSO** the contact is saved to a per-QSO
+WAV/MP3 (`CALL_YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS`), with pre-roll. With automatic recording off, a
+**red dot** beside the callsign records the contact by hand.
+
+A recording can be **replayed on the air** to the station being worked, like a
+voice-keyer message — with its **own level**, separate from the voice keyer (a
+receiver line-out needs far less gain than a microphone). The play button
+becomes a **stop** button while it transmits. Hidden on CW.
+
+## CW decoder (RX audio → text)
+
+**Tools → CW decoder** (or the ear button) decodes received CW while the mode
+is CW: adaptive envelope with noise squelch, per-character dit/dah
+classification, follows 12–40 WPM and sloppy fists, rides QSB. Shows WPM /
+pitch / level, locks onto the FlexRadio CW pitch automatically, and clicking a
+decoded word fills the callsign. Clean-to-moderate signals decode solidly;
+weak-signal pileups remain CW Skimmer territory.
 
 ## RX audio monitor (USB rigs)
 
 Settings → Audio → **Listen to radio** pipes the rig's received audio (its "USB
-Audio CODEC" input) through your speakers, so you hear the radio inside OpsLog.
-**Talk to radio** keys PTT and pipes your mic to the rig's audio input. (Network
-audio for remote Icom is a work in progress — see
-[[Remote Icom over the Internet]].)
+Audio CODEC" input) through your speakers — the level applies live as you drag
+it. **Talk to radio** keys PTT and pipes your mic to the rig's audio input.
diff --git a/wiki/Awards.md b/wiki/Awards.md
index 365336a..aec332c 100644
--- a/wiki/Awards.md
+++ b/wiki/Awards.md
@@ -6,8 +6,15 @@ shared **globally** across profiles.
 ## Built-in awards
 
 DXCC, WAS / WAZ / WAC, WPX, IOTA / POTA / SOTA / WWFF, **DDFM** (French
-departments), and more — tracked **worked / confirmed / validated** by band and
-mode.
+departments), **DLD** (DARC DOK), **H26** (Helvetia 26 cantons), the US
+counties (USA-CA), and more — tracked **worked / confirmed / validated** by
+band and mode.
+
+The awards panel has a **mode filter** (All / CW / Phone / Digital) that
+applies to the whole award — bands, counts, confirmations and the contacts
+behind a cell — and stacks with the worked/confirmed filter, so "worked on CW
+but not confirmed on CW" is one click. Reference lists sort by reference or by
+description.
 
 ## How matching works
 
@@ -121,13 +128,20 @@ drop off the list. This is how you close the gaps a matcher can't fill on its ow
 
 ## Live detection & manual refs
 
-- References are detected **live** as you enter a callsign.
+- References are detected **live** as you enter a callsign — from the looked-up
+  address *and* from the QTH, name, country, comment, note or grid you typed.
+- An award can be marked **one reference per QSO** (used by DLD). When several
+  references then match the same contact, none is assigned silently — the
+  candidates are offered at log time and you pick. Off by default, so an n-fer
+  POTA activation still counts every park.
 - You can **manually assign** a reference to a QSO (the *Award Refs* tab of the
   QSO editor). It's stored in an ADIF extra (`APP_OPSLOG_AWARDREFS`) so it
   survives export/import — see [[Import and Export ADIF]] — and is honoured
   everywhere (award panel, grid columns, totals). For a list-backed award the
   assigned reference must still be a **valid, listed** reference, and the QSO
-  must be **in scope** (rule 5) for it to count.
+  must be **in scope** (rule 5) for it to count. A hand-assigned reference
+  **replaces** what the matcher found, so a correction survives the next
+  recompute.
 
 ## Reference lists & display
 
diff --git a/wiki/CAT-Control.md b/wiki/CAT-Control.md
index 2370366..5e424fe 100644
--- a/wiki/CAT-Control.md
+++ b/wiki/CAT-Control.md
@@ -1,28 +1,46 @@
 # CAT Control
 
-OpsLog has **four native CAT backends** (Settings → CAT). Each auto-reconnects
-and connects *non-blocking*, so a powered-off radio never freezes the app.
+OpsLog has **eight CAT backends** (Settings → CAT). Each auto-reconnects and
+connects *non-blocking*, so a powered-off radio never freezes the app. Backends
+are named by **how the radio is reached**:
 
 | Backend | Use it for |
 |---------|-----------|
 | **OmniRig** | Any OmniRig-supported rig (Rig 1 / Rig 2, hot-swap). |
-| **FlexRadio (SmartSDR)** | FlexRadio 6000/8000 over the TCP API. → [[FlexRadio]] |
-| **Icom CI-V** | Any Icom over **USB** *or* over the internet via its **LAN server**. → [[Icom]] · [[Remote Icom over the Internet]] |
+| **FlexRadio (API)** | FlexRadio 6000/8000 over the TCP API. → [[FlexRadio]] |
+| **Yaesu (USB)** | FTDX10 / FTDX101 family, direct serial — no OmniRig. → [[Yaesu]] |
+| **Kenwood (USB, network)** | TS-590 / TS-890 / TS-990 / TS-2000 (Elecraft K3/K4 speak the same dialect), serial or a `host:port` serial bridge. → [[Kenwood and Xiegu]] |
+| **Xiegu (USB)** | G90 / X6100 / X6200 / X5105 — CI-V with their reduced command set. → [[Kenwood and Xiegu]] |
+| **Icom (CI-V USB)** | Any Icom over USB. → [[Icom]] |
+| **Icom (CI-V network)** | An Icom's built-in LAN/internet server, replacing RS-BA1. → [[Remote Icom over the Internet]] |
 | **TCI** | SunSDR / ExpertSDR2 and any TCI (WebSocket) server. |
 
-Once connected, frequency / band / mode follow the radio, clicking a cluster spot
-tunes the rig, and (for Flex) cluster spots can be pushed to the panadapter.
+Once connected, frequency / band / mode follow the radio, clicking a cluster
+spot tunes the rig, and (for Flex) cluster spots can be pushed to the panadapter.
+
+## Sharing the rig with WSJT-X / JTDX / MSHV (rigctld)
+
+A native backend holds the radio's serial port **exclusively** — so OpsLog can
+serve its rig connection to other programs instead: **Settings → CAT → Share
+CAT**. In WSJT-X / JTDX / MSHV / Log4OM pick rig model **Hamlib NET rigctl** at
+`127.0.0.1:4532`. Works with every backend and both Hamlib command dialects.
+
+> Never point two programs at the same COM port. If another logger or WSJT-X
+> opens the rig's port directly while OpsLog holds it, you get "port busy"
+> errors, garbled CI-V frames and erratic rig behaviour. One master — OpsLog —
+> and everyone else through the shared rigctl port.
 
