chore: release v0.21.3

CLAUDE.md

@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+# CLAUDE.md
+
+This file provides guidance to Claude Code (claude.ai/code) when working with code in this repository.
+
+## What this is
+
+OpsLog is a Windows ham-radio logger built with **Wails v2** — Go backend, React/TypeScript frontend, compiled into a single `.exe`. Author F4BPO. See `README.md` for the user-facing feature list and `wiki/` for end-user documentation.
+
+**Pure Go, no CGO** — SQLite is `modernc.org/sqlite`, serial is `go.bug.st/serial`. Any dependency requiring cgo breaks the build; check before adding one.
+
+## Commands
+
+```bash
+wails dev                  # hot-reload dev (Go methods also reachable at http://localhost:34115)
+wails build                # full build → build/bin/OpsLog.exe (~25 s)
+wails generate module      # REQUIRED after changing exported App methods (regenerates TS bindings)
+
+go build ./...             # fast Go-only check
+go test ./...              # all Go tests
+go test ./internal/steppir/ -run TestApplyPendingDirHold -v    # one test
+gofmt -w <file>
+
+cd frontend && npx tsc --noEmit    # frontend typecheck alone (wails build does this too)
+```
+
+Release: `.vscode/release.ps1` (Ctrl+Shift+P → *Tasks: Run Task* → *Release OpsLog*) — bumps the version, pushes to Gitea, builds and publishes to Gitea + GitHub.
+
+Prefer `wails build` for final validation: it is the only command that exercises Go, the TS typecheck, the bindings and the asset embed together.
+
+## Navigating app.go
+
+`app.go` is ~14 000 lines and holds nearly every Wails binding. **Do not read it linearly** — it is organised into banner-delimited sections:
+
+```bash
+grep -n "^// ──\|^// ---" app.go     # table of contents
+```
+
+Sections map to features (`── Motorized antenna (Ultrabeam / SteppIR) ──`, `── NET Control ──`, `── DX-cluster spot alerts ──`, …). Find the banner, then read that range. The `App` struct (~line 448) is the other useful landmark: its fields document every subsystem and carry substantial explanatory comments.
+
+Smaller root files split off self-contained areas: `app_cw.go`, `app_qsl_designer.go`, `app_secret.go`, `chat.go`, `offline.go`, `relayauto.go`, `adifwatch.go`, `livestatus.go`, `update.go`, `telemetry.go`.
+
+## Architecture
+
+### Wails binding boundary
+
+Exported methods on `*App` are the entire frontend API. Adding or changing a signature requires `wails generate module`, which writes `frontend/wailsjs/go/main/App.d.ts` and `models.ts`. Parameters and return types must be Wails-serializable — the generator prints `Not found: time.Time` noise for unsupported types (that particular message is long-standing and harmless).
+
+Backend→frontend push uses Wails events (`runtime.EventsEmit` / `EventsOn`), e.g. `qso:logged`, `update:progress`. Most hardware status is **polled** by the frontend on an interval rather than pushed.
+
+### Two separate databases
+
+This split is easy to get wrong and matters:
+
+- **`a.db`** — settings database (`settings.db` / `opslog.db`). Always SQLite. Holds settings and profiles. Its location is chosen by the user and recorded in `data/config.json`.
+- **`a.logDb`** — the logbook (QSOs). Either a per-profile SQLite file, the default `logbook.db`, or a **shared MySQL** so several operators log into one database. `a.dbBackend` says which.
+
+QSOs never go to `a.db`. `internal/db` holds the connection helpers and the MySQL specifics; `internal/qso` is the repository.
+
+Remote MySQL is the slow path: startup deliberately brings CAT/rig links up **before** connecting the logbook, and hot paths (cluster spot enrichment, alert matching) avoid per-row queries — hence the in-memory `wcbm` worked-index and the `clusterEvents` queue that keeps the telnet socket draining.
+
+### Per-profile settings scoping
+
+`internal/settings.Store` is a key/value store over the settings DB. Every key is transparently prefixed with the active profile (`p3.`), so each station profile has a complete independent set. Two consequences:
+
+- `App.settingsScoped` (atomic) gates reads until the active profile is known. Anything reading settings early must respect it or it reads the wrong scope.
+- Settings keys are declared as `key<Thing>` string constants near the top of `app.go` (~180 of them) — grep `key[A-Z].*= "` to find one.
+
+Password-type keys are encrypted at rest when the secret vault is unlocked (`internal/secret`); a locked vault returns `""` rather than ciphertext, and callers treat that as "not configured".
+
+### Hardware device pattern
+
+The codebase talks to ~20 devices (rigs, amplifiers, antenna controllers, switches, keyers, rotators). They all follow the same shape — match it when adding one:
+
+1. **`internal/<device>/`** — a self-contained package exposing a `Client` with `New(...)`, `Start()`, `Stop()`, `GetStatus()`. The client owns its own goroutine: a reconnecting poll loop, a mutex serialising the shared connection, and a cached last-known `Status`. Transports are usually TCP *or* serial behind one `io.ReadWriteCloser`.
+2. **Settings** — `key<Thing>*` constants plus `Get<Thing>Settings()` / `Save<Thing>Settings()` bindings in `app.go`.
+3. **Lifecycle** — a `start<Thing>()` method that tears down any existing client and rebuilds it from settings; called at startup and again whenever settings are saved.
+4. **Status binding** — `Get<Thing>Status()`, polled by the frontend.
+5. **UI** — a settings panel in `frontend/src/components/SettingsModal.tsx` and a live widget in `frontend/src/components/`.
+
+`internal/steppir` and `internal/antgenius` are compact, well-commented references. Wire-protocol packages carry the byte layout in the package doc comment and pin it with table tests against **real captured frames** — keep that up, since a wrong byte silently mistunes an antenna.
+
+Where two devices are interchangeable (Ultrabeam / SteppIR), `app.go` defines a small interface (`motorAntenna`) plus thin per-device adapters rather than branching everywhere.
+
+### CAT
+
+`internal/cat` (~7 000 lines, the largest package) is the rig abstraction: OmniRig, native FlexRadio/SmartSDR, native Icom CI-V (USB **and** remote-over-internet), and TCI (SunSDR / Expert Electronics). `cat.Manager` exposes a backend-agnostic `State()`; backend-specific features are reached through typed escapes such as `FlexDo(func(cat.FlexController) error)`. Check `State().Backend` before using one.
+
+### Logging
+
+`internal/applog` — Wails builds with the Windows GUI subsystem, so `fmt.Println` is discarded. Use `applog.Printf` (or plain `log.Printf` inside `internal/` packages) so output reaches the rotating log file in the user data dir. That file is usually the only evidence available when diagnosing a user's hardware problem.
+
+## Conventions
+
+**Changelog is mandatory.** Every user-visible change gets an entry in `changelog.json`, **in both `en` and `fr`**, in the same session as the change. Keep entries to one or two sentences — rationale belongs in the commit message. New work goes under the next version number; the release script bumps the version constants.
+
+**Version lives in two places** and must stay in lockstep: `appVersion` in `telemetry.go` and `APP_VERSION` in `frontend/src/version.ts`.
+
+**Bilingual UI.** Every user-visible string goes through `t()` from `frontend/src/lib/i18n.tsx` (~700 keys), with both English and French provided. No hardcoded display strings.
+
+**Commit messages must not include a `Co-Authored-By` line or any mention of the model.**
+
+**Comments explain *why*, not *what*.** The existing code documents the reasoning behind non-obvious decisions — which protocol source was trusted, what field failure a workaround addresses, why an ordering matters. Match that: a comment that restates the code is noise, a comment recording the hard-won reason is why this codebase is navigable.
+
+## Gotchas
+
+- **Adding a promoted ADIF field touches five places in lockstep.** `internal/adif` promotes ~30 ADIF fields to real QSO columns; miss one and imports silently drop data. All of: the struct field, column list, insert args and scan in `internal/qso/qso.go`; the dictionary entry (`Promoted: true`) in `internal/adif/fields.go`; the `adifPromoted` list *and* the assignment in `internal/adif/import.go`; the writer in `internal/adif/export.go`; then the frontend column in `RecentQSOsGrid.tsx` with its EN+FR i18n keys. Trace an existing field (e.g. `ant_path`) across the repo as a template.
+- **Generated files — don't hand-edit.** `internal/dxcc/dxcc_names_gen.go` (cty.dat joined to the ARRL/ADIF entity list) and `internal/awardref/uscounties_gen.go` (emitted by `cmd/cntygen` from the FIPS county CSV; a one-shot generator, not part of the build).
+- **Single-instance guard** (`main.go`): a second process would open its own CAT and antenna-follow loops and the two would fight over the rig frequency.
+- **Frontend controlled inputs**: several editors normalise a value on every keystroke (trim, split, filter). Binding an input directly to the normalised form makes Enter/Space appear dead — keep raw text in local state and derive the stored value from it.

README.fr.md

@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
   <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Discord-Rejoindre%20le%20serveur-5865F2?logo=discord&logoColor=white" alt="Rejoindre notre Discord" />
 </a>
 
-Un logiciel de log radioamateur moderne et rapide pour Windows — saisie façon
+Un logiciel de log radioamateur moderne et rapide pour Windows — saisie en
-Log4OM, CAT en temps réel pour **OmniRig**, **FlexRadio/SmartSDR** natif,
+bandeau unique, CAT en temps réel pour **OmniRig**, **FlexRadio/SmartSDR** natif,
 **Icom CI-V** natif (USB **et** à distance par internet, en remplacement de
 RS-BA1) et **TCI** (SunSDR / Expert Electronics), cluster DX avec alertes de
 spots, suivi des diplômes, cartes, log de concours, gestion des QSL et un
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Développé par **F4BPO**.
 
 ## Journalisation
 
-- **Bandeau de saisie façon Log4OM :** indicatif, RST émis/reçu, nom/QTH/locator,
+- **Bandeau de saisie unique :** indicatif, RST émis/reçu, nom/QTH/locator,
   bande/mode, fréquence TX/RX (split), heure de début/fin, commentaire/note. Le
   **drapeau** de l'entité contactée est affiché en grand à côté des champs RST.
 - **Recherche d'indicatif** (QRZ.com / HamQTH) avec photo, pré-remplissage du
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ Développé par **F4BPO**.
   matrice des déjà-contactés (Réglages → Général).
 - Les spots **POTA** sont étiquetés avec leur référence de parc (via
   `api.pota.app`).
-- **Alertes de spots** (façon Log4OM) : règles sur indicatif / pays / bande /
+- **Alertes de spots :** règles sur indicatif / pays / bande /
   mode / spotter, avec notification sonore, visuelle et e-mail (Outils →
   *Gestion des alertes*).
 

README.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Discord-Join%20the%20server-5865F2?logo=discord&logoColor=white" alt="Join our Discord" />
 </a>
 
-A modern, fast ham-radio logger for Windows — Log4OM-style entry, real-time CAT
+A modern, fast ham-radio logger for Windows — single-strip 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),
 DX cluster with spot alerts, awards tracking, maps, contest logging, QSL
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Developed by **F4BPO**.
 
 ## Logging
 
-- **Log4OM-style entry strip:** callsign, RST tx/rx, name/QTH/grid, band/mode,
+- **Single-strip entry:** callsign, RST tx/rx, name/QTH/grid, band/mode,
   TX/RX frequency (split), start/end time, comment/note. The contacted entity's
   **flag** is shown large next to the RST fields.
 - **Callsign lookup** (QRZ.com / HamQTH) with photo, auto-fill of name/QTH/grid
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ Developed by **F4BPO**.
   **digital modes count as one** (DXCC-style) for the new/new-slot colouring and
   the worked-before matrix badges (Settings → General).
 - **POTA** spots are tagged with their park reference (via `api.pota.app`).
-- **Spot alerts** (Log4OM-style): rules on call / country / band / mode /
+- **Spot alerts:** rules on call / country / band / mode /
   spotter, with sound, visual and e-mail notification (Tools → *Alert
   management*).
 

app.go

@@ -793,6 +793,14 @@ func (a *App) startup(ctx context.Context) {
 	cat.LogSink = applog.Printf
 	audio.LogSink = applog.Printf  // capture audio-goroutine panics in the app log
 	extsvc.LogSink = applog.Printf // log raw QRZ (and other) service responses for diagnosis
+	lookup.LogSink = applog.Printf // which call was queried, and why a portable lookup fell back
+	db.LogSink = applog.Printf     // which schema migrations ran, and how long they took
+	// Version and executable FIRST, before anything else can fail. Diagnosing a
+	// report means knowing which build produced the log, and that was previously
+	// impossible: the copy someone is actually running is not always the one they
+	// think they installed, and the version shown in the UI is the only clue.
+	exe, _ := os.Executable()
+	applog.Printf("startup: OpsLog %s — %s", appVersion, exe)
 	applog.Printf("startup: data dir = %s", dataDir)
 	// The local SQLite file ALWAYS holds per-operator configuration — settings,
 	// station profiles, rigs/antennas, cluster nodes, UDP, QSL templates, award
@@ -1568,9 +1576,44 @@ func (a *App) restoreWindowPosition() {
 	if ws.Width < normalMinW || ws.Height < normalMinH || ws.Width > maxW || ws.Height > maxH {
 		return // corrupt / absurd — leave the default placement
 	}
+	// The SIZE was sanity-checked above but the POSITION never was, and that is
+	// the one that makes OpsLog unusable: close it on a second monitor, unplug
+	// that monitor (or dock elsewhere, or change the layout), and the saved
+	// coordinates put the window somewhere no screen covers. It opens, invisibly,
+	// forever — with no way back short of deleting window.json, which nobody
+	// knows to do. Fall back to the default placement instead.
+	if !onSomeMonitor(ws.X, ws.Y, ws.Width, ws.Height) {
+		applog.Printf("window: saved position %d,%d (%dx%d) is off every monitor — opening at the default placement",
+			ws.X, ws.Y, ws.Width, ws.Height)
+		return
+	}
 	wruntime.WindowSetPosition(a.ctx, ws.X, ws.Y)
 }
 
+// onSomeMonitor reports whether a window at these coordinates would land on the
+// visible desktop. It demands a real slab of the title bar rather than a single
+// pixel: a window overlapping the screen edge by 2 px is, in practice, as lost
+// as one entirely outside it. When the desktop bounds can't be read, it says yes
+// — better to honour the operator's saved position than to second-guess it.
+func onSomeMonitor(x, y, w, h int) bool {
+	vx, vy, vw, vh, ok := virtualScreenBounds()
+	if !ok {
+		return true
+	}
+	return overlapsEnough(x, y, w, h, vx, vy, vw, vh)
+}
+
+// overlapsEnough is the geometry behind onSomeMonitor, split out so it can be
+// tested — the virtual desktop origin is NEGATIVE when a monitor sits left of or
+// above the primary one, which is precisely the layout that produces a lost
+// window and precisely where sign errors hide.
+func overlapsEnough(x, y, w, h, vx, vy, vw, vh int) bool {
+	const grabW, grabH = 160, 32 // enough of the title bar to see and drag
+	overlapW := min(x+w, vx+vw) - max(x, vx)
+	overlapH := min(y+h, vy+vh) - max(y, vy)
+	return overlapW >= grabW && overlapH >= grabH
+}
+
 // readBootstrap returns the full bootstrap config (DB path + MySQL), or a zero
 // value if the file is missing/unreadable.
 func readBootstrap(dataDir string) dbPointer {
@@ -5472,6 +5515,20 @@ func (a *App) BulkUpdateField(ids []int64, field, value string) (int64, error) {
 	if field == "freq" {
 		return a.bulkSetFrequency(ids, value)
 	}
+	// Some ADIF fields have no promoted column and live in extras_json
+	// (OWNER_CALLSIGN) — those take the JSON path so the rest of the extras on
+	// each QSO survive the edit.
+	if key := qso.BulkExtraKey(field); key != "" {
+		n, err := a.qso.BulkSetExtra(a.ctx, ids, key, strings.TrimSpace(value))
+		if err != nil {
+			return 0, err
+		}
+		if n > 0 {
+			a.invalidateAwardStats()
+			a.materializeAwardRefsForIDs(ids)
+		}
+		return n, nil
+	}
 	col, ok := bulkFieldColumns[field]
 	if !ok {
 		return 0, fmt.Errorf("unknown field %q", field)
@@ -6076,12 +6133,23 @@ func (a *App) LookupCallsign(callsign string) (lookup.Result, error) {
 	if a.lookup == nil {
 		return lookup.Result{}, fmt.Errorf("lookup not initialized")
 	}
-	// Bound the whole lookup: give the providers a couple of seconds, then let
+	// Bound the whole lookup, then let Lookup fall through to cty.dat
-	// Lookup fall through to cty.dat (country/zones). Without this a call that isn't
+	// (country/zones). Without this a call that isn't in QRZ.com — or a slow
-	// in QRZ.com — or a slow/unresponsive provider — left the "looking up" spinner
+	// provider — left the "looking up" spinner turning for 10 s+ before the
-	// turning for 10 s+ before the cty.dat fallback showed. The providers respect
+	// cty.dat fallback showed. The providers respect the context, so they're
-	// the context, so they're cancelled at the deadline and cty.dat answers instantly.
+	// cancelled at the deadline and cty.dat answers instantly.
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(a.ctx, 2*time.Second)
+	//
+	// A slashed/portable call needs a bigger slice, because it costs TWO provider
+	// round trips rather than one: the full form is looked up first, and only when
+	// that comes back not-found does the home call get tried (F4LYI/M → F4LYI).
+	// Two seconds covered one request but not two, so /M and /P calls always ran
+	// out of time on the second and fell back to cty.dat — even though the
+	// operator's QRZ record was there and the plain call resolved fine.
+	budget := 2 * time.Second
+	if strings.Contains(callsign, "/") {
+		budget = 6 * time.Second
+	}
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(a.ctx, budget)
 	defer cancel()
 	r, err := a.lookup.Lookup(ctx, callsign)
 	if errors.Is(err, lookup.ErrNotFound) {
@@ -8023,7 +8091,7 @@ func (a *App) pttKey(cfg AudioSettings) error {
 		a.pttKeyedMethod = "cat"
 		a.pttGen++
 		a.pttMu.Unlock()
-		applog.Printf("dvk: PTT keyed (CAT/OmniRig)")
+		applog.Printf("dvk: PTT keyed (CAT via %s)", a.cat.State().Backend)
 		return nil
 	case "rts", "dtr":
 		if strings.TrimSpace(cfg.PTTPort) == "" {
@@ -8212,6 +8280,19 @@ func (a *App) GetLogFilePath() string {
 	return applog.Path()
 }
 
+// UILog lets the frontend write to the same diagnostic log as the backend.
+//
+// Frontend-only logic (entry-strip auto-fill, debounce ordering, which field the
+// operator has touched) was previously invisible in a bug report: console output
+// dies with the window, and these problems reproduce on other operators'
+// machines, not here. A line in opslog.log can simply be sent along with the
+// report. Callers prefix their own subsystem, e.g. "backfill: …".
+func (a *App) UILog(msg string) {
+	if msg = strings.TrimSpace(msg); msg != "" {
+		applog.Printf("ui: %s", msg)
+	}
+}
+
 // ── QSL defaults ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 // GetQSLDefaults returns the stored defaults — empty strings when the

changelog.json

@@ -1,4 +1,64 @@
 [
+  {
+    "version": "0.21.3",
+    "date": "2026-07-25",
+    "en": [
+      "SteppIR: the direction button no longer snaps back to Normal a few seconds after you select 180° or Bidirectional. OpsLog was reading status frames the controller had queued up minutes earlier; it now flushes them before each poll and holds the direction you chose until the controller confirms it.",
+      "Alert rules: Enter and Space now work in the callsigns box — you can type a list one call per line again.",
+      "Fixed the US county database (USA-CA) download, broken since the FCC moved its weekly files on 24 July 2026. OpsLog now locates the file instead of assuming a fixed address, so it keeps working when the FCC reshuffles its download directories.",
+      "Tuner Genius XL: the power and SWR meters now fill the card instead of leaving a third of it empty. In Station Control the amplifier and tuner cards span the dashboard, so their meters are readable.",
+      "The Audio devices settings panel is now translated — it was still entirely in English.",
+      "Award management: the editor no longer spills outside its window. Wide rows now scroll inside the panel, and the button bar wraps instead of stretching the dialog (it overflowed in French, where the labels are longer).",
+      "Tuner Genius XL: the power and SWR meters now peak-hold like the amplifier's. They were showing raw 400 ms samples, so on SSB they fell to zero between syllables and looked like a dropped connection.",
+      "Fixed recovering name/QTH/locator from the last QSO when you don't use QRZ/HamQTH: the callsign resolved from cty.dat faster than the logbook could answer, so the recovery found no history and never retried. It could also, on a slow logbook, fill in the PREVIOUS station's details — it is now tied to the callsign it belongs to.",
+      "Big logbooks: finding a callsign in your history no longer scans the whole log. The query could not use the callsign index — on a 190 000-QSO log that made it ~70x slower, on every keystroke, slow enough that the entry strip gave up before the history arrived.",
+      "One-off with this update: OpsLog has stored every callsign in your logbook in UPPER CASE — that is what lets the lookup above use the index. It changes letter case and nothing else, and runs once. Because the auto-updater migrates before you get to read this, a copy of your logbook was saved next to it first (logbook.db.pre-0024_normalise_callsign.bak) — delete it once you are happy.",
+      "The diagnostic log now also records what the entry strip does (auto-fill decisions), so a problem that only happens on your station can be reported from the log file instead of guessed at.",
+      "Worked-before grid: the right-click menu now offers bulk edit and the ADIF/Cabrillo export of the selected rows, like the Recent QSOs grid — no need to go looking for the same QSOs in the main log to change them.",
+      "Tuner Genius XL: the SWR meter no longer stays frozen on the last transmission once you stop transmitting.",
+      "Portable callsigns (F4LYI/M, .../P) are looked up on QRZ/HamQTH again. They need two requests — the full form, then the home call — and the time limit only allowed one, so they always fell back to cty.dat even though the operator was listed.",
+      "LoTW download: a rejected login now says so, instead of pasting a fragment of the ARRL web page into the error.",
+      "French UI: field names in the filter builder and bulk edit are back in English. They are ADIF field names — a standard vocabulary — and translating them made it harder to relate a filter to an export or to another logger. The operators and buttons around them stay translated.",
+      "Bulk edit: added Owner callsign. It was filterable but not bulk-editable, because unlike the other fields it has no dedicated column and lives among the ADIF extras; editing it now merges into those and leaves the rest of them alone.",
+      "Some installations opened with the window invisible: the saved size was sanity-checked but the saved position never was, so a window last closed on a monitor that is no longer attached reopened off-screen every time, with no way back. The position is now checked against the monitors actually present.",
+      "Icom console: it now follows the radio, not just drives it. AGC, attenuator, preamp and filter were read once when connecting and never again, so switching AGC from FAST to MID on the rig left the panel showing FAST for good. They are re-read continuously now, one per poll cycle so the CAT link stays free for your own commands.",
+      "Icom: fixed the CI-V model table. The IC-7800 (6Ah) and IC-7700 (74h) were missing, and their addresses were assigned to the wrong radios — 80h is the IC-7410 and 88h the IC-7100. On an IC-7800 that also meant a 20 dB attenuator button the radio does not have, instead of its real 6/12/18 dB steps.",
+      "Icom console: the band row now highlights the band the radio is actually on. The buttons only ever sent a frequency and never showed where you were.",
+      "Voice keyer PTT: the CAT option was labelled \"CAT (OmniRig)\", so operators on an Icom CI-V, FlexRadio or TCI rig assumed it was not for them and fell back to RTS/DTR or VOX. It has always driven whichever CAT backend is active — every one of them supports PTT. It now reads \"CAT — Icom CI-V (USB serial)\" and so on, naming the link you actually configured.",
+      "OmniRig: the frequency now follows the VFO you are actually on. It always read VFO A when the rig reported one, so pressing SUB VFO on an FTDX101D left OpsLog showing the main VFO — and the band and the logged frequency with it.",
+      "OmniRig split: the PM_SPLITON flag is now read as a bit rather than compared for exact equality, so a rig that reports it alongside another flag is no longer seen as simplex. Split still requires two distinct VFOs in the same band, which keeps a stale VFO B from faking one.",
+      "CAT connection failures are now written to the diagnostic log. The status pill condenses everything to a few words (\"OmniRig not found\"), and the real reason — the COM error code, the serial or TCP error — previously existed only in a tooltip, so it never reached a bug report. Logged once per distinct message.",
+      "OmniRig running as administrator while OpsLog is not (or the reverse) is now detected and named. Windows keeps the two privilege levels apart, so OpsLog could not reach OmniRig even with its window open on screen — and reported \"OmniRig not found\", which sent people hunting for a driver or COM-port fault. It now says to start both the same way, and stops repeating the failure in the log every five seconds."
+    ],
+    "fr": [
+      "SteppIR : le bouton de direction ne repasse plus sur Normal quelques secondes après avoir choisi 180° ou Bidirectionnel. OpsLog lisait des trames d'état que le contrôleur avait empilées plusieurs minutes plus tôt ; elles sont désormais purgées avant chaque interrogation, et la direction choisie est conservée jusqu'à confirmation du contrôleur.",
+      "Règles d'alerte : Entrée et Espace fonctionnent de nouveau dans la zone des indicatifs — on peut ressaisir une liste, un indicatif par ligne.",
+      "Correction du téléchargement de la base des comtés américains (USA-CA), cassé depuis le déplacement des fichiers hebdomadaires par la FCC le 24 juillet 2026. OpsLog localise désormais le fichier au lieu de supposer une adresse fixe, et continuera donc de fonctionner lors des prochains remaniements de leurs répertoires.",
+      "Tuner Genius XL : les jauges de puissance et de ROS occupent toute la carte au lieu d'en laisser un tiers vide. Dans Station Control, les cartes ampli et tuner s'étendent sur toute la largeur du tableau de bord pour que leurs jauges soient lisibles.",
+      "Le panneau de réglages « Périphériques audio » est désormais traduit — il était resté entièrement en anglais.",
+      "Gestion des diplômes : l'éditeur ne déborde plus de sa fenêtre. Les lignes trop larges défilent à l'intérieur du panneau et la barre de boutons passe à la ligne au lieu d'élargir la boîte de dialogue (elle débordait en français, où les libellés sont plus longs).",
+      "Tuner Genius XL : les jauges de puissance et de ROS maintiennent la crête, comme celles de l'ampli. Elles affichaient l'échantillon brut toutes les 400 ms et retombaient donc à zéro entre les syllabes en BLU, ce qui ressemblait à une perte de connexion.",
+      "Correction de la récupération du nom/QTH/locator depuis le dernier QSO quand on n'utilise pas QRZ/HamQTH : l'indicatif était résolu par cty.dat plus vite que le log ne répondait, la récupération ne trouvait donc aucun historique et ne réessayait jamais. Sur un log lent, elle pouvait aussi reprendre les données de la station PRÉCÉDENTE — elle est désormais liée à l'indicatif concerné.",
+      "Gros logs : retrouver un indicatif dans l'historique ne parcourt plus tout le log. La requête ne pouvait pas utiliser l'index sur l'indicatif — sur un log de 190 000 QSO, ~70× plus lent que nécessaire, à chaque frappe, et assez lentement pour que la saisie renonce avant l'arrivée de l'historique.",
+      "Une seule fois, avec cette mise à jour : OpsLog a mis tous les indicatifs de votre log en MAJUSCULES — c'est ce qui permet à la recherche ci-dessus d'utiliser l'index. Seule la casse des lettres change, et l'opération ne se produit qu'une fois. Comme la mise à jour automatique s'exécute avant que vous puissiez lire ceci, une copie de votre log a été enregistrée à côté au préalable (logbook.db.pre-0024_normalise_callsign.bak) — supprimez-la quand vous serez rassuré.",
+      "Le journal de diagnostic enregistre désormais aussi ce que fait le bandeau de saisie (décisions de remplissage automatique), pour qu'un problème qui n'arrive que chez vous puisse être rapporté depuis le fichier de log au lieu d'être deviné.",
+      "Grille « Déjà contacté » : le menu du clic droit propose maintenant la modification en masse et l'export ADIF/Cabrillo des lignes sélectionnées, comme la grille des QSO récents — plus besoin d'aller rechercher les mêmes QSO dans le log principal pour les modifier.",
+      "Tuner Genius XL : la jauge de ROS ne reste plus figée sur la dernière émission une fois que vous cessez d'émettre.",
+      "Les indicatifs portables (F4LYI/M, .../P) sont de nouveau trouvés sur QRZ/HamQTH. Ils nécessitent deux requêtes — la forme complète, puis l'indicatif de base — et le délai n'en autorisait qu'une : on retombait donc toujours sur cty.dat alors que l'opérateur y était bien référencé.",
+      "Téléchargement LoTW : un login refusé est désormais annoncé comme tel, au lieu de recopier un fragment de la page web de l'ARRL dans l'erreur.",
+      "Interface française : les noms de champs du constructeur de filtres et de la modification en masse repassent en anglais. Ce sont des noms de champs ADIF — un vocabulaire standard — et les traduire compliquait le rapprochement avec un export ou un autre logiciel. Les opérateurs et les boutons autour restent traduits.",
+      "Modification en masse : ajout de « Owner callsign ». Il était filtrable mais pas modifiable en masse car, contrairement aux autres champs, il n'a pas de colonne dédiée et vit parmi les champs ADIF supplémentaires ; sa modification s'y intègre désormais sans toucher aux autres.",
+      "Chez certains, la fenêtre s'ouvrait invisible : la taille enregistrée était contrôlée mais jamais la position, si bien qu'une fenêtre fermée sur un écran depuis débranché se réouvrait hors champ à chaque fois, sans retour possible. La position est désormais vérifiée contre les écrans réellement présents.",
+      "Console Icom : elle suit désormais la radio et ne fait plus que la piloter. AGC, atténuateur, préampli et filtre étaient lus une seule fois à la connexion et plus jamais ensuite : passer l'AGC de FAST à MID sur le poste laissait le panneau sur FAST définitivement. Ils sont maintenant relus en continu, un par cycle d'interrogation pour laisser la liaison CAT libre pour vos propres commandes.",
+      "Icom : correction de la table des modèles CI-V. L'IC-7800 (6Ah) et l'IC-7700 (74h) étaient absents, et leurs adresses attribuées aux mauvais postes — 80h est l'IC-7410 et 88h l'IC-7100. Sur un IC-7800, cela donnait aussi un bouton d'atténuateur 20 dB que la radio ne possède pas, au lieu de ses vrais crans 6/12/18 dB.",
+      "Console Icom : la rangée des bandes met en évidence celle sur laquelle le poste se trouve réellement. Les boutons ne faisaient qu'envoyer une fréquence, sans jamais indiquer où l'on était.",
+      "PTT du manipulateur vocal : l'option CAT était libellée « CAT (OmniRig) », si bien que les opérateurs en Icom CI-V, FlexRadio ou TCI la croyaient hors de portée et se rabattaient sur RTS/DTR ou le VOX. Elle a toujours piloté le backend CAT actif, quel qu'il soit — tous gèrent le PTT. Elle affiche désormais « CAT — Icom CI-V (USB série) » et ainsi de suite, en nommant la liaison réellement configurée.",
+      "OmniRig : la fréquence suit désormais le VFO réellement actif. Le VFO A était toujours lu dès que le poste en rapportait un, si bien qu'appuyer sur SUB VFO sur un FTDX101D laissait OpsLog sur le VFO principal — et avec lui la bande et la fréquence enregistrée.",
+      "Split OmniRig : le drapeau PM_SPLITON est lu comme un bit au lieu d'être comparé par égalité exacte, donc un poste qui le rapporte accompagné d'un autre drapeau n'est plus vu comme simplex. Le split exige toujours deux VFO distincts sur la même bande, ce qui évite qu'un VFO B périmé en simule un.",
+      "Les échecs de connexion CAT sont désormais écrits dans le journal de diagnostic. La pastille d'état condense tout en quelques mots (« OmniRig not found ») et la vraie raison — le code d'erreur COM, l'erreur série ou TCP — n'existait que dans une infobulle : elle n'arrivait donc jamais jusqu'à un rapport de bug. Journalisé une fois par message distinct.",
+      "OmniRig lancé en administrateur alors qu'OpsLog ne l'est pas (ou l'inverse) est désormais détecté et nommé. Windows sépare les deux niveaux de privilège : OpsLog ne pouvait donc pas atteindre OmniRig, fenêtre ouverte à l'écran, et annonçait « OmniRig not found » — de quoi partir chercher un problème de pilote ou de port COM. Il indique maintenant de lancer les deux de la même façon, et cesse de répéter l'échec dans le journal toutes les cinq secondes."
+    ]
+  },
   {
     "version": "0.21.2",
     "date": "2026-07-25",

frontend/src/App.tsx

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import {
   RefreshCtyDat, DownloadAllReferenceLists,
   RotatorGoTo, RotatorStop, GetRotatorHeading,
   GetDBConnectionInfo, GetLogbookRevision,
-  GetUltrabeamStatus, SetUltrabeamDirection,
+  GetUltrabeamStatus, SetUltrabeamDirection, UILog,
   GetAntGeniusStatus, GetAntGeniusSettings, AntGeniusActivate,
   GetTunerGeniusStatus, GetTunerGeniusSettings, TunerGeniusAutotune, TunerGeniusSetBypass, TunerGeniusSetOperate, TunerGeniusActivate,
   GetScpStatus, ScpLookup,
@@ -249,6 +249,13 @@ function FreqWheelDisplay({ mhz, onNudge, className, placeholder = '—.——
 function shortCatError(err?: string): string {
   if (!err) return '';
   const e = err.toLowerCase();
+  // Checked BEFORE the not-found cases: a privilege mismatch used to be condensed
+  // into "OmniRig not found", which is actively misleading — OmniRig is running,
+  // visibly, and the operator goes looking for a driver or COM-port fault. The
+  // full explanation is in the tooltip and the log.
+  if (e.includes('privilege level') || e.includes('elevation') || e.includes('élévation')) {
+    return 'OmniRig: run as admin?';
+  }
   if (e.includes('not registered') || e.includes('not available')) return 'OmniRig not found';
   if (e.includes('not connected')) return 'not connected';
   if (e.includes('coinitialize')) return 'COM error';
@@ -1452,6 +1459,17 @@ export default function App() {
   // entries synchronously (the two run on separate debounce timers).
   const wbRef = useRef<WB | null>(null);
   useEffect(() => { wbRef.current = wb; }, [wb]);
+  // Which callsign wbRef.current actually belongs to. Worked-before is replaced
+  // only when its query RESOLVES, so between two calls the ref still holds the
+  // previous station — and the backfill below would happily copy that station's
+  // name, QTH and grid onto the new one.
+  const wbCallRef = useRef('');
+  // A backfill the lookup asked for before the history had arrived. Parked here
+  // and replayed by runWorkedBefore: with no QRZ/HamQTH configured the lookup
+  // answers from local cty.dat almost instantly, while the history query — a
+  // round trip to a possibly remote MySQL logbook — is still in flight, so the
+  // backfill found nothing and nothing ever ran it again.
+  const pendingBackfillRef = useRef<{ call: string; r?: any } | null>(null);
   const [wbBusy, setWbBusy] = useState(false);
 
   // Per-award columns for the Recent QSOs / Worked-before grids: load the award
@@ -2886,9 +2904,26 @@ export default function App() {
 
   async function runWorkedBefore(call: string, dxccHint: number = 0) {
     setWbBusy(true);
-    try { setWb(await WorkedBefore(call, dxccHint)); }
+    try {
-    catch { setWb(null); }
+      const w = await WorkedBefore(call, dxccHint);
-    finally { setWbBusy(false); }
+      setWb(w);
+      // Mirrored synchronously rather than through the effect above: a backfill
+      // parked by the lookup has to read this on the very next line, not a
+      // render later.
+      wbRef.current = w;
+      wbCallRef.current = call;
+      // The lookup finished before this history did and parked its backfill —
+      // run it now that we can answer "who did we work last?".
+      const p = pendingBackfillRef.current;
+      if (p && p.call === call) {
+        pendingBackfillRef.current = null;
+        fillFromLastQso(p.r, call);
+      }
+    } catch {
+      setWb(null);
+      wbRef.current = null;
+      wbCallRef.current = '';
+    } finally { setWbBusy(false); }
   }
   // fillFromLastQso enriches the entry from the LAST QSO we logged with this call
   // when the live lookup came up short — the callsign isn't on QRZ/HamQTH, or no
@@ -2896,11 +2931,32 @@ export default function App() {
   // ONLY the fields the provider left empty and the operator hasn't edited, so a
   // real QRZ/HamQTH hit is never overridden. `r` is the provider result (omitted
   // on a lookup error, where every provider field counts as empty).
-  function fillFromLastQso(r?: any) {
+  function fillFromLastQso(r: any, call: string) {
+    // Only ever fill from THIS callsign's history. If worked-before hasn't
+    // resolved for it yet, park the request instead of reading whatever the ref
+    // happens to hold — that would be the previously entered station.
+    if (wbCallRef.current !== call) {
+      pendingBackfillRef.current = { call, r };
+      UILog(`backfill ${call}: history not in yet (have "${wbCallRef.current}") — parked`).catch(() => {});
+      return;
+    }
+    // Parked backfills can land late; drop it if the operator has moved on.
+    if (call !== callsignValRef.current.trim().toUpperCase()) {
+      UILog(`backfill ${call}: abandoned, entry now holds "${callsignValRef.current}"`).catch(() => {});
+      return;
+    }
     const last: any = wbRef.current?.entries?.[0]; // entries are qso_date DESC → most recent
-    if (!last) return;
+    if (!last) {
+      UILog(`backfill ${call}: no prior QSO in the log (count=${wbRef.current?.count ?? 0}, entries=${wbRef.current?.entries?.length ?? 0})`).catch(() => {});
+      return;
+    }
     const ue = userEditedRef.current;
     const empty = (v: any) => (v ?? '') === '';
+    // One line saying what we found and what blocked each field, so this can be
+    // diagnosed from another operator's log instead of guessed at.
+    UILog(`backfill ${call}: last QSO ${last.qso_date ?? '?'} name="${last.name ?? ''}" qth="${last.qth ?? ''}" grid="${last.grid ?? ''}"`
+      + ` | provider name="${r?.name ?? ''}" grid="${r?.grid ?? ''}" src=${r?.source ?? 'none'}`
+      + ` | edited=[${[...ue].join(',')}]`).catch(() => {});
     if (!ue.has('name') && empty(r?.name) && last.name) setName(last.name);
     if (!ue.has('qth') && empty(r?.qth) && last.qth) setQth(last.qth);
     if (!ue.has('country') && empty(r?.country) && last.country) setCountry(last.country);
@@ -2985,7 +3041,7 @@ export default function App() {
       }));
       // Backfill anything the provider didn't supply from the last time we worked
       // this call (call not found on QRZ/HamQTH, or lookup off → cty.dat only).
-      fillFromLastQso(r);
+      fillFromLastQso(r, call);
       if (r.dxcc && r.dxcc > 0) runWorkedBefore(call, r.dxcc);
       // The DX location is now known (grid set above) — force the world map to
       // auto-zoom right away, so it doesn't lag behind the resolved QSO.
@@ -3006,7 +3062,7 @@ export default function App() {
         setLookupResult(null);
         setLookupError(String(e?.message ?? e));
         // Lookup failed outright — still borrow from the last logged QSO.
-        fillFromLastQso();
+        fillFromLastQso(undefined, call);
       }
     } finally {
       // Only clear the spinner if we're still the current lookup — a newer one
@@ -3021,6 +3077,9 @@ export default function App() {
     const call = value.trim().toUpperCase();
     if (call.length < 3) {
       setLookupResult(null); setWb(null);
+      // Drop the history and any backfill waiting on it, so clearing the field
+      // can't let a late one repopulate the next callsign typed.
+      wbRef.current = null; wbCallRef.current = ''; pendingBackfillRef.current = null;
       if (lastLookedUpRef.current !== '') resetAutoFill();
       return;
     }
@@ -4082,7 +4141,9 @@ export default function App() {
           <div className="h-full w-full min-h-0 flex flex-col bg-card border border-border rounded-lg overflow-hidden">
             <WorkedBeforeGrid wb={wbWithAwards as any} awardCols={awardCols} busy={wbBusy} currentCall={callsign} onRowDoubleClicked={(q) => openEdit(q.id as number)}
               onUpdateFromCty={bulkUpdateFromCty} onUpdateFromQRZ={bulkUpdateFromQRZ} onUpdateFromClublog={bulkUpdateFromClublog}
-              onSendTo={bulkSendTo} onSendRecording={bulkSendRecording} onSendEQSL={(ids) => setEqslQsoId(ids[0] ?? null)} onDelete={(ids) => setDeletingIds(ids)} />
+              onSendTo={bulkSendTo} onSendRecording={bulkSendRecording} onSendEQSL={(ids) => setEqslQsoId(ids[0] ?? null)}
+              onBulkEdit={openBulkEdit} onExportSelected={exportSelectedADIF} onExportSelectedFields={exportSelectedFields}
+              onExportCabrilloSelected={exportSelectedCabrillo} onDelete={(ids) => setDeletingIds(ids)} />
           </div>
         );
       case 'flex':
@@ -5491,7 +5552,9 @@ export default function App() {
             <TabsContent value="worked" className="mt-0 flex flex-col min-h-0 flex-1">
               <WorkedBeforeGrid wb={wbWithAwards as any} awardCols={awardCols} busy={wbBusy} currentCall={callsign} onRowDoubleClicked={(q) => openEdit(q.id as number)}
                 onUpdateFromCty={bulkUpdateFromCty} onUpdateFromQRZ={bulkUpdateFromQRZ} onUpdateFromClublog={bulkUpdateFromClublog} onSendTo={bulkSendTo} onSendRecording={bulkSendRecording}
-                onSendEQSL={(ids) => setEqslQsoId(ids[0] ?? null)} onDelete={(ids) => setDeletingIds(ids)} />
+                onSendEQSL={(ids) => setEqslQsoId(ids[0] ?? null)}
+                onBulkEdit={openBulkEdit} onExportSelected={exportSelectedADIF} onExportSelectedFields={exportSelectedFields}
+                onExportCabrilloSelected={exportSelectedCabrillo} onDelete={(ids) => setDeletingIds(ids)} />
             </TabsContent>
 
             {/* Opened on demand from Tools → QSL Manager; closable via the

frontend/src/components/AlertsModal.tsx

@@ -70,6 +70,13 @@ export function AlertsModal({ onClose, bands, modes, countries }: {
   const { t } = useI18n();
   const [rules, setRules] = useState<Rule[]>([]);
   const [draft, setDraft] = useState<Rule | null>(null);
+  // Raw text of the callsigns box, kept separately from draft.calls. The list is
+  // normalised (trim + drop empties) on the way into the rule, so binding the
+  // textarea straight to calls.join('\n') round-trips every keystroke through
+  // that normalisation — a trailing newline or space is stripped before React
+  // re-renders, and Enter/Space appear to do nothing. Editing the raw text and
+  // deriving the list from it keeps typing intact.
+  const [callsText, setCallsText] = useState('');
   const [tab, setTab] = useState('def'); // active editor tab (reset to Definition on new/select)
   const [emailTo, setEmailTo] = useState('');
   const [err, setErr] = useState('');
@@ -80,6 +87,12 @@ export function AlertsModal({ onClose, bands, modes, countries }: {
   }, []);
   useEffect(() => { refresh(); GetAlertEmailTo().then((v) => setEmailTo(v || '')).catch(() => {}); }, [refresh]);
 
+  // loadDraft opens a rule in the editor — always through here, so the raw
+  // callsigns text is re-seeded from whatever rule is now being edited.
+  const loadDraft = (r: Rule | null) => {
+    setDraft(r);
+    setCallsText((r?.calls ?? []).join('\n'));
+  };
   const patch = (p: Partial<Rule>) => setDraft((d) => (d ? alerts.Rule.createFrom({ ...d, ...p }) : d));
   const toggleIn = (key: keyof Rule, v: string) => setDraft((d) => {
     if (!d) return d;
@@ -92,14 +105,14 @@ export function AlertsModal({ onClose, bands, modes, countries }: {
   async function save() {
     if (!draft) return;
     if (!draft.name.trim()) { setErr(t('altm.giveName')); return; }
-    try { const saved = await SaveAlertRule(draft); await refresh(); setDraft(saved as Rule); setErr(''); }
+    try { const saved = await SaveAlertRule(draft); await refresh(); loadDraft(saved as Rule); setErr(''); }
     catch (e: any) { setErr(String(e?.message ?? e)); }
   }
   async function del() {
     if (!draft) return;
-    if (!draft.id) { setDraft(null); return; }
+    if (!draft.id) { loadDraft(null); return; }
     if (!window.confirm(t('altm.deleteConfirm', { name: draft.name }))) return;
-    try { await DeleteAlertRule(draft.id); setDraft(null); await refresh(); }
+    try { await DeleteAlertRule(draft.id); loadDraft(null); await refresh(); }
     catch (e: any) { setErr(String(e?.message ?? e)); }
   }
 