 ## OmniRig
 
 Pick **Rig 1** or **Rig 2** (the two OmniRig slots). Configure the actual COM
-port / baud in OmniRig's own settings. Works with anything OmniRig supports; PTT
-keying via CAT is supported where the rig's OmniRig profile exposes it.
+port / baud in OmniRig's own settings.
 
-## FlexRadio
-
-Enter the radio's IP (UDP discovery assists). You get a full SmartSDR-style
-control tab — see **[[FlexRadio]]**.
+- **VFO to read** — some OmniRig rig files declare the wrong active VFO (an
+  IC-7610 file declared VFO B). If the frequency looks frozen or follows the
+  wrong VFO, force **A** or **B** here.
+- OpsLog and OmniRig must run at the **same privilege level** — one elevated
+  ("as administrator") and not the other cannot see each other; OpsLog detects
+  and names this case.
 
 ## Icom CI-V (USB)
 
@@ -31,7 +49,7 @@ control tab — see **[[FlexRadio]]**.
 - **COM port** + **baud** must match the radio (set *CI-V USB Echo Back* **OFF**
   on the rig).
 - The model choice also tailors the console (e.g. attenuator steps: 20 dB on an
-  IC-7300, 6/12/18 dB on an IC-7610).
+  IC-7300, 6/12/18 dB on an IC-7610/7800).
 
 Full console details: **[[Icom]]**.
 
@@ -40,10 +58,30 @@ Full console details: **[[Icom]]**.
 Enter the TCI host + port (default 40001). Gives freq / mode / PTT / split and,
 optionally, panorama spots.
 
+## Serial lines (DTR / RTS)
+
+Windows raises the DTR and RTS lines when a serial port opens, and some
+interfaces read one of them as **PTT** — the radio goes into transmit the moment
+OpsLog connects. Others need the lines **high** to work at all. So:
+
+- **Xiegu** always lowers both on connect (a G90 behind a DE-19 keyed on open),
+  and has a setting for which line keys the rig.
+- **Yaesu and Kenwood** have an option (off by default) to lower both lines on
+  connect — turn it on only if your interface transmits as soon as OpsLog opens
+  the port.
+- **Icom CI-V** has always dropped them.
+
+## Protocol trace
+
+Settings → CAT can log the **raw protocol** (every CI-V frame, or every Kenwood
+command, as hex/text) to the diagnostic log — invaluable when reporting a radio
+that answers oddly. The checkbox shows whether the trace is really running.
+
 ## Notes
 
 - The **digital sub-mode** (FT4 vs FT8) is inferred from the frequency.
+- A radio reporting LSB or USB selects **SSB** in the entry form.
 - **Per-band Flex RX/TX antennas** can be configured and are applied
-  automatically on band change (Settings → FlexRadio).
+  automatically on band change (Settings → CAT → FlexRadio).
 - Split, RIT/XIT and other rig-specific features are exposed on each backend's
   control tab where supported.
diff --git a/wiki/DX-Cluster-and-Spots.md b/wiki/DX-Cluster-and-Spots.md
index 82567f4..aaa5dd3 100644
--- a/wiki/DX-Cluster-and-Spots.md
+++ b/wiki/DX-Cluster-and-Spots.md
@@ -3,27 +3,39 @@
 ## Servers
 
 Add multiple cluster servers (Settings). They auto-reconnect; one is the
-**master** used for sending commands. The Cluster tab and the Main-view cluster
-pane share the same live feed.
+**master** used for sending commands. A quiet node is not treated as a dead one
+— silence keeps its session, login and filters. The Cluster tab and the
+Main-view cluster pane share the same live feed.
 
 ## Filter sidebar
 
 A show/hide **filter sidebar** (shared by the Cluster tab and the Main pane):
 
 - **Callsign** search, **hide worked**, **group duplicates**.
-- Filter by **band / mode / status / source**.
+- Filter by **band / mode / status / source**, plus **NEW POTA** and
+  **NEW COUNTY** chips.
 
 ## Per-spot status and tuning
 
 Each spot is coloured by **status** relative to your log:
 
-- **new** (entity never worked), **new-band**, **new-slot**, **worked**.
+- **new** (entity never worked), **new-band**, **new-mode**, **new-slot**,
+  **worked**.
+- Settings → General → **Group digital modes as one (DXCC-style)** makes
+  FT8/FT4/RTTY/PSK count as a single Digital mode for the colouring and the
+  matrix badges, matching how DXCC counts.
 
 Click a spot to **tune the rig** (fills the callsign into the entry strip). A
-multi-band **Band Map** shows panadapter-style strips per band.
+multi-band **Band Map** shows panadapter-style strips per band — its CW / data
+/ phone sub-bands use their own colour-blind-checked hues, and **Ctrl+↑ /
+Ctrl+↓** jumps to the next spot above/below the current frequency and tunes it.
 
 **POTA** spots are tagged with their park reference (via `api.pota.app`).
 
+The entry strip's band matrix can also show the **ClubLog Most Wanted rank**
+(Settings → General): an `MW #rank` pill next to the entity name, personalised
+to your callsign, refreshed daily.
+
 ## Sending a spot
 
 Use the **Send Spot** window to announce a DX spot on the master cluster:
@@ -35,6 +47,12 @@ frequency** (full resolution, including sub-kHz).
 **Tools → Alert management** — Log4OM-style alert rules on **call / country /
 band / mode / spotter**, with **sound**, **visual** and **e-mail** notification.
 Active alerts appear as a discreet bell in the entry strip; click it for the
-list. Alerts are kept briefly and only shown when active.
+list.
+
+## External spot sources
+
+A **DXHunter** remote-call UDP packet fills the callsign, and when it carries
+`<FREQ>` and `<MODE>` it also tunes whichever CAT backend is active. See
+[[Settings and Data]] for the UDP configuration.
 
 See also: [[Maps and Antennas]] for turning the beam to a spot.
diff --git a/wiki/Home.md b/wiki/Home.md
index e412a3f..53a5693 100644
--- a/wiki/Home.md
+++ b/wiki/Home.md
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 # OpsLog
 
 A modern, fast ham-radio logger for **Windows** — Log4OM-style entry, real-time
-CAT for **OmniRig**, native **FlexRadio/SmartSDR**, native **Icom CI-V** (USB
-*and* remote-over-internet, replacing RS-BA1) and **TCI** (SunSDR / Expert
-Electronics), a DX cluster with spot alerts, awards tracking, maps, contest
-logging, QSL management and a QSL-card designer.
+CAT for **OmniRig**, native **FlexRadio/SmartSDR**, **Icom CI-V** (USB *and*
+remote-over-internet, replacing RS-BA1), **Yaesu**, **Kenwood**, **Xiegu** and
+**TCI** (SunSDR / Expert Electronics) — with **CAT sharing** so WSJT-X & co use
+the same rig link — a DX cluster with spot alerts, awards tracking, maps,
+contest logging, QSL management and a QSL-card designer.
 
 Built with **Wails v2** (Go backend + React/TypeScript frontend), **pure Go**
 (no CGO). SQLite holds the configuration; the logbook can be the local SQLite
@@ -18,14 +19,15 @@ Developed by **F4BPO**.
 1. **[[Installation]]** — download / build and first launch.
 2. **[[Getting Started]]** — the entry strip, logging your first QSO, choosing a
    profile.
-3. **[[CAT Control]]** — connect your radio (OmniRig, FlexRadio, Icom, TCI).
+3. **[[CAT Control]]** — connect your radio (OmniRig, FlexRadio, Icom, Yaesu,
+   Kenwood, Xiegu, TCI).
 
 ## What OpsLog does
 
 | Area | Pages |
 |------|-------|
 | Enter and manage QSOs | [[Logging Basics]] · [[Recent QSOs and Filters]] · [[Import and Export ADIF]] |
-| Control your radio | [[CAT Control]] · [[FlexRadio]] · [[Icom]] · [[Remote Icom over the Internet]] |
+| Control your radio | [[CAT Control]] · [[FlexRadio]] · [[Icom]] · [[Remote Icom over the Internet]] · [[Yaesu]] · [[Kenwood and Xiegu]] |
 | Chase DX | [[DX Cluster and Spots]] · [[Maps and Antennas]] |
 | Station hardware | [[Amplifiers and Switches]] · [[Audio and Keyers]] |
 | Events & contests | [[Contest Logging]] · [[Net Control]] · [[Multi-Operator Live Status]] |
diff --git a/wiki/Import-and-Export-ADIF.md b/wiki/Import-and-Export-ADIF.md
index 118c142..aaab743 100644
--- a/wiki/Import-and-Export-ADIF.md
+++ b/wiki/Import-and-Export-ADIF.md
@@ -8,22 +8,34 @@ export modes.
 
 Import an `.adi` / `.adif` file into the active profile's logbook. On import,
 OpsLog parses every field, maps standard fields to columns and keeps unknown but
-valid ADIF fields in a per-QSO **extras** store (editable later). Country / zones
-are enriched from `cty.dat` where missing.
+valid ADIF fields in a per-QSO **extras** store (editable later). Country /
+zones are enriched from `cty.dat` where missing. A file **without a header**
+(records pasted from another log) imports fine.
+
+- **Field remapping**: the import dialog can move a field as it reads it —
+  e.g. the RSGB IOTA contest exports the island reference in `STATE`; add a
+  `STATE → IOTA` row and it lands where the award looks.
+- **Fill from profile**: optionally stamps your station fields *and* your
+  default confirmation statuses (paper QSL, LoTW, eQSL, Club Log, HRDLog,
+  QRZ.com) on QSOs the file leaves empty — a WSJT-X log carries almost none.
+  Existing values are never overwritten.
 
 ## Export
 
 - **Whole log**, **selected rows**, or the **filtered view** (no limit) — see
   [[Recent QSOs and Filters]].
-- **Standard** mode exports the common promoted fields; **All** mode also exports
-  every extra field.
+- **Standard** mode exports the common promoted fields; **All** mode also
+  exports every extra field; **Choose fields…** opens a picker that separates
+  the official ADIF 3.1.7 fields (by category) from the OpsLog / non-standard
+  tags actually present in your log, with All/None per group. Your selection is
+  remembered.
 - **Cabrillo** export for contest submission.
 
 ## Round-trip safety
 
 Award references you assign manually are stored in an ADIF extra field
-(`APP_OPSLOG_AWARDREFS`), so exporting your full log and re-importing it does not
-lose your award-reference assignments.
+(`APP_OPSLOG_AWARDREFS`), so exporting your full log and re-importing it does
+not lose your award-reference assignments.
 