@@ -116,12 +129,12 @@ export function AlertsModal({ onClose, bands, modes, countries }: {
           <div className="w-56 shrink-0 flex flex-col border border-border rounded-md">
             <div className="flex items-center gap-1 px-2 py-1.5 border-b border-border/60">
               <span className="text-[11px] font-semibold uppercase tracking-wider text-muted-foreground flex-1">{t('altm.rules')}</span>
-              <Button variant="ghost" size="sm" className="h-6 px-1.5" onClick={() => { setDraft(emptyRule()); setTab('def'); }}><Plus className="size-3.5" /></Button>
+              <Button variant="ghost" size="sm" className="h-6 px-1.5" onClick={() => { loadDraft(emptyRule()); setTab('def'); }}><Plus className="size-3.5" /></Button>
             </div>
             <div className="flex-1 overflow-y-auto p-1">
               {rules.length === 0 && <div className="text-[11px] text-muted-foreground px-2 py-4 text-center">{t('altm.noRules')}</div>}
               {rules.map((r) => (
-                <button key={r.id} onClick={() => { setDraft(alerts.Rule.createFrom(r)); setTab('def'); }}
+                <button key={r.id} onClick={() => { loadDraft(alerts.Rule.createFrom(r)); setTab('def'); }}
                   className={cn('w-full text-left px-2 py-1.5 rounded text-xs flex items-center gap-1.5',
                     draft?.id === r.id ? 'bg-accent text-accent-foreground font-semibold' : 'hover:bg-muted/60')}>
                   <span className={cn('size-1.5 rounded-full shrink-0', r.enabled ? 'bg-success' : 'bg-muted-foreground/40')} />
@@ -187,8 +200,11 @@ export function AlertsModal({ onClose, bands, modes, countries }: {
                       <Label className="text-xs">{t('altm.callsigns')}</Label>
                       <textarea className="w-full h-52 rounded-md border border-border bg-background p-2 text-xs font-mono resize-none"
                         placeholder={'DL1ABC\nIW3*\n*/P'}
-                        value={(draft.calls ?? []).join('\n')}
+                        value={callsText}
-                        onChange={(e) => patch({ calls: e.target.value.split('\n').map((x) => x.trim()).filter(Boolean) })} />
+                        onChange={(e) => {
+                          setCallsText(e.target.value);
+                          patch({ calls: e.target.value.split('\n').map((x) => x.trim()).filter(Boolean) });
+                        }} />
                     </div>
                     <div className="space-y-1">
                       <Label className="text-xs">{t('altm.countries')}</Label>

frontend/src/components/AwardEditor.tsx

@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ export function AwardEditor({ open, onClose, onSaved }: Props) {
 
         <div className="grid grid-cols-[220px_1fr] min-h-0 overflow-hidden">
           {/* Left: award list */}
-          <div className="border-r flex flex-col min-h-0">
+          <div className="border-r flex flex-col min-w-0 min-h-0">
             <div className="p-2 border-b">
               <div className="relative">
                 <Search className="absolute left-2 top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 size-3.5 text-muted-foreground" />
@@ -422,8 +422,14 @@ export function AwardEditor({ open, onClose, onSaved }: Props) {
             </Button>
           </div>
 
-          {/* Right: tabbed editor for selected award */}
+          {/* Right: tabbed editor for selected award.
-          <div className="flex flex-col min-h-0 overflow-hidden">
+              min-w-0 is load-bearing: this sits in a `1fr` grid track, and a 1fr
+              track has min-width:auto — it refuses to shrink below its content's
+              intrinsic width, so a wide row (the band/mode chip lists, a long
+              translated label) grew the track and pushed the whole editor out
+              past the dialog instead of scrolling inside it. Same reason on the
+              Tabs below: a flex item defaults to min-width:auto too. */}
+          <div className="flex flex-col min-w-0 min-h-0 overflow-hidden">
             {err && <div onClick={() => setErr('')} title={t('awed.clickToDismiss')} className="mx-4 mt-3 text-xs text-destructive bg-destructive/10 border border-destructive/30 rounded px-3 py-1.5 whitespace-pre-line break-all cursor-pointer">{err}</div>}
             {/* A fix shipped for an award this operator has customised. We did NOT
                 apply it — that would destroy their work — so we offer it, and say
@@ -459,7 +465,7 @@ export function AwardEditor({ open, onClose, onSaved }: Props) {
             {!cur ? (
               <div className="flex-1 grid place-items-center text-sm text-muted-foreground">{t('awed.selectOrCreate')}</div>
             ) : (
-              <Tabs defaultValue="info" className="flex flex-col min-h-0 overflow-hidden">
+              <Tabs defaultValue="info" className="flex flex-col min-w-0 min-h-0 overflow-hidden">
                 <TabsList className="px-3 justify-start">
                   <TabsTrigger value="info">{t('awed.tabInfo')}</TabsTrigger>
                   <TabsTrigger value="type">{t('awed.tabType')}</TabsTrigger>
@@ -729,7 +735,11 @@ export function AwardEditor({ open, onClose, onSaved }: Props) {
           </div>
         </div>
 
-        <DialogFooter className="px-5 py-3 border-t !flex-row">
+        {/* Eight buttons on one unwrappable row fitted in English and overflowed
+            in French, where the labels are half again as long. Wrap instead of
+            widening the dialog; gap-2 replaces the base sm:space-x-2, whose
+            margin-left approach leaves no vertical gap once a row wraps. */}
+        <DialogFooter className="px-5 py-3 border-t !flex-row flex-wrap sm:space-x-0 gap-2">
           <Button variant="ghost" onClick={reset}><RotateCcw className="size-3.5 mr-1" /> {t('awed.resetDefaults')}</Button>
           <Button variant="outline" onClick={exportAwards} title={t('awed.exportTitle')}>
             <Download className="size-3.5 mr-1" /> {t('awed.export')}

frontend/src/components/BulkEditModal.tsx

@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ const FIELDS: FieldDef[] = [
   // My station / operator
   { id: 'station_callsign', label: 'bulk.fStationCall',  group: 'My station', kind: 'text', upper: true },
   { id: 'operator',         label: 'bulk.fOperator',     group: 'My station', kind: 'text', upper: true },
+  // No promoted column: written into extras_json (see qso.bulkEditableExtras).
+  { id: 'owner_callsign',   label: 'bulk.fOwnerCallsign', group: 'My station', kind: 'text', upper: true },
   { id: 'my_grid',          label: 'bulk.fMyGrid',       group: 'My station', kind: 'text', upper: true },
   { id: 'my_antenna',       label: 'bulk.fMyAntenna',    group: 'My station', kind: 'text' },
   { id: 'my_rig',           label: 'bulk.fMyRig',        group: 'My station', kind: 'text' },

frontend/src/components/IcomPanel.tsx

@@ -73,6 +73,24 @@ function attOptions(model?: string): { v: string; l: string }[] {
   return [OFF, { v: '20', l: '20dB' }]; // IC-7300 / IC-705 / IC-7100 / default
 }
 
+// bandOfHz names the amateur band a frequency falls in, so the band row can show
+// where the rig actually is. The buttons only ever SENT a frequency and carried
+// no active state at all, so nothing was highlighted whatever the rig reported.
+// Edges are the ITU/IARU band limits, wide enough to cover regional differences —
+// out-of-band (transverter IF, general coverage RX) matches nothing, as it should.
+function bandOfHz(hz?: number): string {
+  if (!hz || hz <= 0) return '';
+  const mhz = hz / 1_000_000;
+  const bands: [string, number, number][] = [
+    ['160', 1.8, 2.0], ['80', 3.5, 4.0], ['60', 5.25, 5.45], ['40', 7.0, 7.3],
+    ['30', 10.1, 10.15], ['20', 14.0, 14.35], ['17', 18.068, 18.168],
+    ['15', 21.0, 21.45], ['12', 24.89, 24.99], ['10', 28.0, 29.7],
+    ['6', 50.0, 54.0], ['4', 70.0, 70.5], ['2', 144.0, 148.0], ['70', 430.0, 450.0],
+  ];
+  for (const [name, lo, hi] of bands) if (mhz >= lo && mhz <= hi) return name;
+  return '';
+}
+
 // fmtVFO renders a Hz frequency the way an Icom front panel does:
 // MHz "." 3-digit-kHz "." 2-digit-(10 Hz). 21032000 → "21.032.00".
 function fmtVFO(hz?: number): string {
@@ -731,12 +749,19 @@ export function IcomPanel({ onReportRST, isNetwork = false }: { onReportRST?: (r
       {/* Band buttons + antenna selection. */}
       <Card icon={Antenna} title={t('icmp.bandsAntenna')} accent="#0891b2">
         <div className="grid grid-cols-5 gap-1.5">
-          {BANDS.map((b) => (
+          {BANDS.map((b) => {
+            const here = bandOfHz(mainHz) === b.l;
+            return (
               <button key={b.l} type="button" onClick={() => SetCATFrequency(b.hz).catch(() => {})}
-              className="px-1 py-1.5 rounded-md text-[11px] font-bold border border-border bg-card text-foreground hover:bg-muted transition-colors">
+                title={here ? t('icmp.bandCurrent', { b: b.l }) : undefined}
+                className={cn('px-1 py-1.5 rounded-md text-[11px] font-bold border transition-colors',
+                  here
+                    ? 'border-primary bg-primary text-primary-foreground shadow-[0_0_8px] shadow-primary/40'
+                    : 'border-border bg-card text-foreground hover:bg-muted')}>
                 {b.l}
               </button>
-          ))}
+            );
+          })}
         </div>
         <Row label={t('icmp.antenna')}>
           <Segmented value={String(st.antenna)} options={[{ v: '1', l: 'ANT1' }, { v: '2', l: 'ANT2' }]}

frontend/src/components/SettingsModal.tsx

@@ -4528,6 +4528,16 @@ export function SettingsModal({ onClose, onSaved, initialSection, onMainPaneChan
   }
 
   function AudioPanel() {
+    // Names the CAT backend the operator has configured, so the PTT dropdown can
+    // say "CAT — Icom CI-V (USB)" rather than the flatly wrong "CAT (OmniRig)".
+    const catBackendLabel = ({
+      omnirig: t('cat.optOmnirig'),
+      flex: t('cat.optFlex'),
+      icom: t('cat.optIcom'),
+      'icom-net': t('cat.optIcomNet'),
+      tci: t('cat.optTci'),
+    } as Record<string, string>)[catCfg.backend] ?? '';
+
     const deviceSelect = (
       field: keyof AudioSettings,
       devices: AudioDev[],
@@ -4539,9 +4549,9 @@ export function SettingsModal({ onClose, onSaved, initialSection, onMainPaneChan
       >
         <SelectTrigger className="h-8"><SelectValue placeholder={placeholder} /></SelectTrigger>
         <SelectContent>
-          <SelectItem value="_">— none / system default —</SelectItem>
+          <SelectItem value="_">{t('aud.noneDefault')}</SelectItem>
           {devices.map((d) => (
-            <SelectItem key={d.id} value={d.id}>{d.name}{d.default ? '  (default)' : ''}</SelectItem>
+            <SelectItem key={d.id} value={d.id}>{d.name}{d.default ? '  ' + t('aud.defaultTag') : ''}</SelectItem>
           ))}
         </SelectContent>
       </Select>
@@ -4552,24 +4562,24 @@ export function SettingsModal({ onClose, onSaved, initialSection, onMainPaneChan
           <SectionHeader
             title={t('hw.audioVoice')}/>
           <Button variant="outline" size="sm" className="h-7 text-[11px] shrink-0" onClick={reloadAudioDevices}>
-            Refresh devices
+            {t('aud.refreshDevices')}
           </Button>
         </div>
 
         <div className="space-y-3 max-w-2xl">
           <div className="grid grid-cols-[170px_1fr] gap-3 items-center">
-            <Label className="text-sm">From Radio (RX in)</Label>
+            <Label className="text-sm">{t('aud.fromRadio')}</Label>
-            {deviceSelect('from_radio', audioInputs, 'Rig audio output → soundcard input')}
+            {deviceSelect('from_radio', audioInputs, t('aud.phFromRadio'))}
-            <Label className="text-sm">To Radio (TX out)</Label>
+            <Label className="text-sm">{t('aud.toRadio')}</Label>
-            {deviceSelect('to_radio', audioOutputs, 'Soundcard output → rig mic/data in')}
+            {deviceSelect('to_radio', audioOutputs, t('aud.phToRadio'))}
-            <Label className="text-sm">Recording mic</Label>
+            <Label className="text-sm">{t('aud.recMic')}</Label>
-            {deviceSelect('recording_device', audioInputs, 'Your microphone (record DVK messages)')}
+            {deviceSelect('recording_device', audioInputs, t('aud.phRecMic'))}
-            <Label className="text-sm">Listening (preview)</Label>
+            <Label className="text-sm">{t('aud.listening')}</Label>
-            {deviceSelect('listening_device', audioOutputs, 'Local speakers for preview')}
+            {deviceSelect('listening_device', audioOutputs, t('aud.phListening'))}
           </div>
           <p className="text-[11px] text-muted-foreground">
-            <strong>From Radio</strong> = what you receive (used by the QSO recorder).{' '}
+            <strong>{t('aud.fromRadioShort')}</strong> {t('aud.explainFrom')}{' '}
-            <strong>To Radio</strong> = where voice-keyer messages are transmitted.
+            <strong>{t('aud.toRadioShort')}</strong> {t('aud.explainTo')}
           </p>
           <div className="flex items-center gap-3">
             <Button
@@ -4578,14 +4588,12 @@ export function SettingsModal({ onClose, onSaved, initialSection, onMainPaneChan
               className="h-8"
               onClick={toggleMonitor}
               disabled={!monitorOn && !audioCfg.from_radio}
-              title="Hear the rig's RX audio (From Radio) through your Listening device"
+              title={t('aud.monitorTitle')}
             >
-              {monitorOn ? '■ Stop listening' : '▶ Listen to radio'}
+              {monitorOn ? t('aud.stopListening') : t('aud.listenRadio')}
             </Button>
             <span className="text-[11px] text-muted-foreground">
-              {monitorOn
+              {monitorOn ? t('aud.monitorOn') : t('aud.monitorHint')}
-                ? 'RX monitor running — From Radio → Listening device.'
-                : 'Live-monitor the rig here (USB codec now; network audio later).'}
             </span>
           </div>
           <div className="flex items-center gap-3">
@@ -4595,101 +4603,106 @@ export function SettingsModal({ onClose, onSaved, initialSection, onMainPaneChan
               className="h-8"
               onClick={toggleTX}
               disabled={!txOn && !audioCfg.to_radio}
-              title="Key PTT and pipe your live mic into the rig (To Radio device)"
+              title={t('aud.txTitle')}
             >
-              {txOn ? '■ Stop talking (TX)' : '🎙 Talk to radio (TX)'}
+              {txOn ? t('aud.stopTalk') : t('aud.talkRadio')}
             </Button>
             <span className="text-[11px] text-muted-foreground">
-              {txOn
+              {txOn ? t('aud.txOn') : t('aud.txHint')}
-                ? 'TRANSMITTING — mic → To Radio, PTT keyed. Click to stop.'
-                : 'Live mic → rig with PTT (USB now; network TX later).'}
             </span>
           </div>
         </div>
 
         <div className="border-t border-border/60 pt-3 space-y-3 max-w-2xl">
-          <h4 className="text-sm font-semibold text-foreground">QSO recorder</h4>
+          <h4 className="text-sm font-semibold text-foreground">{t('aud.recorder')}</h4>
           <label className="flex items-center gap-2 text-sm cursor-pointer">
             <Checkbox checked={audioCfg.qso_record} onCheckedChange={(c) => setAudioField({ qso_record: !!c })} />
-            Record every QSO to an audio file (From Radio + your mic)
+            {t('aud.recordEvery')}
           </label>
           <div className="grid grid-cols-[170px_1fr] gap-3 items-center">
-            <Label className="text-sm">Recordings folder</Label>
+            <Label className="text-sm">{t('aud.recFolder')}</Label>
             <div className="flex gap-2">
               <Input value={audioCfg.qso_dir} onChange={(e) => setAudioField({ qso_dir: e.target.value })}
                 placeholder="C:\…\OpsLog\Recordings" className="h-8 font-mono text-xs" />
               <Button variant="outline" size="sm" className="h-8 shrink-0"
                 onClick={() => PickAudioFolder().then((d) => { if (d) setAudioField({ qso_dir: d }); }).catch(() => {})}>
-                Browse…
+                {t('aud.browse')}
               </Button>
             </div>
-            <Label className="text-sm">Pre-roll (seconds)</Label>
+            <Label className="text-sm">{t('aud.preroll')}</Label>
             <Input type="number" min={0} max={60} value={audioCfg.preroll_seconds}
               onChange={(e) => setAudioField({ preroll_seconds: Math.max(0, Math.min(60, parseInt(e.target.value, 10) || 0)) })}
               className="h-8 w-24 font-mono" />
-            <Label className="text-sm">File format</Label>
+            <Label className="text-sm">{t('aud.format')}</Label>
             <Select value={audioCfg.format} onValueChange={(v) => setAudioField({ format: v as any })}>
               <SelectTrigger className="h-8 w-40"><SelectValue /></SelectTrigger>
               <SelectContent>
-                <SelectItem value="wav">WAV (lossless, larger)</SelectItem>
+                <SelectItem value="wav">{t('aud.wav')}</SelectItem>
-                <SelectItem value="mp3">MP3 (compressed, small)</SelectItem>
+                <SelectItem value="mp3">{t('aud.mp3')}</SelectItem>
               </SelectContent>
             </Select>
-            <Label className="text-sm">From Radio level</Label>
+            <Label className="text-sm">{t('aud.fromLevel')}</Label>
             <div className="flex items-center gap-2">
               <input type="range" min={10} max={300} step={5} value={audioCfg.from_gain}
                 onChange={(e) => setAudioField({ from_gain: parseInt(e.target.value, 10) })} className="w-48 accent-primary" />
               <span className="font-mono text-xs w-12 text-right">{audioCfg.from_gain}%</span>
             </div>
-            <Label className="text-sm">Mic level</Label>
+            <Label className="text-sm">{t('aud.micLevel')}</Label>
             <div className="flex items-center gap-2">
               <input type="range" min={10} max={300} step={5} value={audioCfg.mic_gain}
                 onChange={(e) => setAudioField({ mic_gain: parseInt(e.target.value, 10) })} className="w-48 accent-primary" />
               <span className="font-mono text-xs w-12 text-right">{audioCfg.mic_gain}%</span>
             </div>
           </div>
-          <p className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">If your voice is louder than the station, lower Mic level.</p>
+          <p className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">{t('aud.levelHint')}</p>
           <label className="flex items-center gap-2 text-sm cursor-pointer">
             <Checkbox checked={emailCfg.auto_send} onCheckedChange={(c) => setEmailField({ auto_send: !!c })} />
-            Auto-send the recording to the station by e-mail when I log a QSO
+            {t('aud.autoSend')}
           </label>
         </div>
 