 ## Tips
 
diff --git a/wiki/Kenwood-and-Xiegu.md b/wiki/Kenwood-and-Xiegu.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1ae0320
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wiki/Kenwood-and-Xiegu.md
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+# Kenwood and Xiegu (native CAT)
+
+## Kenwood (USB, network)
+
+A native backend talks straight to a **TS-590 / TS-890 / TS-990 / TS-2000**
+over its serial port — frequency, mode, VFO, split and PTT, no OmniRig in
+between. **Elecraft K3/K4** speak the same dialect. Pick **Kenwood (USB,
+network)** in Settings → CAT.
+
+- **Serial**: COM port + baud.
+- **Network**: give a `host:port` instead — for a serial bridge (ser2net, an
+  Ethernet-serial adapter). *Not* the radio's own RJ45, which speaks Kenwood's
+  KNS/ARCP protocol.
+- Split is detected from FR/FT when the radio omits it from its status frame.
+- The backend was tested end-to-end against a TS-2000 emulator and reports
+  useful errors: a port that opens but stays silent is distinguished from one
+  sending data that never answers (the error quotes what arrived).
+
+## Xiegu (G90, X6100, X6200, X5105)
+
+These radios speak CI-V but with a **reduced command set** (no scope, no DSP
+block, no data mode), so they have their own backend — pick **Xiegu (USB)** in
+Settings → CAT. Frequency, mode, split and PTT.
+
+### PTT on a G90 — read this
+
+A **G90 ignores the CI-V PTT command**. That has three consequences:
+
+1. In the Xiegu settings, choose **how the rig is keyed**: CI-V command, RTS or
+   DTR — pick the hardware line your interface wires to PTT.
+2. WSJT-X & co transmit through OpsLog's **shared CAT link** (Hamlib NET rigctl
+   `127.0.0.1:4532` — see [[CAT Control]]): OpsLog converts the PTT request
+   into the hardware line. This is the supported path and it works.
+3. **WSJT-X + OmniRig will NOT transmit** a G90: OmniRig sends PTT as a CI-V
+   command, which the radio ignores. Either use the native Xiegu backend +
+   rigctl sharing, or configure the PTT line (RTS/DTR) inside OmniRig itself.
+
+### Keying on connect
+
+Behind an interface that carries PTT on a modem line (e.g. a DE-19), a G90 used
+to go **straight into transmit when OpsLog connected** — Windows raises DTR and
+RTS when a serial port opens. The Xiegu backend now drops both lines on
+connect, then drives only the line you selected for keying.
+
+## Notes
+
+- Both backends refuse a CI-V/CAT frame read at the wrong offset, so a garbled
+  answer can no longer turn into a phantom frequency.
+- The protocol trace (Settings → CAT) covers both — see [[CAT Control]].
diff --git a/wiki/Logging-Basics.md b/wiki/Logging-Basics.md
index 7bd4bc3..10d9a37 100644
--- a/wiki/Logging-Basics.md
+++ b/wiki/Logging-Basics.md
@@ -10,8 +10,24 @@ save. Fields: callsign, RST tx/rx, name, QTH, grid, band, mode, TX/RX frequency
   CQ/ITU zones, continent) from `cty.dat` including `/MM` `/AM` `/B` and call-area
   handling (`/8`, `/W6`), plus **ClubLog** DXpedition date overrides.
 - **Callsign lookup** (QRZ.com / HamQTH) fills name / QTH / grid and shows the
-  photo and a QRZ.com tab. Configure it in Settings → Lookup.
+  photo and a QRZ.com tab. Configure it in Settings → Lookup. Portable calls
+  (`/M`, `/P`) are looked up on the home call too.
+- **No lookup account?** The name / QTH / locator are recovered from the **last
+  time you worked the station**, and for US calls the offline **FCC (ULS)**
+  database fills state, county and a 6-character grid as you type. A real
+  QRZ/HamQTH hit still wins.
+- A green **NEW** badge appears on the County field (Info / F2) when the US
+  county has never been worked.
 - **ESC** clears the callsign (and stops CW).
+- The frequency readout is **scroll-tunable**: roll the wheel over the
+  hundreds / tens / units-of-kHz digit and the rig follows.
+
+## Super Check Partial / N+1
+
+Enable in Settings → General (downloads the community MASTER.SCP list). As you
+type a call, a docked two-column widget shows known calls that **contain** what
+you typed (Partial) and calls **one character away** (N+1) — click one to fix a
+busted call.
 
 ## Editing a QSO
 
@@ -22,14 +38,18 @@ fields** editor for any ADIF field not promoted to a column.
 
 ## Bulk operations
 
-Select rows in Recent QSOs, right-click:
+Select rows in Recent QSOs (a **Select all** button takes every displayed row),
+right-click:
 
-- **Fix country & zones** from `cty.dat`, or **update from QRZ / ClubLog**.
-- **Bulk edit field** — set one field across many QSOs (QSL/upload status, my
-  station, contest, propagation, contacted-station refs, comment…). Great for
-  flipping a batch to *Requested* before an upload.
+- **Fix country & zones** from `cty.dat`, or **update from the callsign
+  databases** (QRZ / ClubLog), with a progress bar.
+- **Bulk edit field** — set one field across many QSOs: QSL/confirmation
+  statuses *and dates*, my station, contest, propagation, contacted-station
+  refs, comment, **gridsquare**, even the **frequency** (band recomputed,
+  out-of-band values refused).
 - **Send to** a QSL service, **export** selected / filtered to ADIF or Cabrillo,
-  **delete**.
+  **delete** (optionally withdrawing the QSO from QRZ.com and Club Log —
+  Settings → External services, off by default).
 
 ## Find duplicates
 
@@ -40,6 +60,9 @@ same day or same minute) and lets you pick which to delete.
 
 - **Worked-before matrix** shows prior contacts with the entity per band/mode
   slot as you type.
-- Awards references are detected **live** as you enter a call (see [[Awards]]).
+- Award references are detected **live** as you enter a call — including from
+  the QTH, name, comment or grid you typed (see [[Awards]]).
+- The callsign in the top bar is the **station switcher**: click it to change
+  profile.
 
 See also: [[Recent QSOs and Filters]] · [[Import and Export ADIF]]
diff --git a/wiki/Maps-and-Antennas.md b/wiki/Maps-and-Antennas.md
index 4d76ae3..183646d 100644
--- a/wiki/Maps-and-Antennas.md
+++ b/wiki/Maps-and-Antennas.md
@@ -3,36 +3,48 @@
 ## Main view
 
 The Main view is **two configurable panes** (per profile, Settings → General →
-*Main view*). Choose from: great-circle map, locator (street) map, the cluster
-grid, the worked-before grid, recent QSOs, the **FlexRadio** controls, the
-**Icom** console, or the **Net control** panel.
+*Main view*), with a **draggable divider** between them (double-click it to
+even them out). Choose from: great-circle map, locator (street) map, the
+cluster grid, the worked-before grid, recent QSOs, the **FlexRadio** controls,
+the **Icom** or **Yaesu** console, or the **Net control** panel.
 
 ## Great-circle map
 
 - Short/long-path **distance & azimuth** to the worked station.
-- Selectable, **key-free** basemaps: Light / Voyager / Street / Satellite (all
-  labelled).
+- Selectable, **key-free** basemaps: Light / Voyager / Street / Satellite.
 - The **antenna beam lobe(s)** are drawn from the rotor azimuth.
+- **Day/night terminator** and twilight band (button at the top right).
 
 ## Locator (street) map
 
 An OSM street map centred on the contacted grid square — handy for local /
 portable contacts. No API key.
 
-## Rotor compass
+## Rotators
 
-An azimuthal-equidistant **click-to-turn** compass driven by **PstRotator**. The
-current heading and target are shown; click a bearing to turn the rotor.
+An azimuthal-equidistant **click-to-turn** compass; the current heading and
+target are shown. Three rotator types (Settings → Rotator):
 
-## Ultrabeam
+- **PstRotator** — via its UDP interface.
+- **microHAM ARCO** — native, over LAN or USB: set the ARCO's CONTROL PROTOCOL
+  to *Yaesu GS-232A*.
+- **GS-232A (generic)** — any GS-232A controller, ERC (Easy Rotor Control)
+  included; serial speed selectable. Set an ERC to GS-232 emulation, not
+  Hy-Gain DCU-1.
 
-Ultrabeam antennas are supported with three modes — **Normal**, **180° reverse**,
+## Motorized antennas (Ultrabeam / SteppIR)
+
+Both follow the **rig frequency** (band change → retune) and retune immediately
+when you click a spot, with three modes — **Normal**, **180° reverse**,
 **Bidirectional**:
 
 - The **radiating direction** is shown in green and the **mechanical boom** in
-  grey, on both the compass and the map, so you always know where the antenna
-  actually points.
-- The antenna **follows the rig frequency** (band change → retune), and retunes
-  immediately when you click a spot.
+  grey, on both the compass and the map.
+- On a FlexRadio, transmit is **inhibited while the elements move**, and
+  released as soon as the antenna is tuned.
+- **SteppIR — Tunable range** (Settings → Hardware → Antenna, default
+  13–54 MHz): outside it OpsLog leaves the antenna and the TX interlock
+  completely alone, so tuning to 30 m on a 20 m–6 m SteppIR does nothing.
 
-Related hardware: [[Amplifiers and Switches]] (Antenna Genius switch).
+Related hardware: [[Amplifiers and Switches]] (Antenna Genius switch, Tuner
+Genius, relays).
diff --git a/wiki/Profiles-and-Databases.md b/wiki/Profiles-and-Databases.md
index 7811634..370112f 100644
--- a/wiki/Profiles-and-Databases.md
+++ b/wiki/Profiles-and-Databases.md
@@ -6,18 +6,29 @@ Every setting in OpsLog is **per-profile**: station identity, CAT, lookup, QSL
 defaults, awards display, antennas, and which logbook to use. Create one profile
 per callsign / station / event.
 
-Switch or manage profiles in Settings. The active profile decides which logbook
-your QSOs go to.
+The **callsign in the top bar is the station switcher** — click it and pick a
+profile. Managing profiles is at the bottom of that list (and in Settings).
 
-## Config vs. logbook — two different stores
+## Two separate databases
+
+Since 0.21.0 the settings and the QSOs live in **separate files**:
 
 | Store | What | Where |
 |-------|------|-------|
-| **Config** | settings, profiles, rigs/antennas, cluster nodes, lookup cache, award lists, QSL templates | always the **local SQLite** file under `data/` |
-| **Logbook** | your QSOs | where the active profile points — local SQLite **or** shared MySQL |
+| **Settings database** (`settings.db`, or `opslog.db` on older installs) | settings, profiles, rigs/antennas, cluster nodes, lookup cache, award lists, QSL templates | always the **local SQLite** file under `data/` |
+| **Logbook** (`logbook.db`) | your QSOs | where the active profile points — a local SQLite file **or** shared MySQL |
 
-Keeping config local means the UI is instant even when the logbook is a far-away
-MySQL server.
+Keeping the settings local means the UI is instant even when the logbook is a
+far-away MySQL server. Settings → Database shows the two as separate sections,
+with an *Open folder* shortcut; a logbook file can be **renamed or relocated**
+(its QSOs move with it), and the status bar names the **logbook** file — that
+is the one to back up.
+
+A profile can point at its **own logbook file** — ideal for a visiting
+operator, whose contacts stay out of your log without touching your settings.
+
+**Portable**: paths inside the OpsLog folder are stored relative to it, so
+moving the whole folder to another drive or PC loses nothing.
 
 ## Shared MySQL logbook (multi-operator)
 
@@ -25,11 +36,18 @@ Point a profile's logbook at a **MySQL** database so several operators run **one
 log** — e.g. a multi-op special-event call. Configure the host / database /
 credentials in the profile's database settings.
 
-This is also what powers [[Multi-Operator Live Status]] (each instance heartbeats
-its activity into a `live_status` table).
+- The database and tables are converted to **utf8mb4** on connect, so Cyrillic
+  or Polish characters from a QRZ lookup store correctly even when the hosting
+  panel created the database as latin1.
+- An FT8/MSHV QSO that cannot reach a laggy shared database is **parked and
+  re-logged automatically** once it recovers — no lost QSOs.
+- Switching to a profile whose MySQL is unreachable shows a clear warning
+  instead of silently staying on the previous logbook.
+
+This is also what powers [[Multi-Operator Live Status]].
 