         <div className="border-t border-border/60 pt-3 space-y-2 max-w-2xl">
-          <h4 className="text-sm font-semibold text-foreground">Voice keyer messages (F1–F6)</h4>
+          <h4 className="text-sm font-semibold text-foreground">{t('aud.dvkTitle')}</h4>
           <div className="rounded-md border border-border/60 p-2.5 space-y-2">
             <div className="grid grid-cols-[120px_1fr] gap-2 items-center">
-              <Label className="text-sm">PTT method</Label>
+              <Label className="text-sm">{t('aud.pttMethod')}</Label>
               <div className="flex gap-2 items-center">
                 <Select value={audioCfg.ptt_method} onValueChange={(v) => setAudioField({ ptt_method: v as any })}>
                   <SelectTrigger className="h-8 w-44"><SelectValue /></SelectTrigger>
                   <SelectContent>
-                    <SelectItem value="none">None (VOX)</SelectItem>
+                    <SelectItem value="none">{t('aud.pttNone')}</SelectItem>
-                    <SelectItem value="cat">CAT (OmniRig)</SelectItem>
+                    {/* This has ALWAYS driven whichever CAT backend is active —
-                    <SelectItem value="rts">Serial RTS</SelectItem>
+                        it calls the generic manager, and every backend (OmniRig,
-                    <SelectItem value="dtr">Serial DTR</SelectItem>
+                        FlexRadio, Icom CI-V over USB and over the network, TCI)
+                        implements SetPTT. The label said "CAT (OmniRig)", so
+                        operators on a CI-V rig concluded there was no CAT PTT for
+                        them and reached for RTS/DTR or VOX instead. Name the
+                        backend actually configured. */}
+                    <SelectItem value="cat">{t('aud.pttCat')}{catBackendLabel ? ` — ${catBackendLabel}` : ''}</SelectItem>
+                    <SelectItem value="rts">{t('aud.pttRts')}</SelectItem>
+                    <SelectItem value="dtr">{t('aud.pttDtr')}</SelectItem>
                   </SelectContent>
                 </Select>
                 {audioCfg.ptt_method !== 'none' && (
-                  <Button variant="outline" size="sm" className="h-8" onClick={() => { setDvkErr(''); TestPTT(audioCfg as any).catch((e: any) => setDvkErr('PTT test: ' + String(e?.message ?? e))); }}>
+                  <Button variant="outline" size="sm" className="h-8" onClick={() => { setDvkErr(''); TestPTT(audioCfg as any).catch((e: any) => setDvkErr(t('aud.errPttTest') + String(e?.message ?? e))); }}>
-                    Test PTT
+                    {t('aud.testPtt')}
                   </Button>
                 )}
               </div>
               {(audioCfg.ptt_method === 'rts' || audioCfg.ptt_method === 'dtr') && (
                 <>
-                  <Label className="text-sm">PTT COM port</Label>
+                  <Label className="text-sm">{t('aud.pttPort')}</Label>
                   <div className="flex gap-2 items-center">
                     <Select value={audioCfg.ptt_port || '_'} onValueChange={(v) => setAudioField({ ptt_port: v === '_' ? '' : v })}>
-                      <SelectTrigger className="h-8 w-44"><SelectValue placeholder="Pick a COM port" /></SelectTrigger>
+                      <SelectTrigger className="h-8 w-44"><SelectValue placeholder={t('aud.pickPort')} /></SelectTrigger>
                       <SelectContent>
-                        <SelectItem value="_">— select —</SelectItem>
+                        <SelectItem value="_">{t('aud.selectPort')}</SelectItem>
                         {wkPorts.map((p) => <SelectItem key={p} value={p}>{p}</SelectItem>)}
                       </SelectContent>
                     </Select>
                     <Button variant="ghost" size="sm" className="h-8 text-[11px]"
                       onClick={() => ListSerialPorts().then((p) => setWkPorts((p ?? []) as string[])).catch(() => {})}>
-                      Refresh
+                      {t('aud.refresh')}
                     </Button>
                   </div>
                 </>
@@ -4706,7 +4719,7 @@ export function SettingsModal({ onClose, onSaved, initialSection, onMainPaneChan
                   <span className="w-7 font-mono text-xs font-bold text-muted-foreground">F{m.slot}</span>
                   <Input
                     className="h-8 flex-1"
-                    placeholder={`Message ${m.slot} label (CQ, report, 73…)`}
+                    placeholder={t('aud.msgPlaceholder', { n: m.slot })}
                     value={m.label}
                     onChange={(e) => setDvkMsgs((ms) => ms.map((x) => x.slot === m.slot ? { ...x, label: e.target.value } : x))}
                     onBlur={(e) => SetDVKLabel(m.slot, e.target.value).catch(() => {})}
@@ -4722,21 +4735,21 @@ export function SettingsModal({ onClose, onSaved, initialSection, onMainPaneChan
                       e.preventDefault();
                       (e.currentTarget as HTMLElement).setPointerCapture(e.pointerId);
                       setDvkErr('');
-                      DVKStartRecord(m.slot).catch((err) => setDvkErr('Record: ' + String(err?.message ?? err)));
+                      DVKStartRecord(m.slot).catch((err) => setDvkErr(t('aud.errRecord') + String(err?.message ?? err)));
                     }}
                     onPointerUp={() => {
-                      DVKStopRecord().then(reloadDvk).catch((err) => setDvkErr('Save: ' + String(err?.message ?? err)));
+                      DVKStopRecord().then(reloadDvk).catch((err) => setDvkErr(t('aud.errSave') + String(err?.message ?? err)));
                     }}
                   >
-                    {recHere ? '● Recording…' : '● Hold to rec'}
+                    {recHere ? t('aud.recordingNow') : t('aud.holdRec')}
                   </Button>
                   <Button
                     type="button"
                     variant="outline" size="sm" className="h-8 w-20 shrink-0"
                     disabled={!m.has_audio || dvkStat.recording}
-                    onClick={() => (dvkStat.playing ? DVKStop() : DVKPreview(m.slot).catch((err) => setDvkErr('Play: ' + String(err?.message ?? err))))}
+                    onClick={() => (dvkStat.playing ? DVKStop() : DVKPreview(m.slot).catch((err) => setDvkErr(t('aud.errPlay') + String(err?.message ?? err))))}
                   >
-                    {dvkStat.playing ? '■ Stop' : '▶ Play'}
+                    {dvkStat.playing ? t('aud.stop') : t('aud.play')}
                   </Button>
                 </div>
               );

frontend/src/components/StationControlPanel.tsx

@@ -415,7 +415,11 @@ export function StationControlPanel({ centerLat, centerLon, bearing }: RotatorPr
     );
   };
 
-  const widgets: { id: string; node: React.ReactNode }[] = [];
+  // `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.
+  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} /> });
   }
@@ -423,9 +427,9 @@ export function StationControlPanel({ centerLat, centerLon, bearing }: RotatorPr
     widgets.push({ id: 'antenna', node: <MotorAntennaWidget ant={ant} refetch={pollAnt} t={t} /> });
   }
   // One card per configured amplifier (identical to the Flex panel's card).
-  for (const amp of amps) widgets.push({ id: `amp:${amp.id}`, node: <AmpCard amp={amp} flex={flexState} t={t} /> });
+  for (const amp of amps) widgets.push({ id: `amp:${amp.id}`, node: <AmpCard amp={amp} flex={flexState} t={t} />, wide: true });
   // Tuner Genius XL card (identical to the Flex panel's).
-  if (tgEnabled) widgets.push({ id: 'tuner', node: <TunerCard status={tg} t={t} /> });
+  if (tgEnabled) widgets.push({ id: 'tuner', node: <TunerCard status={tg} t={t} />, wide: true });
   for (const dev of devices) widgets.push({ id: dev.id, node: deviceCard(dev) });
 
   const rank = (id: string) => { const i = order.indexOf(id); return i < 0 ? 1e6 : i; };
@@ -470,7 +474,12 @@ export function StationControlPanel({ centerLat, centerLon, bearing }: RotatorPr
       <div style={{ columnWidth: '430px', columnGap: '1rem', columnFill: 'balance',
         ...(cols !== 'auto' ? { maxWidth: `${Number(cols) * 446}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}
             onDragOver={(e) => { if (dragId.current) { e.preventDefault(); e.dataTransfer.dropEffect = 'move'; } }}
             onDrop={(e) => { if (dragId.current) { e.preventDefault(); onDrop(w.id); } }}>
             <div draggable

frontend/src/components/TunerCard.tsx

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { useState } from 'react';
+import { useRef, useState } from 'react';
 import { Gauge, Radio, ChevronDown } from 'lucide-react';
 import { cn } from '@/lib/utils';
 import { MeterBar } from '@/components/MeterBar';
@@ -66,9 +66,42 @@ function ChannelButton({ letter, ch, active, ptt, threeWay, onSelect, t }: {
 }
 
 export function TunerCard({ status, t }: { status: TGStatus; t: (k: string, v?: any) => string }) {
+  // Peak-hold, exactly as AmpCard does it. Both cards read the same transmitter,
+  // but the tuner is sampled by a 400 ms TCP poll: on SSB that lands in the gaps
+  // between syllables as often as on a peak, so the raw reading collapses to zero
+  // several times a second mid-transmission and reads as a dropped link. The
+  // amplifier looked steady next to it only because it already smoothed this way.
+  // Hold the highest value seen, decaying after 2 s so it follows a real drop.
+  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; }
+    return p.v;
+  };
+
   const connected = !!status.connected;
-  const vswr = status.vswr && status.vswr > 0 ? status.vswr : undefined;
+  const rawVswr = status.vswr && status.vswr > 0 ? status.vswr : undefined;
-  const fwdW = status.fwd_w && status.fwd_w >= 1 ? status.fwd_w : 0;
+  const rawFwdW = status.fwd_w && status.fwd_w >= 1 ? status.fwd_w : 0;
+  const fwdW = peakHold('fwd', rawFwdW);
+
+  // SWR needs RF to mean anything: sampled on receive the device reports a
+  // meaningless 1.00, which would wipe the figure the operator actually wants —
+  // the one measured while transmitting. So show the live value during TX, keep it
+  // briefly afterwards so it can be read, then let it go.
+  //
+  // 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.
+  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.v
+      : undefined;
   const active = status.active ?? 1;
   const a: TGChannel = status.a ?? {};
   const b: TGChannel = status.b ?? {};
@@ -115,8 +148,11 @@ export function TunerCard({ status, t }: { status: TGStatus; t: (k: string, v?:
               onSelect={() => TunerGeniusActivate(2).catch(() => {})} t={t} />
           </div>
 
-          {/* PWR + SWR meters — same grid as the Flex/amp meters so they match size. */}
+          {/* PWR + SWR meters, each taking half the card. The amp card's grid is
-          <div className="grid grid-cols-2 sm:grid-cols-3 gap-2">
+              3-wide because it shows three meters; copying it here left the tuner's
+              two meters in the first two of three columns, with a third of the card
+              empty to the right of SWR. */}
+          <div className="grid grid-cols-2 gap-2">
             <MeterBar label={t('tgp.power')} value={fwdW} unit="W" lo={0} hi={2000}
               display={fwdW >= 1 ? `${Math.round(fwdW)} W` : '—'}
               segColor={(f) => (f > 0.9 ? '#dc2626' : f > 0.75 ? '#f59e0b' : '#ea580c')} />

frontend/src/components/WorkedBeforeGrid.tsx

@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ type Props = {
   onSendTo?: (service: string, ids: number[]) => void;
   onSendRecording?: (ids: number[]) => void;
   onSendEQSL?: (ids: number[]) => void;
+  onBulkEdit?: (ids: number[]) => void;
+  onExportSelected?: (ids: number[]) => void;
+  onExportSelectedFields?: (ids: number[]) => void;
+  onExportCabrilloSelected?: (ids: number[]) => void;
   onDelete?: (ids: number[]) => void;
   // One column per defined award (cell = the reference this QSO counts for).
   awardCols?: { code: string; name: string }[];
@@ -50,7 +54,7 @@ function fmtDate(s: any): string {
   return `${d.getUTCFullYear()}-${p(d.getUTCMonth() + 1)}-${p(d.getUTCDate())}`;
 }
 
-export function WorkedBeforeGrid({ wb, busy, currentCall, onRowDoubleClicked, onUpdateFromCty, onUpdateFromQRZ, onUpdateFromClublog, onSendTo, onSendRecording, onSendEQSL, onDelete, awardCols }: Props) {
+export function WorkedBeforeGrid({ wb, busy, currentCall, onRowDoubleClicked, onUpdateFromCty, onUpdateFromQRZ, onUpdateFromClublog, onSendTo, onSendRecording, onSendEQSL, onBulkEdit, onExportSelected, onExportSelectedFields, onExportCabrilloSelected, onDelete, awardCols }: Props) {
   const { t } = useI18n();
   const gridRef = useRef<any>(null);
   const [pickerOpen, setPickerOpen] = useState(false);
@@ -247,6 +251,11 @@ export function WorkedBeforeGrid({ wb, busy, currentCall, onRowDoubleClicked, on
         </div>
       </div>
 
+      {/* Same menu as Recent QSOs, minus the two "filtered" exports: there they
+          mean "the whole logbook under the active column filters", but this grid
+          is a per-callsign view rather than a filter over the log, so the entry
+          would quietly export everything — not what it would appear to do here.
+          The selection-based exports and bulk edit apply unchanged. */}
       <QSOContextMenu
         menu={menu}
         onClose={() => setMenu(null)}
@@ -256,6 +265,10 @@ export function WorkedBeforeGrid({ wb, busy, currentCall, onRowDoubleClicked, on
         onSendTo={onSendTo}
         onSendRecording={onSendRecording}
         onSendEQSL={onSendEQSL}
+        onBulkEdit={onBulkEdit}
+        onExportSelected={onExportSelected}
+        onExportSelectedFields={onExportSelectedFields}
+        onExportCabrilloSelected={onExportCabrilloSelected}
         onDelete={onDelete}
       />
 

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 = '0.21.2';
+export const APP_VERSION = '0.21.3';
 
 // Author / credits, shown in Help -> About.
 export const APP_AUTHOR = 'F4BPO';

frontend/wailsjs/go/main/App.d.ts

@@ -946,6 +946,8 @@ export function TunerGeniusSetBypass(arg1:boolean):Promise<void>;
 
 export function TunerGeniusSetOperate(arg1:boolean):Promise<void>;
 
+export function UILog(arg1:string):Promise<void>;
+
 export function ULSStatus():Promise<main.ULSStatusResult>;
 
 export function UltrabeamRetract():Promise<void>;

frontend/wailsjs/go/main/App.js

@@ -1842,6 +1842,10 @@ export function TunerGeniusSetOperate(arg1) {
   return window['go']['main']['App']['TunerGeniusSetOperate'](arg1);
 }
 
+export function UILog(arg1) {
+  return window['go']['main']['App']['UILog'](arg1);
+}
+
 export function ULSStatus() {
   return window['go']['main']['App']['ULSStatus']();
 }

internal/cat/cat.go

@@ -649,15 +649,29 @@ func (m *Manager) run(b Backend, stop, done chan struct{}, cmds chan func(), pol
 	const reconnectEvery = 5 * time.Second
 	connected := false
 	var lastAttempt time.Time
+	var lastConnErr string // last connect failure logged, so the retry loop says it once
 	tryConnect := func() {
 		if connected || time.Since(lastAttempt) < reconnectEvery {
 			return
 		}
 		lastAttempt = time.Now()
 		if err := b.Connect(); err != nil {
+			// Log it — the message used to live only in RigState.Error, i.e. in a
+			// tooltip. The status pill condenses everything to "OmniRig not found",
+			// so a user reporting that had no way to tell us WHY: the COM HRESULT,
+			// the serial error, the refused TCP connect, all invisible. Logged once
+			// per distinct message so the retry loop doesn't flood the file.
+			if msg := err.Error(); msg != lastConnErr {
+				lastConnErr = msg
+				debugLog.Printf("%s connect failed: %s", b.Name(), msg)
+			}
 			m.update(RigState{Enabled: true, Backend: b.Name(), Connected: false, Error: err.Error(), UpdatedAt: time.Now()})
 			return
 		}
+		if lastConnErr != "" {
+			debugLog.Printf("%s connected (after: %s)", b.Name(), lastConnErr)
+			lastConnErr = ""
+		}
 		connected = true
 	}
 	tryConnect()

internal/cat/civ/civ.go

@@ -307,22 +307,43 @@ func ModeToADIF(m byte, data bool) string {
 
 // ModelName maps a rig's default CI-V address (from CmdReadID) to a readable
 // model. Unknown addresses fall back to a hex label.
+//
+// The name is not cosmetic: the UI derives model-dependent behaviour from it —
+// notably the attenuator steps, which are 6/12/18 dB on the big rigs and a single
+// 20 dB on the small ones. An address missing here therefore shows the WRONG
+// attenuator buttons, and the rig NAKs them.
+//
+// Two entries here used to be wrong in a way that pointed at each other: 0x80 was
+// labelled IC-7800 (it is the IC-7410) and 0x88 IC-7700 (it is the IC-7100), while
+// the real IC-7800 (0x6A) and IC-7700 (0x74) were absent — so a 7800 came up as
+// "Icom (0x6A)" with a 20 dB attenuator it does not have.
+//
+// Addresses cross-checked against the TR4W CI-V table and an independent
+// published list; both agree on every value below.
 func ModelName(addr byte) string {
 	switch addr {
+	case 0x6A:
+		return "IC-7800"
+	case 0x74:
+		return "IC-7700"
+	case 0x7A:
+		return "IC-7600"
+	case 0x7C:
+		return "IC-9100"
+	case 0x80:
+		return "IC-7410"
+	case 0x88:
+		return "IC-7100"
+	case 0x8E:
+		return "IC-7851" // shared with the IC-7850
 	case 0x94:
 		return "IC-7300"
 	case 0x98:
 		return "IC-7610"
-	case 0x7C:
-		return "IC-9100"
 	case 0xA2:
 		return "IC-9700"
 	case 0xA4:
 		return "IC-705"
-	case 0x88:
-		return "IC-7700"
-	case 0x80:
-		return "IC-7800"
 	}
 	return fmt.Sprintf("Icom (0x%02X)", addr)
 }

internal/cat/civ/civ_test.go

@@ -130,3 +130,35 @@ func TestModelName(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("ModelName(0x12) = %q, want fallback", got)
 	}
 }
+
+// CI-V addresses are hardware constants: a wrong one means the console shows the
+// wrong model, and with it the wrong attenuator steps (6/12/18 dB on the big
+// rigs, a single 20 dB on the small ones) — buttons the rig then NAKs.
+//
+// Two entries here were previously wrong in a way that pointed at each other:
+// 0x80 was labelled IC-7800 (it is the IC-7410) and 0x88 IC-7700 (it is the
+// IC-7100), while the real IC-7800 (0x6A) and IC-7700 (0x74) were missing — so an
+// IC-7800 came up as "Icom (0x6A)" with a 20 dB attenuator it does not have.
+func TestModelNameAddresses(t *testing.T) {
+	for addr, want := range map[byte]string{
+		0x6A: "IC-7800",
+		0x74: "IC-7700",
+		0x7A: "IC-7600",
+		0x7C: "IC-9100",
+		0x80: "IC-7410",
+		0x88: "IC-7100",
+		0x8E: "IC-7851",
+		0x94: "IC-7300",
+		0x98: "IC-7610",
+		0xA2: "IC-9700",
+		0xA4: "IC-705",
+	} {
+		if got := ModelName(addr); got != want {
+			t.Errorf("ModelName(0x%02X) = %q, want %q", addr, got, want)
+		}
+	}
+	// An unknown address must stay identifiable rather than masquerade as a model.
+	if got := ModelName(0x42); got != "Icom (0x42)" {
+		t.Errorf("ModelName(0x42) = %q, want the hex fallback", got)
+	}
+}

internal/cat/icomserial.go

@@ -374,10 +374,54 @@ func (b *IcomSerial) ReadState() (RigState, error) {
 	if !b.dspLoaded {
 		b.readDSP()
 		b.dspLoaded = true
+	} else {
+		b.refreshFrontPanel()
 	}
 	return s, nil
 }
 
+// refreshFrontPanel re-reads the few controls an operator actually reaches for on
+// the rig itself, so the console follows the radio instead of only driving it.
+//
+// readDSP loads everything but runs ONCE per connection (dspLoaded), which left
+// the panel showing whatever was set at connect: switch AGC from FAST to MID on
+// the front panel and OpsLog still said FAST, indefinitely. Commands worked, so
+// the link was plainly fine — only this direction was missing.
+//
+// ONE read per poll cycle, in rotation. The full snapshot is ~30 CI-V round trips
+// and refreshing it wholesale would hog the CAT thread for seconds at a time —
+// including the operator's own Set* commands, which is far worse than a stale
+// label. The rotation completes in 8 cycles; anything not covered here is still a
+// connect-time or ↻ Refresh read.
+func (b *IcomSerial) refreshFrontPanel() {
+	switch b.pollN % 8 {
+	case 1:
+		if v, ok := b.readSwitch(civ.SubSwAGC); ok {
+			b.dspMu.Lock()
+			b.dsp.AGC = agcName(v)
+			b.dspMu.Unlock()
+		}
+	case 3:
+		if v, ok := b.readAtt(); ok {
+			b.dspMu.Lock()
+			b.dsp.Att = v
+			b.dspMu.Unlock()
+		}
+	case 5:
+		if v, ok := b.readSwitch(civ.SubSwPreamp); ok {
+			b.dspMu.Lock()
+			b.dsp.Preamp = int(v)
+			b.dspMu.Unlock()
+		}
+	case 7:
+		if _, f, ok := b.readModeFilter(); ok {
+			b.dspMu.Lock()
+			b.dsp.Filter = int(f)
+			b.dspMu.Unlock()
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func (b *IcomSerial) SetFrequency(hz int64) error {
 	if hz <= 0 {
 		return fmt.Errorf("invalid frequency")

internal/cat/log.go

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"log"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"sync"
 )
 
 // LogSink, when set by the host app at startup, receives every CAT debug
@@ -15,13 +16,21 @@ var LogSink func(format string, args ...any)
 // catLogger forwards Printf either to the host LogSink (preferred) or to a
 // local file/stderr fallback. Keeps the call sites (debugLog.Printf(...))
 // unchanged.
-type catLogger struct{ fallback *log.Logger }
+type catLogger struct {
+	once     sync.Once
+	fallback *log.Logger
+}
 
 func (c *catLogger) Printf(format string, args ...any) {
 	if LogSink != nil {
 		LogSink("cat: "+format, args...)
 		return
 	}
+	// Only now, on a line that genuinely has nowhere else to go, is the fallback
+	// file opened. It used to be created at package init, so every installation
+	// grew an %APPDATA%\OpsLog\cat.log that nothing ever wrote to once the app
+	// wired LogSink — a decoy for anyone told to "check the CAT log".
+	c.once.Do(func() { c.fallback = openFallbackLog() })
 	if c.fallback != nil {
 		c.fallback.Printf(format, args...)
 	}
@@ -30,7 +39,7 @@ func (c *catLogger) Printf(format string, args ...any) {
 // debugLog writes CAT debug events so users can diagnose mode/freq mismatches
 // without rebuilding with a console. Once LogSink is set, lines flow into the
 // main opslog.log.
-var debugLog = &catLogger{fallback: openFallbackLog()}
+var debugLog = &catLogger{}
 
 func openFallbackLog() *log.Logger {
 	base, err := os.UserConfigDir()
@@ -49,9 +58,15 @@ func openFallbackLog() *log.Logger {
 	return log.New(f, "", log.LstdFlags|log.Lmicroseconds)
 }
 
-// DebugLogPath returns where the fallback cat.log lives, for surfacing in the
+// DebugLogPath returns where the fallback cat.log lives, or "" when CAT lines are
-// UI / docs. When LogSink is wired, CAT lines are in the main app log instead.
+// going to the app log instead — which is the normal case, and the answer callers
+// actually need. It previously returned the path unconditionally, so the one place
+// that displayed it sent operators to an empty file in %APPDATA% while their CAT
+// diagnostics sat in data\opslog.log.
 func DebugLogPath() string {
+	if LogSink != nil {
+		return "" // lines go to the unified app log; there is no separate cat.log
+	}
 	base, err := os.UserConfigDir()
 	if err != nil {
 		return ""

internal/cat/omnirig.go

@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ type OmniRig struct {
 	lastSig string // last logged Split/VFO signature — only log on change
 	rigType string // OmniRig's RigType string (the .ini title), e.g. "IC-7610"
 
+	// connLogged holds the connect failure already written to the log, so the
+	// 5-second reconnect loop reports a persistent problem once instead of
+	// forever. Cleared on success.
+	connLogged string
+
 	// lastSetFreq is the frequency most recently COMMANDED via SetFrequency.
 	// SetMode uses it to pick USB vs LSB for "SSB" instead of reading OmniRig's
 	// async Freq property, which still reports the OLD band for a poll or two
@@ -53,8 +58,55 @@ func NewOmniRig(rigNum int) *OmniRig {
 
 func (o *OmniRig) Name() string { return "omnirig" }
 
+// elevationHint recognises the COM refusal that happens when OmniRig runs
+// elevated (as administrator) and OpsLog does not — or the reverse. Windows keeps
+// the two integrity levels apart, so the client cannot bind to the running
+// server's object and COM falls back to launching a fresh one, which then needs
+// elevation the client cannot grant.
+//
+// It is worth naming explicitly: the operator SEES OmniRig running, with its
+// settings window open, so "OmniRig not found" reads as nonsense and sends them
+// hunting for a driver or COM-port problem that does not exist. The fix is thirty
+// seconds of work once you know what to look for.
+func elevationHint(err error) string {
+	if err == nil {
+		return ""
+	}
+	msg := strings.ToLower(err.Error())
+	// Matched on the HRESULT text in whatever language Windows is running in, so
+	// the code is checked too: 0x800702E4 = ERROR_ELEVATION_REQUIRED.
+	if strings.Contains(msg, "elevation") || strings.Contains(msg, "élévation") ||
+		strings.Contains(msg, "0x800702e4") || strings.Contains(msg, "access denied") ||
+		strings.Contains(msg, "accès refusé") {
+		return "OmniRig and OpsLog are running at different privilege levels — Windows keeps them apart, " +
+			"so OpsLog cannot reach OmniRig even though it is running. Start BOTH the same way: either " +
+			"un-tick \"Run as administrator\" on the OmniRig shortcut (and its Compatibility tab), or run " +
+			"OpsLog as administrator too"
+	}
+	return ""
+}
+
+// logConnFailure writes a connect failure once per distinct cause. The reconnect
+// loop retries every 5 seconds forever, and a station whose OmniRig was simply
+// elevated had this filling its log at roughly 1500 lines an hour — which buries
+// the very diagnostics someone would go looking for.
+func (o *OmniRig) logConnFailure(msg string) {
+	if o.connLogged == msg {
+		return
+	}
+	o.connLogged = msg
+	debugLog.Printf("OmniRig Rig%d: %s", o.RigNum, msg)
+}
+
 func (o *OmniRig) Connect() error {
-	debugLog.Printf("OmniRig.Connect Rig%d — log path: %s", o.RigNum, DebugLogPath())
+	// This used to announce DebugLogPath() on every attempt — the path of the
+	// FALLBACK cat.log, which nothing writes to once the app has wired LogSink and
+	// everything goes to data\opslog.log. It pointed operators at an empty file in
+	// %APPDATA% while the lines they wanted were somewhere else entirely. Dropped;
+	// and logged once per failure run rather than every 5-second retry.
+	if o.connLogged == "" {
+		debugLog.Printf("OmniRig.Connect Rig%d", o.RigNum)
+	}
 	if err := ole.CoInitializeEx(0, ole.COINIT_APARTMENTTHREADED); err != nil {
 		// 0x1 = S_FALSE → COM already initialised on this thread, fine.
 		if oerr, ok := err.(*ole.OleError); !ok || oerr.Code() != 0x00000001 {
@@ -62,15 +114,43 @@ func (o *OmniRig) Connect() error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	unk, err := oleutil.CreateObject("Omnirig.OmnirigX")
+	const progID = "Omnirig.OmnirigX"
-	if err != nil {
+	var omnirig *ole.IDispatch
-		return fmt.Errorf("Omnirig.OmnirigX not available — is OmniRig installed and running?: %w", err)
+	unk, err := oleutil.CreateObject(progID)
-	}
+	if err == nil {
-	omnirig, err := unk.QueryInterface(ole.IID_IDispatch)
+		omnirig, err = unk.QueryInterface(ole.IID_IDispatch)
 		unk.Release()
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("query interface: %w", err)
 		}
+	} else {
+		// A privilege mismatch is final — retrying, or trying the 32-bit server,
+		// cannot cross an integrity boundary. Say what to do instead of dressing it
+		// up as "not installed", which is what sends operators looking in the wrong
+		// place entirely.
+		if hint := elevationHint(err); hint != "" {
+			o.logConnFailure(hint)
+			return fmt.Errorf("%s (Windows said: %v)", hint, err)
+		}
+		// Otherwise it may be a partial registration; try activating the 32-bit
+		// server explicitly before giving up (see omnirig_activate32.go).
+		disp, err32 := createOmniRig32(progID)
+		if err32 != nil {
+			o.logConnFailure(fmt.Sprintf("CreateObject(%s) failed: %v; 32-bit activation also failed: %v", progID, err, err32))
+			// Name the version requirement. HB9RYZ's OmniRig v2.1 is a different
+			// product that its own author states is not compatible with v1, and it
+			// does not provide v1's IOmniRigX interface — so an operator who has
+			// only v2 installed sees OmniRig running and OpsLog failing, with
+			// nothing to connect the two facts.
+			return fmt.Errorf("OmniRig (v1) not reachable: %w — OpsLog needs OmniRig v1.19/v1.20 "+
+				"(VE3NEA/Alex), the interface every logger uses. HB9RYZ's OmniRig v2.1 is a separate, "+
+				"incompatible product and cannot serve OpsLog; the two may be installed side by side, "+
+				"but v1 must be present and running", err)
+		}
+		debugLog.Printf("OmniRig: reached via explicit 32-bit activation after CreateObject failed (%v)", err)
+		omnirig = disp
+	}
+	o.connLogged = "" // connected: re-arm the one-shot failure logging
 
 	rigVar, err := oleutil.GetProperty(omnirig, fmt.Sprintf("Rig%d", o.RigNum))
 	if err != nil {
@@ -80,10 +160,26 @@ func (o *OmniRig) Connect() error {
 	o.omnirig = omnirig
 	o.rig = rigVar.ToIDispatch()
 
+	// Log WHICH OmniRig answered. There are two incompatible products called
+	// OmniRig: v1.19/1.20 (Alex, VE3NEA), whose IOmniRigX interface every logger
+	// including OpsLog uses, and HB9RYZ's v2.1, which its own author states is "not
+	// compatible" with v1 and works only with programs written for it. They can
+	// coexist, and OmniRig's own window looks much the same either way — so an
+	// operator running only v2 sees OmniRig on screen, sees OpsLog fail, and has no
+	// way to know the two were never going to talk. These two version numbers
+	// settle it in one line of a bug report.
+	var iv, sv int64 = -1, -1
+	if v, err := oleutil.GetProperty(o.omnirig, "InterfaceVersion"); err == nil {
+		iv = v.Val
+	}
+	if v, err := oleutil.GetProperty(o.omnirig, "SoftwareVersion"); err == nil {
+		sv = v.Val
+	}
 	if rt, err := oleutil.GetProperty(o.rig, "RigType"); err == nil {
 		o.rigType = rt.ToString()
-		debugLog.Printf("OmniRig connected to Rig%d type=%q", o.RigNum, o.rigType)
 	}
+	debugLog.Printf("OmniRig connected: Rig%d type=%q (OmniRig interface=%d software=%d)",
+		o.RigNum, o.rigType, iv, sv)
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -169,50 +265,69 @@ func (o *OmniRig) ReadState() (RigState, error) {
 			}())
 	}
 
-	// A genuine split: the rig explicitly flags PM_SPLITON, the two VFOs are
+	s.FreqHz, s.RxFreqHz, s.Split = resolveOmniRigVFOs(freqMain, freqA, freqB, s.Vfo, splitRaw)
-	// distinct and non-zero, AND they're in the same band. The same-band test
+	return s, nil
-	// kills the common false positive where VFO B just holds a leftover from
+}
-	// another band (a "28 MHz / 7 MHz split" is nonsensical), which on the
-	// FT-710 / TS-570 otherwise froze the main/TX freq on the wrong VFO.
-	genuineSplit := splitRaw == pmSplitOn &&
-		freqA != 0 && freqB != 0 && freqA != freqB &&
-		BandFromHz(freqA) == BandFromHz(freqB)
 
-	if genuineSplit {
+// resolveOmniRigVFOs turns OmniRig's four readings into the ADIF pair
-		// ADIF: FreqHz = TX, RxFreqHz = RX. Determine which VFO is RX from the
+// (FreqHz = TX, RxFreqHz = RX) plus a split flag.
-		// ACTIVE frequency (OmniRig's generic Freq — the VFO you're listening on):
+//
-		// RX = the active VFO, TX = the other one. This is far more reliable than
+// Pure and separate from ReadState because it encodes rig-specific rules that
-		// trusting OmniRig's Vfo AB/BA enum, which several rigs (e.g. Yaesu FTDX10)
+// contradict each other — what fixes a Yaesu can break an Icom — and the only way
-		// report inverted — the split then showed TX/RX swapped.
+// to change it safely is with every known rig's behaviour pinned in a test. COM
-		s.Split = true
+// cannot be exercised from a test; this can.
+func resolveOmniRigVFOs(freqMain, freqA, freqB int64, vfo string, splitRaw int64) (txHz, rxHz int64, split bool) {
+	// PM_SPLITON is tested as a BIT, not by equality. OmniRig's Split is a flag
+	// word: an exact `== 0x8000` holds only for a rig whose ini sets that bit and
+	// nothing else, and silently reports "no split" for any rig reporting the bit
+	// alongside another. Requiring ON set and OFF clear keeps the two states apart
+	// (both flags are non-zero, so a bare `!= 0` would read OFF as split) while
+	// tolerating extra bits.
+	splitFlagged := splitRaw&pmSplitOn != 0 && splitRaw&pmSplitOff == 0
+
+	// A genuine split also needs two distinct, non-zero VFOs in the SAME band. The
+	// band test kills the common false positive where VFO B merely holds a
+	// leftover from another band (a "28 MHz / 7 MHz split" is nonsensical), which
+	// on the FT-710 / TS-570 otherwise froze the TX freq on the wrong VFO.
+	if splitFlagged && freqA != 0 && freqB != 0 && freqA != freqB &&
+		BandFromHz(freqA) == BandFromHz(freqB) {
+		// RX is the VFO being listened on — identified from the generic Freq rather
+		// than from the Vfo AB/BA enum, which several rigs (Yaesu FTDX10) report
+		// inverted, showing TX and RX swapped.
 		switch {
 		case freqMain != 0 && freqMain == freqA:
-			s.RxFreqHz, s.FreqHz = freqA, freqB // listening on A → TX on B
+			return freqB, freqA, true // listening on A → TX on B
 		case freqMain != 0 && freqMain == freqB:
-			s.RxFreqHz, s.FreqHz = freqB, freqA // listening on B → TX on A
+			return freqA, freqB, true // listening on B → TX on A
-		case s.Vfo == "BA":
+		case vfo == "BA":
-			s.FreqHz, s.RxFreqHz = freqA, freqB // fall back to the Vfo enum
+			return freqA, freqB, true // fall back to the Vfo enum
 		default:
-			s.FreqHz, s.RxFreqHz = freqB, freqA
+			return freqB, freqA, true
 		}
-	} else {
+	}
-		// Simplex: read VFO A first, fall back to the generic Freq — exactly like
+
-		// DXHunter/WSJT-X. PM_FREQA rigs (Yaesu, Kenwood) populate FreqA; some
+	// Simplex. The VFO the rig says is ACTIVE comes first: preferring freqA
-		// Icoms (IC-9100 etc.) only populate the generic Freq. On the IC-7610
+	// unconditionally (as this did) meant the displayed frequency never left VFO
-		// OmniRig's generic Freq reports VFO B (its Main/Sub model confuses the
+	// A — press SUB VFO on an FTDX101D and the radio receives on B while OpsLog
-		// stock ini), so keying off FreqA gives the operator the VFO they expect.
+	// went on showing A, taking the band and the logged frequency with it.
-		s.Split = false
+	//
-		s.RxFreqHz = 0
+	// Only a VFO OmniRig explicitly names is honoured, so a rig that does not
+	// report the enum keeps exactly the previous fallback order. That matters for
+	// the IC-7610, whose stock ini reports the generic Freq as VFO B; and for the
+	// PM_FREQA rigs (Yaesu, Kenwood) versus the Icoms (IC-9100) that populate only
+	// the generic Freq.
 	switch {
+	case (vfo == "B" || vfo == "BB") && freqB != 0:
+		return freqB, 0, false
+	case (vfo == "A" || vfo == "AA") && freqA != 0:
+		return freqA, 0, false
 	case freqA != 0:
-			s.FreqHz = freqA
+		return freqA, 0, false
 	case freqMain != 0:
-			s.FreqHz = freqMain
+		return freqMain, 0, false
 	default:
-			s.FreqHz = freqB
+		return freqB, 0, false
 	}
-	}
-	return s, nil
 }
 
 func (o *OmniRig) SetFrequency(hz int64) error {

internal/cat/omnirig_activate32.go

@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+package cat
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"syscall"
+	"unsafe"
+
+	ole "github.com/go-ole/go-ole"
+	"golang.org/x/sys/windows/registry"
+)
+
+// Last-resort activation path for OmniRig, used only when the normal
+// CreateObject fails.
+//
+// OmniRig is a 32-bit program and its installer splits its COM identity across
+// registry views — on a working machine the ProgID sits in the 64-bit view while
+// the CLSID and its LocalServer32 exist only under WOW6432Node. That LOOKS like
+// it should break a 64-bit client, and it was my first theory for "OmniRig not
+// found"; measuring it on a machine with exactly that layout disproved it. COM
+// resolves an out-of-process server across views by itself, and the plain
+// CreateObject succeeds.
+//
+// What this still covers is the case where the ProgID is not visible to us at all
+// (a partial or 32-bit-only registration), where CreateObject has nothing to
+// resolve. Here we read the CLSID from BOTH views ourselves and activate the
+// 32-bit local server explicitly. CLSCTX_ACTIVATE_32_BIT_SERVER is the documented
+// flag for that; go-ole hard-codes CLSCTX_SERVER and keeps CoCreateInstance
+// unexported, hence the direct call.
+//
+// It costs nothing when the normal path works, and the reason it ran at all is
+// logged — so if it ever rescues a real installation we will see it.
+const clsctxActivate32BitServer = 0x40000
+
+var (
+	modole32           = syscall.NewLazyDLL("ole32.dll")
+	procCoCreateInst32 = modole32.NewProc("CoCreateInstance")
+)
+
+// omnirigCLSIDFromRegistry reads OmniRig's CLSID from the ProgID key, looking in
+// the 64-bit view first and then the 32-bit one. Returned as a GUID ready for
+// CoCreateInstance.
+func omnirigCLSIDFromRegistry(progID string) (*ole.GUID, error) {
+	for _, access := range []uint32{registry.QUERY_VALUE, registry.QUERY_VALUE | registry.WOW64_32KEY} {
+		k, err := registry.OpenKey(registry.LOCAL_MACHINE, `SOFTWARE\Classes\`+progID+`\CLSID`, access)
+		if err != nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		s, _, err := k.GetStringValue("")
+		k.Close()
+		if err != nil || s == "" {
+			continue
+		}
+		if g := ole.NewGUID(s); g != nil {
+			return g, nil
+		}
+	}
+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("no CLSID registered for %s in either registry view", progID)
+}
+
+// createOmniRig32 activates OmniRig's 32-bit out-of-process server explicitly,
+// bypassing the 64-bit registry lookup that CoCreateInstance would otherwise do.
+func createOmniRig32(progID string) (*ole.IDispatch, error) {
+	clsid, err := omnirigCLSIDFromRegistry(progID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	var unk *ole.IUnknown
+	hr, _, _ := procCoCreateInst32.Call(
+		uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(clsid)),
+		0, // no aggregation
+		uintptr(ole.CLSCTX_LOCAL_SERVER|clsctxActivate32BitServer),
+		uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(ole.IID_IUnknown)),
+		uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&unk)))
+	if hr != 0 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("CoCreateInstance(32-bit local server) failed: %w", ole.NewError(hr))
+	}
+	disp, err := unk.QueryInterface(ole.IID_IDispatch)
+	unk.Release()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("query IDispatch: %w", err)
+	}
+	return disp, nil
+}

internal/cat/omnirig_elevation_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+package cat
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+// The COM refusal when OmniRig runs elevated and OpsLog does not (or the reverse)
+// must be recognised and named. It reached a user as "OmniRig not found" while
+// OmniRig sat visibly on screen with its settings window open — so the report was
+// a driver hunt that could never succeed.
+//
+// Windows returns this text localised, so the match cannot rely on English alone;
+// the HRESULT (0x800702E4 = ERROR_ELEVATION_REQUIRED) is accepted too.
+func TestElevationHint(t *testing.T) {
+	recognised := []string{
+		"L’opération demandée nécessite une élévation.", // as logged, fr-FR
+		"The requested operation requires elevation.",
+		"Access denied",
+		"Accès refusé",
+		"CoCreateInstance failed: 0x800702E4",
+	}
+	for _, msg := range recognised {
+		if elevationHint(errors.New(msg)) == "" {
+			t.Errorf("not recognised as a privilege problem: %q", msg)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Unrelated failures must NOT be blamed on elevation, or the advice sends the
+	// operator to the wrong place just as surely.
+	for _, msg := range []string{
+		"Classe non enregistrée",
+		"REGDB_E_CLASSNOTREG",
+		"no CLSID registered for Omnirig.OmnirigX in either registry view",
+		"open COM3: Access is den", // truncated word must not match "access denied"
+	} {
+		if h := elevationHint(errors.New(msg)); h != "" {
+			t.Errorf("%q wrongly reported as a privilege problem: %s", msg, h)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if elevationHint(nil) != "" {
+		t.Error("nil error must yield no hint")
+	}
+}
+
+// The reconnect loop runs every 5 s forever; a persistent failure must be logged
+// once, not 1500 times an hour.
+func TestLogConnFailureOnlyOncePerCause(t *testing.T) {
+	var lines []string
+	prev := LogSink
+	LogSink = func(format string, args ...any) { lines = append(lines, format) }
+	defer func() { LogSink = prev }()
+
+	o := &OmniRig{RigNum: 1}
+	for i := 0; i < 20; i++ {
+		o.logConnFailure("requires elevation")
+	}
+	if len(lines) != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("logged %d times, want 1", len(lines))
+	}
+	// A DIFFERENT cause must still be reported.
+	o.logConnFailure("class not registered")
+	if len(lines) != 2 {
+		t.Errorf("a new cause was not logged: %d lines", len(lines))
+	}
+	// And after reconnecting, the same cause may be reported again.
+	o.connLogged = ""
+	o.logConnFailure("requires elevation")
+	if len(lines) != 3 {
+		t.Errorf("after a reconnect the cause should log again: %d lines", len(lines))
+	}
+}

internal/cat/omnirig_vfo_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+package cat
+
+import "testing"
+
+// Every known rig's OmniRig behaviour, pinned. These rules genuinely contradict
+// each other between models, so a change that fixes one rig must be shown not to
+// break another — that is what this table is for.
+func TestResolveOmniRigVFOs(t *testing.T) {
+	const (
+		a14200 = 14200000
+		b14205 = 14205000
+		b21000 = 21000000
+	)
+
+	cases := []struct {
+		name           string
+		main, fa, fb   int64
+		vfo            string
+		split          int64
+		wantTX, wantRX int64
+		wantSplit      bool
+	}{
+		// The reported failure: FTDX101D, SUB VFO pressed. OmniRig names VFO B and
+		// reports it as the generic Freq; freqA still holds the main VFO. Preferring
+		// freqA meant the display never followed the operator to B.
+		{"FTDX101D on SUB VFO", b14205, a14200, b14205, "B", pmSplitOff, b14205, 0, false},
+		{"FTDX101D on MAIN VFO", a14200, a14200, b14205, "A", pmSplitOff, a14200, 0, false},
+
+		// Non-regression: a rig that does not report the VFO enum keeps the old
+		// order — freqA, then the generic Freq, then freqB.
+		{"no VFO enum, freqA populated (Yaesu/Kenwood)", a14200, a14200, 0, "", pmSplitOff, a14200, 0, false},
+		{"no VFO enum, only generic Freq (IC-9100)", a14200, 0, 0, "", pmSplitOff, a14200, 0, false},
+		{"IC-7610: generic Freq reports B, enum says A", b14205, a14200, b14205, "A", pmSplitOff, a14200, 0, false},
+
+		// Split: PM_SPLITON must be read as a BIT. An exact == 0x8000 reported "no
+		// split" for any rig that sets the flag alongside another bit.
+		{"split, ON flag alone", a14200, a14200, b14205, "AB", pmSplitOn, b14205, a14200, true},
+		{"split, ON flag with extra bits set", a14200, a14200, b14205, "AB", pmSplitOn | 0x40, b14205, a14200, true},
+		{"listening on B → TX on A", b14205, a14200, b14205, "BA", pmSplitOn, a14200, b14205, true},
+
+		// Split must NOT be inferred when the rig says OFF, nor from a stale VFO B
+		// left on another band (the FT-710 / TS-570 false positive).
+		{"OFF flag, two distinct VFOs", a14200, a14200, b14205, "A", pmSplitOff, a14200, 0, false},
+		{"ON flag but VFOs on different bands", a14200, a14200, b21000, "AB", pmSplitOn, a14200, 0, false},
+		{"ON flag but both VFOs identical", a14200, a14200, a14200, "AB", pmSplitOn, a14200, 0, false},
+		{"ON and OFF both set — ambiguous, treat as no split", a14200, a14200, b14205, "A", pmSplitOn | pmSplitOff, a14200, 0, false},
+	}
+
+	for _, c := range cases {
+		tx, rx, split := resolveOmniRigVFOs(c.main, c.fa, c.fb, c.vfo, c.split)
+		if tx != c.wantTX || rx != c.wantRX || split != c.wantSplit {
+			t.Errorf("%s:\n  got  TX=%d RX=%d split=%v\n  want TX=%d RX=%d split=%v",
+				c.name, tx, rx, split, c.wantTX, c.wantRX, c.wantSplit)
+		}
+	}
+}

internal/db/db.go

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"database/sql"
 	"embed"
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
@@ -143,7 +144,6 @@ func SetDialect(d string) {
 // same INSERT/UPDATE works on both backends.
 func NowISO() string { return time.Now().UTC().Format("2006-01-02T15:04:05.000Z") }
 