 ## Backups
 
 Optional **database + ADIF backup at shutdown** (Settings → Backup). Regardless,
-copying the `data/` folder backs up your config and local logbook. See
+copying the `data/` folder backs up your settings and local logbook. See
 [[Settings and Data]].
diff --git a/wiki/Recent-QSOs-and-Filters.md b/wiki/Recent-QSOs-and-Filters.md
index 2ae0edf..44a3b6b 100644
--- a/wiki/Recent-QSOs-and-Filters.md
+++ b/wiki/Recent-QSOs-and-Filters.md
@@ -4,13 +4,23 @@
 
 The main log table. Double-click a row to edit; right-click for bulk actions
 (see [[Logging Basics]]). Columns are configurable — click **Columns** to choose
-which are visible; your selection is saved (per profile).
+which are visible; widths, order and hidden columns are saved (per profile),
+with a separate layout for the narrower Main-tab pane.
+
+- The selected-row count is always visible at the top, and a **Select all /
+  Unselect all** button takes every displayed row.
+- QSL and upload status columns are coloured: **Y** green, **N** red, **R**
+  blue.
+- A **Distance (km)** column (also in Worked-before) is computed from the QSO's
+  own locator pair.
+- There are **no per-column header filters** — they only ever searched the rows
+  on screen, which made a QSO further back in the log look missing. Use the
+  advanced filter, which queries the whole logbook.
 
 ### Award columns
 
-Each defined award can show a column with the reference the QSO counts for. These
-columns are **hidden by default** and opt-in from the Columns picker — turn on
-only the awards you're chasing. Your choice persists across restarts.
+Each defined award can show a column with the reference the QSO counts for.
+These columns are **hidden by default** and opt-in from the Columns picker.
 
 ## Advanced filter builder
 
@@ -19,15 +29,19 @@ Click the filter button to open the **QSO filter builder** (Log4OM-style):
 - Add one or more **conditions**: *field · operator · value*.
 - Operators: equals, not-equal, contains, starts/ends with, greater/less
   (or equal), is empty, is not empty.
+- Fields include every confirmation **status and date** (sent / received,
+  before / after) for paper QSL, LoTW, eQSL, Club Log, HRDLog and QRZ.com.
+  Field names stay in English — they are ADIF names, a standard vocabulary.
 - Join conditions with **ALL (AND)** or **ANY (OR)**.
 - Save named **presets** (they travel with the `data/` folder).
-- The field dropdown is sorted alphabetically to find things fast.
 
-The filtered view can be exported: **selected rows** or the **whole filtered
-view** (no row limit) → ADIF or Cabrillo.
+A filter shows **every** match (the on-screen row limit only applies to the
+unfiltered log; safety cap 10 000). The filtered view can be exported:
+**selected rows** or the **whole filtered view** → ADIF or Cabrillo.
 
 ## Worked-before matrix
 
 As you type a callsign, the worked-before grid shows prior contacts with that
 **entity**, arranged by band/mode slot, so you instantly see what's new (new
-DXCC / new band / new slot) versus already worked.
+DXCC / new band / new slot) versus already worked. Its right-click menu offers
+the same bulk edit and export as the main grid.
diff --git a/wiki/Settings-and-Data.md b/wiki/Settings-and-Data.md
index e371aed..b1e803e 100644
--- a/wiki/Settings-and-Data.md
+++ b/wiki/Settings-and-Data.md
@@ -4,48 +4,58 @@
 
 A `data/` folder is created **next to `OpsLog.exe`**:
 
-- **Config** (SQLite): settings, profiles, rigs/antennas, cluster nodes, lookup
-  cache, award lists, QSL templates. Always local, so the UI is instant.
-- **Local logbook** (SQLite): QSOs, when the profile logs locally.
+- **Settings database** (SQLite): settings, profiles, rigs/antennas, cluster
+  nodes, lookup cache, award lists, QSL templates. Always local.
+- **Logbook** (`logbook.db`, SQLite): QSOs, when the profile logs locally.
 - `data/qsl/templates/…` — QSL card templates and their photos.
 - `data/qsl/outbox/…` — sent QSL card JPEGs.
 - Recordings folder (configurable) — per-QSO WAV/MP3.
-- Backups.
+- Backups, diagnostic logs.
 
-Back up your setup by copying `data/` (and keep it with the exe). See
+Paths are stored **relative to the folder**, so the whole OpsLog directory can
+move to another drive or PC. Back up your setup by copying `data/`. See
 [[Profiles and Databases]] for local-vs-MySQL logbooks.
 
 ## Settings map
 
 | Section | What |
 |---------|------|
-| **General** | language, theme, Main-view panes, live-status publish |
-| **Station** | your callsign, grid, name, address (my-station ADIF) |
-| **CAT** | radio backend + connection ([[CAT Control]]) |
+| **General** | language, theme, date format (US / FR / Standard), Main-view panes, digital-modes grouping, Super Check Partial, ClubLog exceptions & Most Wanted |
+| **Station** | your callsign, grid, name, address (my-station ADIF) — hand-corrected CQ/ITU zones stay corrected |
+| **CAT** | radio backend + connection, CAT sharing (rigctld), protocol trace ([[CAT Control]]) |
 | **Lookup** | QRZ.com / HamQTH credentials |
-| **FlexRadio** | per-band RX/TX antennas |
-| **Audio** | DVK / recorder devices, PTT, gains, RX monitor |
-| **CW Keyer** | WinKeyer / Icom / TCI engine + macros |
-| **External services** | LoTW (TQSL), QRZ, eQSL, ClubLog, HRDLog, POTA |
-| **Email** | SMTP for eQSL-by-email |
-| **PowerGenius / Antenna Genius / Rotator / Ultrabeam** | station hardware |
+| **Audio** | DVK / recorder devices, PTT, gains and levels, RX monitor |
+| **CW Keyer** | engine (WinKeyer / Serial / Icom / Flex CWX / Yaesu / TCI), macros, ESM |
+| **External services** | LoTW (TQSL), QRZ, eQSL, ClubLog, HRDLog, POTA, Cloudlog/Wavelog |
+| **Email** | SMTP for eQSL-by-email and *Send log to F4BPO* |
+| **Amplifier / Tuner Genius / Antenna Genius / Rotator / Antenna** | station hardware ([[Amplifiers and Switches]] · [[Maps and Antennas]]) |
+| **Database** | settings DB + this profile's logbook, rename/relocate |
 | **Backup** | database + ADIF backup at shutdown |
 