-
 // Open opens (and creates if needed) the SQLite database at the given path,
 // enables performance PRAGMAs, and applies embedded migrations.
 func Open(path string) (*sql.DB, error) {
@@ -161,18 +161,77 @@ func Open(path string) (*sql.DB, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("ping sqlite: %w", err)
 	}
 	Dialect = "sqlite"
-	if err := migrate(conn, nil); err != nil {
+	if err := migrate(conn, nil, path); err != nil {
 		_ = conn.Close()
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	return conn, nil
 }
 
+// LogSink receives this package's diagnostic lines. The app points it at
+// applog.Printf at startup (same pattern as cat / audio / extsvc); left nil in
+// tests and in the CLI tools under cmd/, where it is simply discarded.
+var LogSink func(format string, args ...any)
+
+// logMigration records a migration that has just been applied, and how long it
+// took — the only trace an operator has that a data-rewriting migration ran.
+func logMigration(name string, start time.Time) {
+	logf("db: migration %s applied in %s", name, time.Since(start).Round(time.Millisecond))
+}
+
+func logf(format string, args ...any) {
+	if LogSink != nil {
+		LogSink(format, args...)
+	}
+}
+
+// dataRewriteMarker flags a migration that rewrites existing user rows rather
+// than only altering the schema. Put it on its own line in the .sql file, and a
+// safety copy of the logbook is taken before it runs.
+const dataRewriteMarker = "-- opslog:rewrites-data"
+
+// backupBeforeRewrite takes a one-off copy of the logbook before a migration
+// that rewrites user rows.
+//
+// It exists because the auto-updater gives the operator no say: the new build
+// relaunches and migrates before the changelog explaining it is ever shown, so
+// "back up first" is advice nobody can act on. The app takes the copy instead.
+//
+// Skipped when there is nothing to protect — a shared MySQL (no file to copy;
+// that server is the admin's to back up), the settings database, and a
+// freshly-created empty logbook all have no QSOs at stake.
+func backupBeforeRewrite(conn *sql.DB, dbPath, migration string) {
+	if dbPath == "" {
+		return
+	}
+	var n int
+	if err := conn.QueryRow(`SELECT COUNT(*) FROM qso`).Scan(&n); err != nil || n == 0 {
+		return
+	}
+	dest := dbPath + ".pre-" + strings.TrimSuffix(migration, ".sql") + ".bak"
+	if _, err := os.Stat(dest); err == nil {
+		return // a copy from an earlier attempt is already there — never overwrite it
+	}
+	// VACUUM INTO rather than copying the file: it writes a consistent,
+	// self-contained snapshot even with WAL pages still outstanding, which a
+	// plain file copy would silently miss. It cannot run inside a transaction,
+	// so it happens here, before the migration opens one. The destination is
+	// spliced (VACUUM INTO takes no bound parameter), with quotes doubled.
+	start := time.Now()
+	if _, err := conn.Exec(`VACUUM INTO '` + strings.ReplaceAll(dest, "'", "''") + `'`); err != nil {
+		// Not fatal: the migration itself is a single atomic transaction, so
+		// failing to take a belt-and-braces copy is no reason to block the update.
+		logf("db: could not back up before %s: %v — continuing (the migration is atomic)", migration, err)
+		return
+	}
+	logf("db: backed up %d QSO(s) to %s in %s before %s", n, dest, time.Since(start).Round(time.Millisecond), migration)
+}
+
 // migrate applies all embedded *.sql migrations in alphabetical order,
 // skipping those already applied. Intentionally minimal in-house system
 // (no external dependency). translate, when non-nil, rewrites each statement
 // for a non-SQLite backend (see mysqlDDL); nil means run the SQLite DDL as-is.
-func migrate(conn *sql.DB, translate func(string) string) error {
+func migrate(conn *sql.DB, translate func(string) string, dbPath string) error {
 	// A non-nil translator means this is the MySQL connection (use the
 	// per-statement, FK-aware path); nil means a SQLite connection. This is
 	// determined by the caller's argument, NOT the global Dialect, so the
@@ -219,12 +278,22 @@ func migrate(conn *sql.DB, translate func(string) string) error {
 		if applied[name] {
 			continue // already applied
 		}
+		// Timed, and logged only once it has actually succeeded (below). Most
+		// migrations are instant DDL, but some rewrite user rows — 0024 upper-cases
+		// every callsign — and on a large logbook that is exactly what an operator
+		// wants confirmed afterwards: that it ran, once, and what it cost.
+		start := time.Now()
 		content, err := migrationsFS.ReadFile("migrations/" + name)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("read migration %s: %w", name, err)
 		}
 		sqlText := translate(string(content))
 
+		// A migration that rewrites user rows gets a safety copy taken first.
+		if strings.Contains(string(content), dataRewriteMarker) {
+			backupBeforeRewrite(conn, dbPath, name)
+		}
+
 		// MySQL implicitly commits each DDL statement, so a wrapping transaction
 		// gives no atomicity — a mid-file failure would leave columns/tables
 		// behind, unrecorded, and every restart would re-run and choke on
@@ -238,6 +307,7 @@ func migrate(conn *sql.DB, translate func(string) string) error {
 			if _, err := conn.Exec(`INSERT INTO schema_migrations(name) VALUES(?)`, name); err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("record migration %s: %w", name, err)
 			}
+			logMigration(name, start)
 			continue
 		}
 
@@ -257,6 +327,7 @@ func migrate(conn *sql.DB, translate func(string) string) error {
 		if err := tx.Commit(); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("commit migration %s: %w", name, err)
 		}
+		logMigration(name, start)
 	}
 	return nil
 }

internal/db/migrate_backup_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,161 @@
+package db
+
+import (
+	"database/sql"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+const mig0024 = "0024_normalise_callsign.sql"
+
+// openWithUnappliedRewrite builds a logbook that already holds QSOs and has not
+// yet had the callsign-normalising migration applied — i.e. exactly what an
+// existing installation looks like the moment the auto-updater relaunches it.
+func openWithUnappliedRewrite(t *testing.T, rows [][2]string) string {
+	t.Helper()
+	p := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "logbook.db")
+	conn, err := Open(p)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	for _, r := range rows {
+		if _, err := conn.Exec(
+			`INSERT INTO qso (callsign, qso_date, band, mode) VALUES (?, ?, '20m', 'SSB')`, r[0], r[1]); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+	}
+	// Rewind so the migration runs against real data on the next Open.
+	if _, err := conn.Exec(`DELETE FROM schema_migrations WHERE name = ?`, mig0024); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := conn.Close(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	return p
+}
+
+func callsigns(t *testing.T, path string) []string {
+	t.Helper()
+	conn, err := sql.Open("sqlite", "file:"+path)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer conn.Close()
+	rows, err := conn.Query(`SELECT callsign FROM qso ORDER BY id`)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer rows.Close()
+	var out []string
+	for rows.Next() {
+		var c string
+		if err := rows.Scan(&c); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		out = append(out, c)
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+// The auto-updater migrates before the operator ever sees the changelog, so the
+// app has to take the safety copy itself. The copy must hold the data as it was
+// BEFORE the rewrite — a copy of the already-migrated rows would be worthless.
+func TestRewriteMigrationBacksUpOriginalData(t *testing.T) {
+	p := openWithUnappliedRewrite(t, [][2]string{
+		{"f5lit", "2026-07-01"},
+		{" Pa3Eyf ", "2026-07-02"},
+		{"F4BPO", "2026-07-03"},
+	})
+
+	var logged []string
+	LogSink = func(f string, a ...any) { logged = append(logged, fmt.Sprintf(f, a...)) }
+	defer func() { LogSink = nil }()
+
+	conn, err := Open(p)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	conn.Close()
+
+	// The live logbook is normalised.
+	if got, want := callsigns(t, p), []string{"F5LIT", "PA3EYF", "F4BPO"}; strings.Join(got, ",") != strings.Join(want, ",") {
+		t.Errorf("logbook callsigns = %v, want %v", got, want)
+	}
+
+	// The backup exists, next to the logbook, named after the migration.
+	backup := p + ".pre-0024_normalise_callsign.bak"
+	if _, err := os.Stat(backup); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("no safety copy at %s: %v\nlogged:\n%s", backup, err, strings.Join(logged, "\n"))
+	}
+	// …and it holds the ORIGINAL rows, untouched.
+	if got, want := callsigns(t, backup), []string{"f5lit", " Pa3Eyf ", "F4BPO"}; strings.Join(got, ",") != strings.Join(want, ",") {
+		t.Errorf("backup callsigns = %v, want the pre-migration values %v", got, want)
+	}
+
+	var sawBackup bool
+	for _, l := range logged {
+		if strings.Contains(l, "backed up 3 QSO(s)") {
+			sawBackup = true
+		}
+	}
+	if !sawBackup {
+		t.Errorf("the backup was not logged; got:\n%s", strings.Join(logged, "\n"))
+	}
+}
+
+// No QSOs, nothing to protect: the settings database and a freshly created
+// logbook must not litter the folder with pointless copies.
+func TestRewriteMigrationSkipsBackupWhenNoQSOs(t *testing.T) {
+	p := openWithUnappliedRewrite(t, nil)
+	conn, err := Open(p)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	conn.Close()
+	if _, err := os.Stat(p + ".pre-0024_normalise_callsign.bak"); err == nil {
+		t.Error("an empty database should not be backed up")
+	}
+}
+
+// schema_migrations is what makes "runs once" a guarantee rather than a promise:
+// a second launch must neither re-run the rewrite nor take a second copy.
+func TestRewriteMigrationRunsOnce(t *testing.T) {
+	p := openWithUnappliedRewrite(t, [][2]string{{"f5lit", "2026-07-01"}})
+	conn, err := Open(p)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	conn.Close()
+
+	backup := p + ".pre-0024_normalise_callsign.bak"
+	first, err := os.Stat(backup)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	var logged []string
+	LogSink = func(f string, a ...any) { logged = append(logged, fmt.Sprintf(f, a...)) }
+	defer func() { LogSink = nil }()
+
+	conn2, err := Open(p) // second launch
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	conn2.Close()
+
+	for _, l := range logged {
+		if strings.Contains(l, mig0024) {
+			t.Errorf("migration ran again on the second launch: %s", l)
+		}
+	}
+	second, err := os.Stat(backup)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if !first.ModTime().Equal(second.ModTime()) {
+		t.Error("the existing safety copy was overwritten on the second launch")
+	}
+}

internal/db/migrations/0024_normalise_callsign.sql

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+-- opslog:rewrites-data
+-- Normalise stored callsigns so lookups can use idx_qso_callsign.
+--
+-- WorkedBefore matched rows with `upper(trim(callsign)) = ?`. Wrapping the
+-- column in functions makes the predicate non-sargable: SQLite cannot use the
+-- index and falls back to scanning. Measured on a 190 000-row logbook, the
+-- COUNT went from 0.3 ms (SEARCH ... USING INDEX) to 20.8 ms (SCAN), and the
+-- entries query — which needs every column, so not even a covering index helps
+-- — scans the whole table. That runs on every keystroke of a callsign, and it
+-- made the entry strip's history arrive too late to auto-fill the name and
+-- locator from the previous QSO. Small logbooks never showed it.
+--
+-- Add, bulk insert and Update have always upper-cased and trimmed the callsign,
+-- so this only rewrites rows left by older versions or foreign imports, and the
+-- queries can then compare the column directly.
+--
+-- SQLite compares case-sensitively, so the WHERE finds exactly the rows that
+-- need it. MySQL's default collation is case- and trailing-space-insensitive:
+-- there the UPDATE is largely a no-op and equally unnecessary, because `=`
+-- already matches those rows through the index.
+UPDATE qso SET callsign = upper(trim(callsign))
+ WHERE callsign <> upper(trim(callsign));

internal/db/mysql.go

@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ func OpenMySQL(c MySQLConfig) (*sql.DB, error) {
 		err = applyMySQLBaseline(conn)
 	} else {
 		// Existing database: apply only the migrations it's missing.
-		err = migrate(conn, mysqlDDL)
+		err = migrate(conn, mysqlDDL, "")
 	}
 	if err != nil {
 		_ = conn.Close()
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ func applyMySQLBaseline(conn *sql.DB) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("open baseline sqlite: %w", err)
 	}
 	defer mem.Close()
-	if err := migrate(mem, nil); err != nil {
+	if err := migrate(mem, nil, ""); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("build baseline schema: %w", err)
 	}
 

internal/extsvc/lotw.go

@@ -65,11 +65,32 @@ func DownloadLoTWConfirmations(ctx context.Context, client *http.Client, cfg Ser
 	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("lotw: http %d", resp.StatusCode)
 	}
-	// LoTW returns a plain-text error (not ADIF) on bad login.
+	// Not ADIF. Two very different failures land here, and telling them apart is
+	// the difference between a fixable message and a wall of markup.
 	if !strings.Contains(strings.ToUpper(text), "<EOH>") && !strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(text), "<eor>") {
-		msg := strings.TrimSpace(text)
+		trimmed := strings.TrimSpace(text)
+		// Keep the whole thing in the log — that is where a real diagnosis happens,
+		// and a 200-character excerpt of an HTML page tells nobody anything.
+		snippet := trimmed
+		if len(snippet) > 2000 {
+			snippet = snippet[:2000]
+		}
+		LogSink("lotw: expected ADIF, got %d bytes of non-ADIF; first 2000: %s", len(text), snippet)
+
+		// LoTW answers a REJECTED LOGIN with its ordinary web page rather than an
+		// error string, so an HTML body here means the credentials were not
+		// accepted — not that the download is broken.
+		lower := strings.ToLower(trimmed)
+		if strings.HasPrefix(lower, "<!doctype html") || strings.HasPrefix(lower, "<html") || strings.Contains(lower, "logbook of the world</title>") {
+			return "", fmt.Errorf("LoTW returned its web page instead of a log, which is how it answers a login it did not accept. " +
+				"Check the username and password in Settings → External services: LoTW wants your lotw.arrl.org WEBSITE login, " +
+				"not your callsign certificate or your ARRL member number")
+		}
+
+		// Anything else: a plain-text complaint from LoTW, or a maintenance notice.
+		msg := trimmed
 		if len(msg) > 200 {
-			msg = msg[:200]
+			msg = msg[:200] + "…"
 		}
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("lotw: unexpected response: %s", msg)
 	}
@@ -220,8 +241,8 @@ func UploadLoTW(ctx context.Context, cfg ServiceConfig, tempDir, adifRecord stri
 			// AppCompat RUNASADMIN entry), but OpsLog isn't elevated so Windows
 			// refuses to launch it. Actionable message instead of the raw error.
 			return UploadResult{}, fmt.Errorf(
-				"lotw: Windows won't launch tqsl.exe because it's marked \"Run as administrator\". " +
+				"lotw: Windows won't launch tqsl.exe because it's marked \"Run as administrator\". "+
-					"Fix: right-click %q → Properties → Compatibility → UNTICK \"Run this program as an administrator\" (Apply). " +
+					"Fix: right-click %q → Properties → Compatibility → UNTICK \"Run this program as an administrator\" (Apply). "+
 					"Or run OpsLog itself as administrator.", tqsl)
 		} else {
 			return UploadResult{}, fmt.Errorf("lotw: run tqsl: %w", runErr)

internal/lookup/homecall_test.go

@@ -19,3 +19,44 @@ func TestHomeCall(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+// Mobile and maritime-mobile suffixes: /M is the case that surfaced in the field
+// (F4LYI/M resolved only to cty.dat while F4LYI resolved on QRZ), so pin the
+// whole suffix family — the home call is what the provider record is filed under.
+func TestHomeCallSuffixes(t *testing.T) {
+	for call, want := range map[string]string{
+		"F4LYI/M":   "F4LYI",
+		"F4LYI/MM":  "F4LYI",
+		"F4LYI/AM":  "F4LYI",
+		"F4LYI/QRP": "F4LYI",
+		"F4LYI/A":   "F4LYI",
+		"F4LYI/B":   "F4LYI",
+	} {
+		if got := homeCall(call); got != want {
+			t.Errorf("homeCall(%q) = %q, want %q", call, got, want)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// Operational suffixes must resolve to the bare call WITHOUT a provider query on
+// the slashed form; entity- and area-changing forms must not be stripped.
+func TestStripOpSuffix(t *testing.T) {
+	strip := map[string]string{
+		"F4LYI/M": "F4LYI", "F4LYI/MM": "F4LYI", "F4LYI/AM": "F4LYI",
+		"F4LYI/P": "F4LYI", "F4LYI/QRP": "F4LYI", "F4LYI/p": "F4LYI",
+		"F4BPO/M/P": "F4BPO",
+	}
+	for call, want := range strip {
+		got, ok := stripOpSuffix(call)
+		if !ok || got != want {
+			t.Errorf("stripOpSuffix(%q) = %q,%v — want %q,true", call, got, ok, want)
+		}
+	}
+	// These change the entity or the call area: they are real, separately
+	// registered forms and must be queried exactly as entered.
+	for _, call := range []string{"JW/OR1A", "VP8/F4BPO", "F4BPO/8", "DL/F4NIE", "OH2BH", "F4BPO/W6"} {
+		if got, ok := stripOpSuffix(call); ok {
+			t.Errorf("stripOpSuffix(%q) stripped to %q — it changes entity/area and must be kept", call, got)
+		}
+	}
+}

internal/lookup/lookup.go

@@ -109,6 +109,13 @@ func (m *Manager) Lookup(ctx context.Context, callsign string) (Result, error) {
 	}
 
 	var lastErr error
+	// An operational suffix (/M, /P, …) is never registered as such: skip the
+	// futile query on the slashed form and let the home-call pass below do the one
+	// request that can actually answer.
+	_, opOnly := stripOpSuffix(call)
+	if opOnly {
+		LogSink("lookup: %s carries only an operational suffix — querying the bare call", call)
+	} else {
 		for _, p := range providers {
 			r, err := p.Lookup(ctx, call)
 			if err == nil {
@@ -126,6 +133,7 @@ func (m *Manager) Lookup(ctx context.Context, callsign string) (Result, error) {
 			}
 			lastErr = fmt.Errorf("%s: %w", p.Name(), err)
 		}
+	}
 
 	// Portable / slashed call not found under its full form: the operator's
 	// record lives under the HOME call (JW/OR1A → OR1A, DL/F4NIE → F4NIE). Look
@@ -135,6 +143,10 @@ func (m *Manager) Lookup(ctx context.Context, callsign string) (Result, error) {
 		for _, p := range providers {
 			r, err := p.Lookup(ctx, home)
 			if err != nil {
+				// Logged, because this is where a portable lookup silently dies: the
+				// error is swallowed to try the next provider, and the operator only
+				// ever sees the cty.dat fallback with no clue why.
+				LogSink("lookup: %s → home call %s failed on %s: %v", call, home, p.Name(), err)
 				continue
 			}
 			r.Callsign = call
@@ -177,6 +189,46 @@ func (m *Manager) Lookup(ctx context.Context, callsign string) (Result, error) {
 	return Result{}, lastErr
 }
 
+// LogSink receives this package's diagnostic lines (which call was actually
+// queried, and why a lookup fell back). Set to applog.Printf by the app.
+var LogSink = func(string, ...any) {}
+
+// opSuffixes are OPERATIONAL suffixes: they describe how the operator is working
+// — mobile, maritime, aeronautical, portable, low power — not who they are or
+// where. No provider has a record filed under "F4LYI/M", so querying that form
+// is a round trip that cannot succeed.
+//
+// It was worse than merely wasted: it spent the lookup's time budget, so the
+// home-call retry that followed ran out of time and the entry fell back to
+// cty.dat for every /M and /P call, even though the operator was on QRZ. These
+// go straight to the bare callsign instead.
+//
+// Everything else after a slash is NOT this: JW/, VP8/ change the DXCC entity,
+// and /8 or /W6 change the call area. Those forms can be registered in their own
+// right and must be looked up exactly as entered.
+var opSuffixes = map[string]bool{"M": true, "MM": true, "AM": true, "P": true, "QRP": true}
+
+// stripOpSuffix returns the bare callsign when call carries nothing but
+// operational suffixes ("F4LYI/M" → "F4LYI", true). Reports false for anything
+// that changes entity or area ("JW/OR1A", "F4BPO/8"), and for a call whose base
+// part isn't callsign-shaped.
+func stripOpSuffix(call string) (string, bool) {
+	if !strings.ContainsRune(call, '/') {
+		return call, false
+	}
+	parts := strings.Split(call, "/")
+	base := strings.TrimSpace(parts[0])
+	if len(base) < 3 || !strings.ContainsAny(base, "0123456789") {
+		return call, false // "JW/OR1A": the first part is a prefix, not the callsign
+	}
+	for _, p := range parts[1:] {
+		if !opSuffixes[strings.ToUpper(strings.TrimSpace(p))] {
+			return call, false
+		}
+	}
+	return base, true
+}
+
 // homeCall extracts the operator's home callsign from a slashed/portable call
 // so its provider record (name/QTH/QSL) can be fetched when the full form isn't
 // registered: JW/OR1A → OR1A, DL/F4NIE → F4NIE, F4BPO/P → F4BPO, VP8/F4BPO →
@@ -266,12 +318,30 @@ func fillFromDXCC(r *Result, dxcc DXCCResolver) bool {
 		return false
 	}
 	filled := false
-	if country != "" { r.Country = country;  filled = true }
+	if country != "" {
-	if cont != ""    { r.Continent = cont;   filled = true }
+		r.Country = country
-	if cqz != 0      { r.CQZ = cqz;          filled = true }
+		filled = true
-	if ituz != 0     { r.ITUZ = ituz;        filled = true }
+	}
-	if lat != 0 && r.Lat == 0 { r.Lat = lat; filled = true }
+	if cont != "" {
-	if lon != 0 && r.Lon == 0 { r.Lon = lon; filled = true }
+		r.Continent = cont
+		filled = true
+	}
+	if cqz != 0 {
+		r.CQZ = cqz
+		filled = true
+	}
+	if ituz != 0 {
+		r.ITUZ = ituz
+		filled = true
+	}
+	if lat != 0 && r.Lat == 0 {
+		r.Lat = lat
+		filled = true
+	}
+	if lon != 0 && r.Lon == 0 {
+		r.Lon = lon
+		filled = true
+	}
 	// cty.dat is authoritative for the *operating* entity: it strips benign
 	// suffixes (/P /M /MM /QRP /A …) and honours real prefixes (DL/F4NIE).
 	// Use its DXCC# when known — this overrides the provider's home-call
@@ -279,7 +349,10 @@ func fillFromDXCC(r *Result, dxcc DXCCResolver) bool {
 	// France's 227). Only when cty.dat can't map a slashed call do we drop
 	// the provider's number rather than mislabel.
 	if dxccNum != 0 {
-		if r.DXCC != dxccNum { r.DXCC = dxccNum; filled = true }
+		if r.DXCC != dxccNum {
+			r.DXCC = dxccNum
+			filled = true
+		}
 	} else if strings.ContainsRune(r.Callsign, '/') && r.DXCC != 0 {
 		r.DXCC = 0
 		filled = true

internal/qso/bulkextra_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+package qso
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"database/sql"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"testing"
+
+	_ "modernc.org/sqlite"
+)
+
+// openBulkTestDB builds the minimum of the qso table this needs. It does not go
+// through db.Open (that would pull the whole migration set and an import cycle);
+// the columns BulkSetExtra touches are extras_json and updated_at.
+func openBulkTestDB(t *testing.T) *sql.DB {
+	t.Helper()
+	conn, err := sql.Open("sqlite", "file:"+filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "t.db"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	t.Cleanup(func() { conn.Close() })
+	if _, err := conn.Exec(`CREATE TABLE qso (
+		id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
+		callsign TEXT NOT NULL,
+		extras_json TEXT,
+		updated_at TEXT
+	)`); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	return conn
+}
+
+func extras(t *testing.T, conn *sql.DB, id int64) map[string]any {
+	t.Helper()
+	var raw sql.NullString
+	if err := conn.QueryRow(`SELECT extras_json FROM qso WHERE id = ?`, id).Scan(&raw); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if !raw.Valid || raw.String == "" {
+		return map[string]any{}
+	}
+	var m map[string]any
+	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(raw.String), &m); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("extras_json is not valid JSON (%q): %v", raw.String, err)
+	}
+	return m
+}
+
+// OWNER_CALLSIGN has no promoted column, so bulk-editing it means merging a key
+// into extras_json. The thing that must not happen is collateral damage: the
+// other ADIF extras on the same QSO have to survive.
+func TestBulkSetExtraPreservesOtherExtras(t *testing.T) {
+	conn := openBulkTestDB(t)
+	r := &Repo{db: conn}
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	// Two QSOs with existing extras, one with none at all (NULL column).
+	conn.Exec(`INSERT INTO qso (callsign, extras_json) VALUES ('F5LIT', '{"SILENT_KEY":"Y","ANT_PATH":"S"}')`)
+	conn.Exec(`INSERT INTO qso (callsign, extras_json) VALUES ('PA3EYF', '{"ANT_PATH":"L"}')`)
+	conn.Exec(`INSERT INTO qso (callsign, extras_json) VALUES ('F4BPO', NULL)`)
+
+	n, err := r.BulkSetExtra(ctx, []int64{1, 2, 3}, "OWNER_CALLSIGN", "TM2Q")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if n != 3 {
+		t.Errorf("updated %d rows, want 3", n)
+	}
+
+	e1 := extras(t, conn, 1)
+	if e1["OWNER_CALLSIGN"] != "TM2Q" {
+		t.Errorf("row 1 OWNER_CALLSIGN = %v, want TM2Q", e1["OWNER_CALLSIGN"])
+	}
+	if e1["SILENT_KEY"] != "Y" || e1["ANT_PATH"] != "S" {
+		t.Errorf("row 1 lost its other extras: %v", e1)
+	}
+	// A NULL extras_json must become a valid object, not stay null or hold "null".
+	if e3 := extras(t, conn, 3); e3["OWNER_CALLSIGN"] != "TM2Q" {
+		t.Errorf("row 3 (extras_json was NULL) = %v, want OWNER_CALLSIGN=TM2Q", e3)
+	}
+}
+
+// Clearing the field must REMOVE the key: a blank extra would otherwise be
+// carried into every ADIF export from then on.
+func TestBulkSetExtraEmptyRemovesKey(t *testing.T) {
+	conn := openBulkTestDB(t)
+	r := &Repo{db: conn}
+	conn.Exec(`INSERT INTO qso (callsign, extras_json) VALUES ('F5LIT', '{"OWNER_CALLSIGN":"TM2Q","ANT_PATH":"S"}')`)
+
+	if _, err := r.BulkSetExtra(context.Background(), []int64{1}, "OWNER_CALLSIGN", ""); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	e := extras(t, conn, 1)
+	if _, present := e["OWNER_CALLSIGN"]; present {
+		t.Errorf("OWNER_CALLSIGN should be gone, got %v", e)
+	}
+	if e["ANT_PATH"] != "S" {
+		t.Errorf("clearing one extra removed another: %v", e)
+	}
+}
+
+// The frontend field id must resolve to the ADIF key, and nothing else must slip
+// through — this map is the whitelist guarding a spliced JSON path.
+func TestBulkExtraKeyWhitelist(t *testing.T) {
+	if got := BulkExtraKey("owner_callsign"); got != "OWNER_CALLSIGN" {
+		t.Errorf(`BulkExtraKey("owner_callsign") = %q, want "OWNER_CALLSIGN"`, got)
+	}
+	for _, bad := range []string{"", "callsign", "notes", "OWNER_CALLSIGN", "owner_callsign'"} {
+		if got := BulkExtraKey(bad); got != "" {
+			t.Errorf("BulkExtraKey(%q) = %q, want empty", bad, got)
+		}
+	}
+}

internal/qso/qso.go

@@ -828,6 +828,56 @@ func (r *Repo) BulkSetField(ctx context.Context, ids []int64, column, value stri
 	return n, nil
 }
 
+// bulkEditableExtras whitelists ADIF fields that are bulk-editable but live in
+// extras_json rather than in a promoted column. Key = the frontend's field id,
+// value = the uppercase ADIF key inside the JSON object.
+//
+// OWNER_CALLSIGN is the case that prompted this: it was already filterable (see
+// filterableExtras) but could not be bulk-edited, because BulkSetField writes a
+// column and there is no owner_callsign column.
+var bulkEditableExtras = map[string]string{
+	"owner_callsign": "OWNER_CALLSIGN",
+}
+
+// BulkExtraKey maps a frontend field id to its ADIF key in extras_json, or "".
+func BulkExtraKey(field string) string { return bulkEditableExtras[field] }
+
+// BulkSetExtra sets one whitelisted extras_json field on every listed QSO,
+// leaving the other extras untouched. An empty value REMOVES the key rather than
+// storing a blank — an empty extra would otherwise be carried into every export.
+//
+// json_set / json_remove exist under those names in both SQLite and MySQL and
+// take the same '$.KEY' path syntax, so one statement serves both backends.
+func (r *Repo) BulkSetExtra(ctx context.Context, ids []int64, adifKey, value string) (int64, error) {
+	if adifKey == "" {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("empty extras key")
+	}
+	if len(ids) == 0 {
+		return 0, nil
+	}
+	ph := make([]string, len(ids))
+	args := make([]any, 0, len(ids)+2)
+	expr := `json_set(COALESCE(extras_json, '{}'), '$.` + adifKey + `', ?)`
+	if value == "" {
+		expr = `json_remove(COALESCE(extras_json, '{}'), '$.` + adifKey + `')`
+	} else {
+		args = append(args, value)
+	}
+	args = append(args, db.NowISO())
+	for i, id := range ids {
+		ph[i] = "?"
+		args = append(args, id)
+	}
+	res, err := r.db.ExecContext(ctx,
+		`UPDATE qso SET extras_json = `+expr+`, updated_at = ? WHERE id IN (`+strings.Join(ph, ",")+`)`,
+		args...)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("bulk set extra %s: %w", adifKey, err)
+	}
+	n, _ := res.RowsAffected()
+	return n, nil
+}
+
 // BulkSetFrequency sets freq_hz AND band together on every listed QSO. Kept
 // separate from BulkSetField because frequency is numeric and must keep the band
 // consistent — the main use is fixing a batch that was logged on a stale/default
@@ -1478,14 +1528,14 @@ func (r *Repo) WorkedBefore(ctx context.Context, callsign string, dxccHint int)
 
 	// ---- Per-callsign stats ----
 	if err := r.db.QueryRowContext(ctx,
-		`SELECT COUNT(*) FROM qso WHERE upper(trim(callsign)) = ?`, wb.Callsign).Scan(&wb.Count); err != nil {
+		`SELECT COUNT(*) FROM qso WHERE callsign = ?`, wb.Callsign).Scan(&wb.Count); err != nil {
 		return wb, fmt.Errorf("count worked: %w", err)
 	}
 	if wb.Count > 0 {
 		// Pull the full QSO records (same columns as the Recent QSOs list) so
 		// the Worked-before grid can offer the same rich column picker.
 		rows, err := r.db.QueryContext(ctx, `SELECT `+selectCols+`
-            FROM qso WHERE upper(trim(callsign)) = ?
+            FROM qso WHERE callsign = ?
             ORDER BY qso_date DESC, id DESC
             LIMIT ?`, wb.Callsign, maxWorkedEntries)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -1520,7 +1570,7 @@ func (r *Repo) WorkedBefore(ctx context.Context, callsign string, dxccHint int)
 		if wb.Count > maxWorkedEntries {
 			var firstStr sql.NullString
 			_ = r.db.QueryRowContext(ctx,
-				`SELECT MIN(qso_date) FROM qso WHERE upper(trim(callsign)) = ?`, wb.Callsign).Scan(&firstStr)
+				`SELECT MIN(qso_date) FROM qso WHERE callsign = ?`, wb.Callsign).Scan(&firstStr)
 			if firstStr.Valid {
 				wb.First = parseTimeLoose(firstStr.String)
 			}
@@ -1545,7 +1595,7 @@ func (r *Repo) WorkedBefore(ctx context.Context, callsign string, dxccHint int)
 		var d sql.NullInt64
 		_ = r.db.QueryRowContext(ctx, `
             SELECT dxcc FROM qso
-            WHERE upper(trim(callsign)) = ? AND dxcc IS NOT NULL
+            WHERE callsign = ? AND dxcc IS NOT NULL
             ORDER BY qso_date DESC LIMIT 1`, wb.Callsign).Scan(&d)
 		if d.Valid {
 			dxcc = int(d.Int64)
@@ -1614,8 +1664,8 @@ func (r *Repo) WorkedBefore(ctx context.Context, callsign string, dxccHint int)
 	// WorkedBefore call, blanking the matrix in the UI.
 	statusRows, err := r.db.QueryContext(ctx, `
         SELECT band, mode,
-               MAX(CASE WHEN upper(trim(callsign)) = ? THEN 1 ELSE 0 END),
+               MAX(CASE WHEN callsign = ? THEN 1 ELSE 0 END),
-               MAX(CASE WHEN upper(trim(callsign)) = ?
+               MAX(CASE WHEN callsign = ?
                          AND (lotw_rcvd = 'Y' OR qsl_rcvd = 'Y' OR eqsl_rcvd = 'Y')
                         THEN 1 ELSE 0 END),
                MAX(CASE WHEN lotw_rcvd = 'Y' OR qsl_rcvd = 'Y' OR eqsl_rcvd = 'Y'

internal/steppir/steppir.go

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ package steppir
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/binary"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"log"
@@ -35,6 +36,10 @@ import (
 	"go.bug.st/serial"
 )
 
+// errBadFrame marks a reply that isn't a well-formed status frame. It means
+// "ignore this poll", not "the link is down".
+var errBadFrame = errors.New("steppir: malformed status frame")
+
 // Direction values, matching the app-wide convention (also used by Ultrabeam):
 // 0 normal, 1 reverse (180°), 2 bidirectional.
 const (
@@ -50,6 +55,15 @@ const (
 	wireBi     = 0x80
 )
 
+// pendingDirTTL is how long a commanded direction is trusted over the
+// controller's own report. The elements physically re-tune to swap director and
+// reflector, and the SDA only reports the new pattern once it starts that move,
+// so a few seconds is not enough — 4 s (the original value) had the UI snapping
+// back to "normal" while the antenna was on its way to 180°. Long enough to
+// cover a real move, short enough that a command the controller never received
+// self-corrects instead of lying forever.
+const pendingDirTTL = 45 * time.Second
+
 // Transport says how to reach the controller.
 type Transport struct {
 	Mode string // "tcp" | "serial"
@@ -94,6 +108,11 @@ type Client struct {
 	// A just-commanded direction is held until the controller's poll reports it —
 	// the motors take a second or two, and a stale poll would otherwise snap the
 	// UI back. Same trick as the Ultrabeam client.
+	//
+	// The hold is deliberately long (pendingDirTTL). It is not just a UI nicety:
+	// the follow loop re-tunes with the direction it reads back from this status,
+	// so a single stale poll reading "normal" would make OpsLog command the
+	// antenna out of 180° all by itself.
 	pendingDir    int
 	pendingDirAt  time.Time
 	pendingDirSet bool
@@ -189,6 +208,12 @@ func (c *Client) pollLoop() {
 			c.connMu.Unlock()
 
 			st, err := c.queryStatus()
+			if errors.Is(err, errBadFrame) {
+				// Framing glitch, not a dead link: skip this tick and keep the
+				// previous status. Dropping the connection here would blink the
+				// UI to "disconnected" over one garbled reply.
+				continue
+			}
 			if err != nil {
 				log.Printf("steppir: status query failed, reconnecting: %v", err)
 				c.closeConn()
@@ -197,19 +222,32 @@ func (c *Client) pollLoop() {
 			}
 			st.Connected = true
 			c.statusMu.Lock()
-			if c.pendingDirSet {
+			c.applyPendingDir(st)
-				if time.Since(c.pendingDirAt) > 4*time.Second || st.Direction == c.pendingDir {
-					c.pendingDirSet = false
-				} else {
-					st.Direction = c.pendingDir
-				}
-			}
 			c.lastStatus = st
 			c.statusMu.Unlock()
 		}
 	}
 }
 
+// applyPendingDir replaces a freshly polled direction with the one the operator
+// last commanded, until the controller confirms it (or the hold expires). The
+// caller holds statusMu.
+func (c *Client) applyPendingDir(st *Status) {
+	if !c.pendingDirSet {
+		return
+	}
+	switch {
+	case st.Direction == c.pendingDir:
+		c.pendingDirSet = false // confirmed — trust the controller's reports again
+	case time.Since(c.pendingDirAt) > pendingDirTTL:
+		c.pendingDirSet = false
+		log.Printf("steppir: controller never confirmed direction %d (still reports %d) — dropping the hold",
+			c.pendingDir, st.Direction)
+	default:
+		st.Direction = c.pendingDir
+	}
+}
+
 func (c *Client) setDisconnected() {
 	c.statusMu.Lock()
 	c.lastStatus = &Status{Connected: false}
@@ -232,6 +270,56 @@ func setDeadline(conn io.ReadWriteCloser, d time.Duration) {
 	}
 }
 
+// setReadTimeout bounds a single read on either transport, so a drain can tell
+// "nothing more queued" from "still arriving" without blocking.
+func setReadTimeout(conn io.ReadWriteCloser, d time.Duration) {
+	switch t := conn.(type) {
+	case net.Conn:
+		_ = t.SetReadDeadline(time.Now().Add(d))
+	case serial.Port:
+		_ = t.SetReadTimeout(d)
+	}
+}
+
+// restoreTimeouts puts the normal exchange timeouts back after a drain shortened
+// them.
+func restoreTimeouts(conn io.ReadWriteCloser) {
+	setDeadline(conn, 3*time.Second) // TCP: read + write
+	setReadTimeout(conn, 2*time.Second)
+}
+
+// drain throws away everything already sitting in the input buffer and returns
+// how many bytes it discarded.
+//
+// This is the fix for the antenna's state appearing tens of seconds out of date.
+// The SDA controller does not only answer "?A" — it also pushes status frames on
+// its own (front-panel changes, autotrack moves, each command it processes). We
+// consume exactly one frame per poll, so every unsolicited frame adds one to a
+// backlog that only ever grows: reading 11 bytes then returns a frame from
+// minutes ago. The field log showed it plainly — two consecutive polls 4 s apart
+// reporting 28280 kHz then 14200 kHz, a frequency last used hours earlier, and a
+// 180° command not showing up in the status for ~40 s (long after the UI had
+// given up waiting and snapped the button back to "normal"). Emptying the buffer
+// immediately before each query means the frame we then read is the answer to
+// THIS query.
+func drain(conn io.ReadWriteCloser) int {
+	buf := make([]byte, 512)
+	total := 0
+	// Bounded so a controller that streams continuously can't hold the poll
+	// goroutine here forever. 32 × 512 B is ~1500 frames — far more backlog than
+	// any real link builds up, and it only costs one 30 ms timeout when the
+	// buffer is already empty (reads return immediately while data is queued).
+	for i := 0; i < 32; i++ {
+		setReadTimeout(conn, 30*time.Millisecond)
+		n, err := conn.Read(buf)
+		total += n
+		if err != nil || n == 0 { // timeout / nothing left
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	return total
+}
+
 func (c *Client) queryStatus() (*Status, error) {
 	c.connMu.Lock()
 	conn := c.conn
@@ -241,7 +329,12 @@ func (c *Client) queryStatus() (*Status, error) {
 	}
 	c.ioMu.Lock()
 	defer c.ioMu.Unlock()
-	setDeadline(conn, 3*time.Second)
+	// Discard any frame the controller pushed on its own since the last poll, so
+	// what we read below is this query's answer and not a stale backlog entry.
+	if n := drain(conn); n > 0 {
+		log.Printf("steppir: discarded %d stale byte(s) queued by the controller before polling", n)
+	}
+	restoreTimeouts(conn)
 	if _, err := conn.Write([]byte("?A\r")); err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("write status cmd: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -249,6 +342,14 @@ func (c *Client) queryStatus() (*Status, error) {
 	if _, err := io.ReadFull(conn, buf); err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("read status: %w", err)
 	}
+	// Reject anything that isn't a framed reply rather than decoding garbage into
+	// a frequency and a direction the app would then act on.
+	if buf[0] != '@' || buf[1] != 'A' || buf[10] != 0x0D {
+		log.Printf("steppir: ignoring malformed status frame % X", buf)
+		drain(conn) // resync: drop the rest of whatever we landed mid-way through
+		restoreTimeouts(conn)
+		return nil, errBadFrame
+	}
 	st, err := parseStatus(buf)
 	// Log the raw frame + decode whenever it changes. The motor byte (buf[6]) is
 	// what decides st.MotorsMoving, and that in turn drives the app's "block TX

internal/steppir/steppir_test.go

@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 package steppir
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"encoding/binary"
+	"errors"
+	"sync"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 )
 
 // The exact bytes are the correctness checksum. If buildSet ever drifts from the
@@ -104,3 +108,120 @@ func TestParseStatus(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Error("active-motors 0xFF (command received) must not read as moving")
 	}
 }
+
+// fakeConn stands in for the controller link. rx holds bytes the "controller"
+// has already sent (what the client will read), tx collects what the client
+// wrote, and a "?A" query queues `reply` into rx the way the SDA answers.
+//
+// Reads never block: an empty rx returns (0, nil), which is exactly how
+// go.bug.st/serial reports a read timeout, so drain() sees the same
+// nothing-left signal it gets from real hardware.
+type fakeConn struct {
+	mu    sync.Mutex
+	rx    bytes.Buffer
+	tx    bytes.Buffer
+	reply []byte
+}
+
+func (f *fakeConn) Read(p []byte) (int, error) {
+	f.mu.Lock()
+	defer f.mu.Unlock()
+	if f.rx.Len() == 0 {
+		return 0, nil
+	}
+	return f.rx.Read(p)
+}
+
+func (f *fakeConn) Write(p []byte) (int, error) {
+	f.mu.Lock()
+	defer f.mu.Unlock()
+	f.tx.Write(p)
+	if bytes.Contains(p, []byte("?A")) {
+		f.rx.Write(f.reply)
+	}
+	return len(p), nil
+}
+
+func (f *fakeConn) Close() error { return nil }
+
+var (
+	// 50.150 MHz, normal — the "stuck at 6 m" frame that kept turning up in
+	// F4BPO's friend's log long after the rig had left the band.
+	frame6mNormal = []byte{0x40, 0x41, 0x00, 0x4C, 0x85, 0xD8, 0x00, 0x07, 0x30, 0x38, 0x0D}
+	// 14.250 MHz, 180° — what the controller actually reports right now.
+	frame20m180 = []byte{0x40, 0x41, 0x00, 0x15, 0xBE, 0x68, 0x00, 0x47, 0x30, 0x38, 0x0D}
+)
+
+// The controller pushes status frames unsolicited, so they pile up between polls.
+// Reading one frame per poll then returns state from minutes ago — which is how a
+// 180° command could take ~40 s to show up in the UI, and how two polls 4 s apart
+// reported 28 MHz then 14 MHz. queryStatus must empty the backlog first.
+func TestQueryStatusDiscardsQueuedFrames(t *testing.T) {
+	fc := &fakeConn{reply: frame20m180}
+	fc.rx.Write(frame6mNormal) // two frames the controller pushed on its own
+	fc.rx.Write(frame6mNormal)
+
+	c := &Client{conn: fc}
+	st, err := c.queryStatus()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if st.Frequency != 14250 {
+		t.Errorf("freq = %d kHz, want 14250 — a stale queued frame was read instead of this poll's reply", st.Frequency)
+	}
+	if st.Direction != Dir180 {
+		t.Errorf("direction = %d, want %d (180°)", st.Direction, Dir180)
+	}
+}
+
+// A reply we land on mid-frame must be rejected, not decoded into a bogus
+// frequency and direction the follow loop would then act on — and it must not
+// look like a dead link either (errBadFrame keeps the connection).
+func TestQueryStatusRejectsMalformedFrame(t *testing.T) {
+	shifted := append(append([]byte{}, frame20m180[3:]...), 0x40, 0x41, 0x00) // 11 bytes, wrong header
+	c := &Client{conn: &fakeConn{reply: shifted}}
+	if _, err := c.queryStatus(); !errors.Is(err, errBadFrame) {
+		t.Fatalf("err = %v, want errBadFrame", err)
+	}
+}
+
+// The direction the operator just commanded is shown until the controller
+// confirms it. The hold used to be 4 s — two polls — so the button snapped back
+// to Normal while the elements were still swapping over to 180°.
+func TestApplyPendingDirHold(t *testing.T) {
+	c := &Client{pendingDir: Dir180, pendingDirAt: time.Now(), pendingDirSet: true}
+
+	// Controller still reports the old pattern: keep showing what was commanded.
+	st := &Status{Direction: DirNormal}
+	c.applyPendingDir(st)
+	if st.Direction != Dir180 {
+		t.Fatalf("direction = %d, want %d while the move is pending", st.Direction, Dir180)
+	}
+	if !c.pendingDirSet {
+		t.Fatal("hold released before the controller confirmed")
+	}
+
+	// Still holding well past the old 4 s window — a SteppIR takes longer than
+	// that to report a pattern change.
+	c.pendingDirAt = time.Now().Add(-10 * time.Second)
+	st = &Status{Direction: DirNormal}
+	c.applyPendingDir(st)
+	if st.Direction != Dir180 {
+		t.Fatalf("direction = %d after 10 s, want %d — the hold expired too early", st.Direction, Dir180)
+	}
+
+	// Controller confirms: release the hold and trust its reports again.
+	st = &Status{Direction: Dir180}
+	c.applyPendingDir(st)
+	if c.pendingDirSet {
+		t.Fatal("hold should be released once the controller reports the commanded direction")
+	}
+
+	// A command the controller never acted on must not lie forever.
+	c.pendingDir, c.pendingDirAt, c.pendingDirSet = DirBi, time.Now().Add(-pendingDirTTL-time.Second), true
+	st = &Status{Direction: DirNormal}
+	c.applyPendingDir(st)
+	if st.Direction != DirNormal || c.pendingDirSet {
+		t.Fatalf("expired hold should fall back to the controller: direction = %d, pending = %v", st.Direction, c.pendingDirSet)
+	}
+}