 ## Appearance & language
 
 Four themes (Warm light, Warm dark, Graphite dark, High contrast) plus **Auto**
-(follows the OS). Full **English / French** UI with a first-run flag chooser and
-a switcher in Settings → General.
+(follows the OS); fresh installs start dark. Full **English / French** UI with
+a first-run flag chooser and a switcher in Settings → General. **Ctrl + wheel**
+zooms the whole UI (remembered; Ctrl+0 resets). The window title bar is drawn
+by OpsLog — drag the top bar to move, double-click to maximise — and the window
+reopens on the screen it was closed on.
 
-## Integrations (outbound UDP)
+## UDP integrations
 
-Push the current frequency to **PstRotator**, radio info in **N1MM `RadioInfo`**
-format, or an **ADIF record on each logged QSO** — so external tools stay in sync.
+- **Inbound**: WSJT-X / MSHV / JTDX QSO logging and status (unicast or
+  multicast), and DXHunter remote-call packets (fills the callsign, tunes the
+  rig when the packet carries `<FREQ>`/`<MODE>`).
+- **Outbound**: the current frequency to **PstRotator**, radio info in **N1MM
+  `RadioInfo`** format, or an **ADIF record on each logged QSO**.
 
 ## Other
 
-- **Autostart** external programs (WSJT-X, JTAlert, rotator control…) at launch,
-  skipping any already running.
-- **Update check** at startup (toggleable).
+- **Autostart** external programs (WSJT-X, JTAlert, rotator control…) at
+  launch, skipping any already running.
+- **Update check** at startup, when opening Help → About, and every 5 minutes.
+  A "What's new" summary appears on the first launch after each update.
+- **Help → Send log to F4BPO** (shown when SMTP is configured) e-mails the
+  diagnostic logs straight to the developer.
 - **Anonymous usage telemetry** — a once-a-day heartbeat (random install ID +
   version + OS; no callsign or QSO data). Opt out in Preferences.
diff --git a/wiki/Troubleshooting.md b/wiki/Troubleshooting.md
index fddb261..70a5c28 100644
--- a/wiki/Troubleshooting.md
+++ b/wiki/Troubleshooting.md
@@ -2,57 +2,77 @@
 
 ## Where's the log file?
 
-OpsLog writes a diagnostic log. The path is shown in Settings (and can be opened
-from there). When reporting a problem, include the relevant lines — they're
-prefixed by subsystem (`Flex:`, `icom net:`, `icom scope`, `antgenius:`,
-`cluster:`, `qslmgr:log`, `audio:`…).
+OpsLog writes a diagnostic log. The path is shown in Settings (and can be
+opened from there). When reporting a problem, include the relevant lines —
+they're prefixed by subsystem (`cat:`, `Flex:`, `icom net:`, `antgenius:`,
+`cluster:`, `qslmgr:log`, `audio:`…). With an SMTP server configured, **Help →
+Send log to F4BPO** e-mails the logs straight to the developer.
+
+A crash no longer leaves a blank window: the error is shown on screen,
+selectable, with a copy button.
 
 ## CAT
 
 - **Radio not connecting** — check the backend fields (COM port + baud for USB;
-  IP/credentials for network). OpsLog connects non-blocking, so it won't freeze —
-  watch the CAT status.
-- **Icom: no CAT at all over USB** — the CI-V address must match the radio; pick
-  your **model** from the dropdown (it sets the address) and set *CI-V USB Echo
-  Back* **OFF** on the rig.
-- **Icom scope blank on an IC-7300** — this was a bug where the scope decoder was
-  chosen from the configured CI-V address; it now uses the model detected from the
-  CI-V ID, so a single-scope rig run at address `0x98` decodes correctly. Update
-  to the latest build.
-- **Icom attenuator button does nothing** — the dB steps are model-specific; make
-  sure the right model is selected (IC-7300 = 20 dB, IC-7610 = 6/12/18 dB).
+  IP/credentials for network). The CAT log line carries the error explaining a
+  disconnection.
+- **"Serial port busy" in the log** — another program holds the COM port
+  (WSJT-X, MSHV, another logger configured for direct CAT). Only one program
+  can own the port: let OpsLog hold it and point the others at **Hamlib NET
+  rigctl 127.0.0.1:4532** (Settings → CAT → Share CAT). Two masters on one
+  CI-V bus also cause garbled frames and erratic behaviour.
+- **The radio transmits as soon as OpsLog connects** — your interface reads DTR
+  or RTS as PTT. Xiegu drops the lines automatically; on Yaesu and Kenwood
+  enable the *lower DTR/RTS on connect* option. (It is off by default because
+  other interfaces stop transmitting with the lines low.)
+- **WSJT-X won't key a Xiegu G90 through OmniRig** — a G90 ignores the CI-V PTT
+  command. Use the native Xiegu backend (which keys RTS/DTR) + rigctl sharing,
+  or set the PTT line inside OmniRig. See [[Kenwood and Xiegu]].
+- **OmniRig frequency frozen / wrong VFO** — set **VFO to read** (A or B) in
+  the OmniRig backend settings; some rig files declare the wrong VFO.
+- **"OmniRig not found" with OmniRig running** — one of the two runs as
+  administrator and the other doesn't. Start both the same way.
+- **Icom: no CAT at all over USB** — the CI-V address must match the radio;
+  pick your **model** from the dropdown (it sets the address) and set *CI-V USB
+  Echo Back* **OFF** on the rig.
+- **A radio that answers oddly** — enable the **protocol trace** (Settings →
+  CAT): every frame to and from the rig lands in the log as hex, which turns a
+  guess into a diagnosis.
 