internal/tunergenius/linklog_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+package tunergenius
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"net"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// captureLog redirects the stream applog.Printf always writes to, and returns a
+// stop function yielding what was logged. Reading only after stop keeps the
+// collector goroutine and the test off the same slice.
+func captureLog() func() []string {
+	orig := os.Stderr
+	r, w, _ := os.Pipe()
+	os.Stderr = w
+	var lines []string
+	done := make(chan struct{})
+	go func() {
+		sc := bufio.NewScanner(r)
+		for sc.Scan() {
+			lines = append(lines, sc.Text())
+		}
+		close(done)
+	}()
+	return func() []string {
+		os.Stderr = orig
+		w.Close()
+		<-done
+		r.Close()
+		return lines
+	}
+}
+
+// A tuner that answers, then vanishes mid-session. A drop used to leave no trace
+// at all, so "did the tuner disconnect, or is the meter just reading a gap
+// between syllables?" was unanswerable from the log. It must now log — and log
+// ONCE, not on every 400 ms retry.
+func TestLinkDownLoggedOnceNotPerRetry(t *testing.T) {
+	ln, err := net.Listen("tcp", "127.0.0.1:0")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	port := ln.Addr().(*net.TCPAddr).Port
+
+	die := make(chan struct{})
+	go func() {
+		conn, err := ln.Accept()
+		if err != nil {
+			return
+		}
+		conn.Write([]byte("V1.2.11\n"))
+		buf := make([]byte, 256)
+		for {
+			n, err := conn.Read(buf)
+			if err != nil {
+				return
+			}
+			id := strings.TrimPrefix(strings.SplitN(string(buf[:n]), "|", 2)[0], "C")
+			conn.Write([]byte("R" + id + "|0|status state=1 fwd=60.7 swr=-25 active=1\n"))
+			select {
+			case <-die:
+				conn.Close()
+				ln.Close()
+				return
+			default:
+			}
+		}
+	}()
+
+	stop := captureLog()
+	c := New("127.0.0.1", port, "")
+	if err := c.Start(); err != nil {
+		stop()
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	time.Sleep(1200 * time.Millisecond)
+	connected := c.GetStatus().Connected
+	close(die)
+	time.Sleep(2 * time.Second) // ~5 poll cycles with the tuner gone
+	c.Stop()
+	lines := stop()
+
+	if !connected {
+		t.Fatal("the client never reached the fake tuner — the rest of the test is meaningless")
+	}
+	down := 0
+	for _, l := range lines {
+		if strings.Contains(l, "link DOWN") {
+			down++
+		}
+	}
+	t.Logf("logged:\n%s", strings.Join(lines, "\n"))
+	if down != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("got %d 'link DOWN' lines, want exactly 1 — the poll retries many times in a 3 s outage and must not repeat itself", down)
+	}
+}

internal/tunergenius/tunergenius.go

@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ const (
 	// ride the real-time Flex UDP stream; the tuner is a synchronous TCP poll, so
 	// a slow interval made its SWR/power lag noticeably behind).
 	pollEvery = 400 * time.Millisecond
-	reconnectDelay = 2 * time.Second
 )
 
 // Channel is the live state of one of the tuner's two RF channels (A / B). The
@@ -215,6 +214,17 @@ func (c *Client) Activate(ch int) error {
 func (c *Client) pollLoop() {
 	t := time.NewTicker(pollEvery)
 	defer t.Stop()
+	// Outage bookkeeping. A dropped link used to be entirely silent: the poll just
+	// set Connected=false and retried, so "did the tuner disconnect, or is the
+	// meter simply reading a gap between syllables?" could not be answered from
+	// the log. Now an outage logs once when it starts and once when it ends, with
+	// how long it lasted.
+	//
+	// Once, not every retry: the poll comes round every 400 ms, and a tuner that
+	// is switched off would otherwise bury the log. These are local to the one
+	// goroutine that polls — ensureConnected has no other caller — so they need no
+	// locking.
+	var downSince time.Time
 	for {
 		select {
 		case <-c.stop:
@@ -223,16 +233,28 @@ func (c *Client) pollLoop() {
 			fresh := false
 			if c.needConnect() {
 				if err := c.ensureConnected(); err != nil {
+					if downSince.IsZero() {
+						downSince = time.Now()
+						applog.Printf("tunergenius: link DOWN — cannot reach %s:%d: %v (retrying)", c.host, c.port, err)
+					}
 					c.setStatus(func(s *Status) { s.Connected = false; s.LastError = "dial: " + err.Error() })
 					continue
 				}
 				fresh = true
+				if !downSince.IsZero() {
+					applog.Printf("tunergenius: link RESTORED after %s down", time.Since(downSince).Round(time.Second))
+					downSince = time.Time{}
+				}
 			}
 			// One-shot on a fresh link: learn the hardware variant (3-way vs SO2R).
 			if fresh {
 				_, _ = c.command("info")
 			}
 			if _, err := c.command("status"); err != nil {
+				if downSince.IsZero() {
+					downSince = time.Now()
+					applog.Printf("tunergenius: link DOWN — poll failed: %v", err)
+				}
 				c.dropConn()
 				c.setStatus(func(s *Status) { s.Connected = false; s.LastError = err.Error() })
 			}

internal/uls/uls.go

@@ -27,10 +27,13 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"log"
 	"math"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"regexp"
+	"sort"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
@@ -46,6 +49,14 @@ var errFCCMaintenance = errors.New("fcc uls under maintenance")
 const (
 	fccAmateurURL = "https://data.fcc.gov/download/pub/uls/complete/l_amat.zip"
 	geoNamesURL   = "https://download.geonames.org/export/zip/US.zip"
+
+	// fccULSDir is the parent listing the weekly files live under. It is browsed
+	// to recover from the FCC moving the file — see resolveFCCAmateurURL.
+	fccULSDir = "https://data.fcc.gov/download/pub/uls/"
+
+	// fccAmateurFile is the weekly full-database filename, constant across the
+	// FCC's directory reshuffles.
+	fccAmateurFile = "l_amat.zip"
 )
 
 // Location is a resolved callsign's home county + grid.
@@ -170,10 +181,19 @@ func (s *Store) Import(ctx context.Context, tmpDir string, prog Progress) error
 		return fmt.Errorf("GeoNames crosswalk is empty")
 	}
 
-	// 2) FCC ULS full amateur database (large).
+	// 2) FCC ULS full amateur database (large). The address is resolved rather
+	// than assumed — the FCC moves this file between directories.
+	prog("Locating FCC ULS database", 0)
+	amatURL, err := resolveFCCAmateurURL(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err // already a user-facing explanation
+	}
+	if amatURL != fccAmateurURL {
+		log.Printf("uls: FCC weekly file not at its usual address, using %s", amatURL)
+	}
 	prog("Downloading FCC ULS database", 0)
 	amatPath := filepath.Join(tmpDir, "opslog_l_amat.zip")
-	if err := download(ctx, fccAmateurURL, amatPath, func(pct int) { prog("Downloading FCC ULS database", pct) }); err != nil {
+	if err := download(ctx, amatURL, amatPath, func(pct int) { prog("Downloading FCC ULS database", pct) }); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("download FCC ULS: %w", err)
 	}
 	defer os.Remove(amatPath)
@@ -323,6 +343,129 @@ func parseGeoNames(zipPath string) (map[string]zipRow, error) {
 	return out, sc.Err()
 }
 
+// resolveFCCAmateurURL returns a URL that actually serves the weekly amateur
+// database, working around the FCC relocating it.
+//
+// The canonical path is .../uls/complete/l_amat.zip and it is tried first. On
+// 2026-07-24 the FCC renamed that whole directory to "complete.07242026" and
+// left an empty "complete" behind, so every weekly file for every radio service
+// (not just amateur) started redirecting to a generic fcc.gov help page — the
+// county database became un-downloadable for everyone. The file itself was
+// intact the whole time, one directory across.
+//
+// Rather than hard-code that dated directory — it looks like a pre-migration
+// snapshot, and pinning it would break again the moment the FCC restores or
+// re-snapshots — we browse the parent listing and pick the most recent
+// "complete*" directory that actually holds the file. That survives the
+// canonical path coming back (tried first, so it wins), a differently-dated
+// snapshot next time, and anything else short of the file being withdrawn.
+func resolveFCCAmateurURL(ctx context.Context) (string, error) {
+	if ok, _ := servesFile(ctx, fccAmateurURL); ok {
+		return fccAmateurURL, nil
+	}
+	dirs, err := listFCCCompleteDirs(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("the FCC weekly download moved and the directory listing could not be read (%w) — try again later, or check %s", err, fccULSDir)
+	}
+	// Newest first: the listing is alphabetical, and the dated names sort in an
+	// arbitrary order (MMDDYYYY), so try them all rather than trusting the order.
+	for _, d := range dirs {
+		u := fccULSDir + d + fccAmateurFile
+		if ok, _ := servesFile(ctx, u); ok {
+			return u, nil
+		}
+	}
+	return "", fmt.Errorf("the FCC no longer serves %s at its usual address, and no alternate directory under %s has it either — the FCC has changed its downloads; please report this", fccAmateurFile, fccULSDir)
+}
+
+// servesFile reports whether url returns a real file rather than a redirect to
+// an HTML error page. The FCC answers a missing file with 302 → a help page, so
+// a plain status check on the final response is not enough: we must refuse to
+// follow the bounce and insist on a non-HTML body.
+func servesFile(ctx context.Context, url string) (bool, error) {
+	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodHead, url, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+	client := &http.Client{
+		Timeout:       30 * time.Second,
+		CheckRedirect: func(*http.Request, []*http.Request) error { return http.ErrUseLastResponse },
+	}
+	resp, err := client.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		return false, fmt.Errorf("HTTP %d", resp.StatusCode)
+	}
+	if ct := resp.Header.Get("Content-Type"); strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(ct), "html") {
+		return false, fmt.Errorf("served HTML, not a file")
+	}
+	return true, nil
+}
+
+// listFCCCompleteDirs returns the "complete*/" subdirectory names in the ULS
+// download area (e.g. "complete/", "complete.07242026/"), newest-looking last.
+func listFCCCompleteDirs(ctx context.Context) ([]string, error) {
+	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodGet, fccULSDir, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	client := &http.Client{Timeout: 30 * time.Second}
+	resp, err := client.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("HTTP %d", resp.StatusCode)
+	}
+	body, err := io.ReadAll(io.LimitReader(resp.Body, 1<<20))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return parseCompleteDirs(string(body)), nil
+}
+
+// completeDirRe matches an Apache-style listing link to a "complete…" directory.
+var completeDirRe = regexp.MustCompile(`(?i)href="(complete[^"/]*/)"`)
+
+// parseCompleteDirs pulls the candidate directory names out of a listing page.
+// Split out from the fetch so it can be tested against a captured listing.
+func parseCompleteDirs(html string) []string {
+	seen := map[string]bool{}
+	var out []string
+	for _, m := range completeDirRe.FindAllStringSubmatch(html, -1) {
+		d := m[1]
+		if d == "complete/" || seen[d] { // canonical path was already tried
+			continue
+		}
+		seen[d] = true
+		out = append(out, d)
+	}
+	// Dated snapshots (complete.MMDDYYYY) — prefer the most recent by date, so a
+	// stale older snapshot is never picked over a fresh one.
+	sort.Slice(out, func(i, j int) bool { return snapshotDate(out[i]).After(snapshotDate(out[j])) })
+	return out
+}
+
+var snapshotDateRe = regexp.MustCompile(`(\d{8})`)
+
+// snapshotDate extracts the MMDDYYYY stamp from "complete.07242026/"; a name
+// without one sorts as the zero time (tried last).
+func snapshotDate(dir string) time.Time {
+	m := snapshotDateRe.FindStringSubmatch(dir)
+	if m == nil {
+		return time.Time{}
+	}
+	t, err := time.Parse("01022006", m[1])
+	if err != nil {
+		return time.Time{}
+	}
+	return t
+}
+
 // download streams url to dest, reporting percent when the content length is
 // known and prog is non-nil.
 func download(ctx context.Context, url, dest string, prog func(pct int)) error {

internal/uls/uls_test.go

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ func TestGrid6(t *testing.T) {
 	}{
 		{38.90, -77.03, "FM18lw"},  // Washington DC
 		{40.71, -74.00, "FN30xr"},  // New York
-		{34.05, -118.24, "DM04vd"},// Los Angeles
+		{34.05, -118.24, "DM04vd"}, // Los Angeles
 	}
 	for _, c := range cases {
 		if got := grid6(c.lat, c.lon); got[:4] != c.want[:4] {
@@ -40,3 +40,57 @@ func TestParseGeoNames(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("ZIP 20500 = %+v (ok=%v)", r, ok)
 	}
 }
+
+// The real listing captured from data.fcc.gov on 2026-07-25, the day after the
+// FCC renamed complete/ to complete.07242026/ and left an empty complete/
+// behind — which broke the county-database download for every user.
+const fccListing2026 = `<html><head><title>Index of /download/pub/uls</title></head><body>
+<h1>Index of /download/pub/uls</h1>
+<table><tr><th>Name</th><th>Last modified</th><th>Size</th></tr>
+<tr><td><a href="/download/pub/">Parent Directory</a></td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>-</td></tr>
+<tr><td><a href="UAT/">UAT/</a></td><td>2025-04-08 19:30</td><td>-</td></tr>
+<tr><td><a href="complete.07242026/">complete.07242026/</a></td><td>2026-07-24 20:15</td><td>-</td></tr>
+<tr><td><a href="complete/">complete/</a></td><td>2026-07-25 21:15</td><td>-</td></tr>
+<tr><td><a href="daily/">daily/</a></td><td>2026-07-25 21:15</td><td>-</td></tr>
+</table></body></html>`
+
+func TestParseCompleteDirs(t *testing.T) {
+	got := parseCompleteDirs(fccListing2026)
+	if len(got) != 1 || got[0] != "complete.07242026/" {
+		t.Fatalf("got %v, want [complete.07242026/]", got)
+	}
+	// "complete/" is deliberately absent: it is the canonical URL, already tried
+	// before the listing is consulted, and on this date it was empty.
+	for _, d := range got {
+		if d == "complete/" {
+			t.Error("canonical complete/ should not be offered as a fallback")
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// Several snapshots must be tried newest-first, so a stale one is never
+// preferred over a fresh one.
+func TestParseCompleteDirsPrefersNewestSnapshot(t *testing.T) {
+	html := `<a href="complete/">x</a><a href="complete.01052026/">x</a>` +
+		`<a href="complete.07242026/">x</a><a href="complete.11302025/">x</a>`
+	got := parseCompleteDirs(html)
+	want := []string{"complete.07242026/", "complete.01052026/", "complete.11302025/"}
+	if len(got) != len(want) {
+		t.Fatalf("got %v, want %v", got, want)
+	}
+	for i := range want {
+		if got[i] != want[i] {
+			t.Fatalf("got %v, want %v", got, want)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSnapshotDate(t *testing.T) {
+	if d := snapshotDate("complete.07242026/"); d.Format("2006-01-02") != "2026-07-24" {
+		t.Errorf("complete.07242026/ → %s, want 2026-07-24", d.Format("2006-01-02"))
+	}
+	// An undated name must sort last rather than crash.
+	if !snapshotDate("complete.backup/").IsZero() {
+		t.Error("an undated directory should yield the zero time")
+	}
+}

screenbounds_other.go

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+//go:build !windows
+
+package main
+
+// virtualScreenBounds is Windows-only; elsewhere we cannot tell, and the caller
+// treats "cannot tell" as "trust the saved position".
+func virtualScreenBounds() (x, y, w, h int, ok bool) { return 0, 0, 0, 0, false }

screenbounds_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+package main
+
+import "testing"
+
+// A window restored onto a monitor that is no longer attached opens invisibly
+// and stays that way — there is no way back short of deleting window.json, which
+// no operator knows to do. These cases decide whether the saved position is
+// honoured or quietly dropped for the default placement.
+func TestOverlapsEnough(t *testing.T) {
+	// Two 1920x1080 monitors, the SECOND one to the LEFT of the primary: the
+	// virtual desktop then starts at a negative x. This is the layout that
+	// produces lost windows, and where a sign error would go unnoticed.
+	const vx, vy, vw, vh = -1920, 0, 3840, 1080
+
+	cases := []struct {
+		name          string
+		x, y, w, h    int
+		wantRestorabl bool
+	}{
+		{"centred on the primary monitor", 300, 200, 1400, 900, true},
+		{"on the left-hand monitor (negative x)", -1500, 100, 1400, 900, true},
+		{"just inside the far left edge", -1900, 0, 1400, 900, true},
+		{"hard against the right edge, title bar still grabbable", 1920 - 200, 100, 1400, 900, true},
+
+		// The failures this exists to catch.
+		{"entirely past the left edge", -3400, 100, 1400, 900, false},
+		{"below every monitor", 300, 2000, 1400, 900, false},
+		{"barely clipping the right edge (10 px)", 1910, 100, 1400, 900, false},
+		{"only a sliver of height on screen (8 px)", 300, 1072, 1400, 900, false},
+		{"absurd coordinates from a corrupt file", 999999, 999999, 1400, 900, false},
+	}
+	for _, c := range cases {
+		if got := overlapsEnough(c.x, c.y, c.w, c.h, vx, vy, vw, vh); got != c.wantRestorabl {
+			t.Errorf("%s: overlapsEnough(%d,%d,%dx%d) = %v, want %v",
+				c.name, c.x, c.y, c.w, c.h, got, c.wantRestorabl)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// The actual field scenario: OpsLog was closed on a second monitor, that monitor
+// is gone, and the desktop is now the primary screen alone. The saved position
+// must be dropped — this is the case that leaves the window invisible.
+func TestOverlapsEnoughAfterMonitorUnplugged(t *testing.T) {
+	// Single 1920x1080 primary; the left-hand monitor no longer exists.
+	const vx, vy, vw, vh = 0, 0, 1920, 1080
+	for _, c := range []struct {
+		name       string
+		x, y, w, h int
+		want       bool
+	}{
+		{"saved on the monitor that is now gone", -1500, 100, 1400, 900, false},
+		{"saved just off the left edge", -1400, 100, 1400, 900, false},
+		{"saved on the surviving monitor", 200, 100, 1400, 900, true},
+	} {
+		if got := overlapsEnough(c.x, c.y, c.w, c.h, vx, vy, vw, vh); got != c.want {
+			t.Errorf("%s: got %v, want %v", c.name, got, c.want)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// With the desktop bounds unavailable (non-Windows, or the call failing) the
+// saved position must be honoured rather than second-guessed.
+func TestOnSomeMonitorTrustsSavedPositionWhenBoundsUnknown(t *testing.T) {
+	if _, _, _, _, ok := virtualScreenBounds(); !ok {
+		if !onSomeMonitor(999999, 999999, 1400, 900) {
+			t.Error("with unknown desktop bounds the saved position must be kept")
+		}
+	}
+}

screenbounds_windows.go

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+//go:build windows
+
+package main
+
+import "syscall"
+
+// GetSystemMetrics indices for the virtual desktop — the rectangle spanning
+// every attached monitor. Wails' ScreenGetAll reports each monitor's size but
+// not its offset, so it cannot answer "is this coordinate on any screen?"; the
+// Win32 metrics can.
+const (
+	smXVirtualScreen  = 76
+	smYVirtualScreen  = 77
+	smCXVirtualScreen = 78
+	smCYVirtualScreen = 79
+)
+
+var (
+	user32Dll            = syscall.NewLazyDLL("user32.dll")
+	procGetSystemMetrics = user32Dll.NewProc("GetSystemMetrics")
+)
+
+func systemMetric(index int) int {
+	r, _, _ := procGetSystemMetrics.Call(uintptr(index))
+	return int(int32(r)) // signed: the virtual desktop origin is negative with a monitor to the left
+}
+
+// virtualScreenBounds returns the rectangle covering all monitors, and whether
+// it could be determined at all.
+func virtualScreenBounds() (x, y, w, h int, ok bool) {
+	w, h = systemMetric(smCXVirtualScreen), systemMetric(smCYVirtualScreen)
+	if w <= 0 || h <= 0 {
+		return 0, 0, 0, 0, false
+	}
+	return systemMetric(smXVirtualScreen), systemMetric(smYVirtualScreen), w, h, true
+}

telemetry.go

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	// appVersion is stamped on every heartbeat (and could feed the About box).
-	appVersion = "0.21.2"
+	appVersion = "0.21.3"
 
 	// posthogHost is the PostHog ingestion endpoint. EU cloud by default; change
 	// to https://us.i.posthog.com for a US project.