 ## Remote Icom
 
 - **Login rejected** → wrong Network User1 name/password.
 - **Can't bind local port** → the Icom **Remote Utility is still running** —
   close it.
-- **Link drops with the scope on** → receive-side retransmit should hold it; if
-  not, check network quality and the `icom net:` log lines. See
+- **Frequency frozen after another program took the CI-V session** — OpsLog
+  reconnects on its own; if it doesn't, check the `icom net:` log lines. See
   [[Remote Icom over the Internet]].
 
 ## FlexRadio
 
-- **A control reads 0 / stale at startup** — some SmartSDR status fields use short
-  names (e.g. the TX filter is reported as `lo`/`hi`, not `filter_low/high`). If a
-  value never populates, capture the `Flex: … status` log line and report it.
-- **Antenna wrong band on a spot click** — fixed: `SetFrequency`/`SetMode` update
-  the slice cache immediately so the panel and the Ultrabeam follow don't chase a
-  stale frequency.
+- **A control reads 0 / stale at startup** — some SmartSDR status fields use
+  short names. If a value never populates, capture the `Flex: … status` log
+  line and report it.
+- **SmartSDR CAT keeps disconnecting while OpsLog is open** — fixed: OpsLog now
+  binds only to the actual SmartSDR/Maestro GUI client. Update.
+- **"Interlock is preventing transmission" with a SteppIR** — see the tunable
+  range setting in [[Maps and Antennas]].
 
 ## Multi-op live status PHP
 
 `Connection refused` from the PHP page is almost always MySQL `bind-address =
-127.0.0.1` or a firewall/grant issue — see
-[[Multi-Operator Live Status]].
+127.0.0.1` or a firewall/grant issue — see [[Multi-Operator Live Status]].
 
 ## DVK / PTT
 
-- **Test PTT does nothing on CAT/OmniRig** — the key is held ~1.5 s so the async
-  OmniRig write is actually sent; if it still doesn't key, the rig's OmniRig
-  profile may not expose CAT TX keying — use RTS/DTR or VOX.
+- **Test PTT does nothing on CAT/OmniRig** — the key is held ~1.5 s so the
+  async OmniRig write is actually sent; if it still doesn't key, the rig's
+  OmniRig profile may not expose CAT TX keying — use RTS/DTR or VOX.
+- **A voice message transmits almost nothing** — raise the message level
+  (Settings → Audio) and check the rig's rear-input setting (FTDX10: SSB MOD
+  SOURCE = REAR).
 
 ## Still stuck?
 
-Open an issue with: what you did, what happened, your radio/model, and the
-relevant log lines.
+Open an issue (or *Send log to F4BPO*) with: what you did, what happened, your
+radio/model, and the relevant log lines.
diff --git a/wiki/Yaesu.md b/wiki/Yaesu.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a4a901c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wiki/Yaesu.md
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+# Yaesu (native CAT)
+
+A native backend talks to an **FTDX10 / FTDX101** (and close relatives) directly
+over the rig's USB/serial port — no OmniRig. Pick **Yaesu (USB)** in
+Settings → CAT: COM port + baud (FTDX10/101 default 38400).
+
+Frequency, mode, VFO A/B (MAIN/SUB on the 101), split and PTT are covered, and
+OpsLog **follows the VFO you are actually on** — the displayed frequency, the
+logged frequency and the VFO a cluster spot tunes. Split is worked out from
+which VFO transmits, so simplex on the SUB receiver is not shown as split.
+
+## The Yaesu console
+
+With the native backend connected, a console tab (and a Main-view pane) gives:
+
+- **S / PO / SWR meters** — power in watts on a curve measured against the rig's
+  own display, SWR as the ratio itself, with peak-hold so they stay readable
+  between CW words or SSB syllables.
+- **Band and mode buttons** — CW, RTTY, DIGI and PSK show their sideband; click
+  the active button again to switch it.
+- AF / RF / squelch, AGC, IPO–AMP1–AMP2, 6/12/18 dB attenuator, NB, DNR, narrow
+  filter, power, mic gain, VOX, split and **ATU tune**.
+- **SPLIT** places the transmit VFO up 1 kHz on CW/data, up 5 kHz on phone.
+- In CW the mic gain and VOX give way to a **CW card**: keyer speed, break-in
+  and ZIN (zero-in).
+
+Sliders only respond to the mouse wheel after you click them, so scrolling the
+panel can't change the transmit power by accident.
+
+## CW with the rig's own keyer
+
+A CW engine sends your macros with the radio's internal keyer (CAT `KY`) — no
+WinKeyer, no second cable. Pick **Yaesu (rig keyer)** in Settings → CW keyer.
+
+- Works on the **FTDX101 / FT-991A / FT-710** family.
+- An **FTDX10 does not accept it** (`KY` is refused, `DAKY` doesn't help) —
+  OpsLog says so and points to the **serial DTR keyer** on the rig's second COM
+  port (the *Serial port* CW engine), which works. See [[Audio and Keyers]].
+- CW speed is one setting everywhere: the console slider, the CW panel and the
+  rig's front panel stay in agreement.
+
+## Notes
+
+- A Yaesu that is switched off is reported as such (opening the port is not
+  "connected").
+- If your interface goes into transmit the moment OpsLog connects, enable the
+  **lower DTR/RTS on connect** option — see [[CAT Control]].
diff --git a/wiki/_Sidebar.md b/wiki/_Sidebar.md
index b9bc61c..2e264fc 100644
--- a/wiki/_Sidebar.md
+++ b/wiki/_Sidebar.md
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 - [[FlexRadio]]
 - [[Icom]]
 - [[Remote Icom over the Internet]]
+- [[Yaesu]]
+- [[Kenwood and Xiegu]]
 
 **Operating**
 - [[DX Cluster and Spots]]