chore: release v0.24.9

Replaces the four fixed rules with the model Logger32 uses and the operator
asked for: Worked / Confirmed / QSL sent / To be sent, and inside each, which
channels count — paper QSL, LoTW, eQSL, QRZ.com. No ticks means every channel,
because a rule the operator has not narrowed must not quietly become a rule
about nothing.

"To be sent" is FIRST in the order, and that is the substantive decision here.
A contact can be confirmed on LoTW and still owe a paper card; the colour an
operator scans for is the one meaning "something is still owed". Placed after
"confirmed" that row goes green and the card never gets printed.

"Worked" is the catch-all — nothing sent, nothing requested, nothing back — and
is off by default, since turning it on paints every remaining row.

R and Q both count as owed: ADIF says requested and queued, and both mean the
card has not gone out.

app.go

@@ -10227,6 +10227,16 @@ func (a *App) runManualUpload(svc extsvc.Service, ids []int64, cfg extsvc.Extern
 				uploaded++
 			}
 			emit(fmt.Sprintf("LoTW: %d QSO(s) uploaded", uploaded))
+			// TQSL accepted the batch but left contacts out of it — already
+			// uploaded, or outside the certificate's date range. Said out loud:
+			// the operator has no other way to learn that some of what they just
+			// selected is still not on LoTW.
+			if res.Ignored {
+				emit(res.Message)
+				if a.ctx != nil {
+					wruntime.EventsEmit(a.ctx, "toast", "LoTW: "+res.Message)
+				}
+			}
 		}
 	} else if svc == extsvc.ServiceClublog || svc == extsvc.ServiceHRDLog {
 		statusCol, dateCol := "clublog_qso_upload_status", "clublog_qso_upload_date"
@@ -11870,6 +11880,21 @@ func (a *App) LogUDPLoggedADIF(adifText string) (int64, error) {
 		return 0, fmt.Errorf("record missing required fields (call/band/mode/date)")
 	}
 
+	// The grid the station SENT beats any directory.
+	//
+	// A CQ in FT8 carries the operator's square, and it is where they are right
+	// now. QRZ and HamQTH describe where they LIVE, which for an expedition is
+	// the wrong side of the planet: RI0FA transmitted QN35 all evening and was
+	// logged with its licence-holder's home square, because WSJT-X's ADIF carries
+	// no GRIDSQUARE and the lookup was the only source left.
+	//
+	// Applied BEFORE the lookup, so refineGrid below sees a grid it must not
+	// replace. It still upgrades a 4-character square to a 6-character one from
+	// the same field.
+	if g := a.lookupDecodeGrid(q.Callsign); g != "" {
+		q.Grid = refineGrid(q.Grid, g)
+	}
+
 	// ── Lookup-based enrichment ──
 	// WSJT sends only call/freq/mode/RST/date. Fill Name/QTH/Country/
 	// Grid/CQZ/ITUZ/DXCC/Continent via the lookup chain (QRZ/HamQTH/
@@ -12108,7 +12133,13 @@ func (a *App) consumeUDPEvents() {
 				})
 			}
 		case ev.LoggedADIF != "":
-			applog.Printf("udp: emit udp:logged_qso (%d bytes ADIF)\n", len(ev.LoggedADIF))
+			// The RECORD, not just its size. "Was the grid in what WSJT-X sent, or
+			// did OpsLog put it there?" is the first question asked when a contact
+			// is logged in the wrong square, and a byte count cannot answer it —
+			// an expedition logged at its licence holder's home QTH stayed
+			// undiagnosable for exactly that reason. One line per QSO, ~280 bytes.
+			applog.Printf("udp: emit udp:logged_qso (%d bytes) %s\n",
+				len(ev.LoggedADIF), strings.Join(strings.Fields(ev.LoggedADIF), " "))
 			wruntime.EventsEmit(a.ctx, "udp:logged_qso", map[string]any{
 				"config_id": ev.ConfigID,
 				"service":   string(ev.Service),

appearance.go

@@ -19,31 +19,66 @@ type RowColorRule struct {
 	ID      string `json:"id"`
 	Color   string `json:"color"`
 	Enabled bool   `json:"enabled"`
+	// Channels this rule looks at: qsl (paper), lotw, eqsl, qrz.
+	//
+	// Empty means ALL of them — what an operator expects from a rule they have
+	// not narrowed, and what keeps a config written before this field meaningful.
+	Channels []string `json:"channels"`
 }
 
+// The QSL channels a rule can be scoped to.
+var rowColorChannels = []string{"qsl", "lotw", "eqsl", "qrz"}
+
 // RowColorSettings is the whole appearance block.
 type RowColorSettings struct {
 	Enabled bool `json:"enabled"`
+	// Style is how the colour is shown: "bar" paints a stripe down the left edge,
+	// "tint" washes the row, "both" does each.
+	//
+	// A bar is the default because a filled row is a poor signal in a log where
+	// nearly every contact has SOME QSL state: colour that is always present
+	// stops being information and becomes a striped background, with the data
+	// behind it. The stripe says the same thing and costs nothing to read.
+	Style string `json:"style"`
+	// Intensity is the tint strength in percent. Only used by "tint"/"both".
+	Intensity int `json:"intensity"`
+	// BandMapLotw marks stations that upload to LoTW on the band map, with the
+	// same "L" badge the cluster list uses — one visual vocabulary across the two
+	// views rather than a second invention.
+	BandMapLotw bool `json:"bandmap_lotw"`
+	// Configured distinguishes "saved with this off" from "saved before the
+	// option existed", so a new marker can default ON without silently turning
+	// itself back on for an operator who switched it off.
+	Configured bool           `json:"configured"`
 	Rules      []RowColorRule `json:"rules"`
 }
 
 // The rule ids, in priority order. The frontend matches on these and holds the
 // labels, so a translated name never has to travel through the settings.
+// The four categories, in the order they are tested — first match wins.
+//
+// "To send" comes FIRST on purpose. A contact can be confirmed on LoTW and
+// still owe a paper card, and the colour an operator scans for is the one that
+// means "there is something left to do here". Put after "confirmed", that row
+// would go green and the card would never be printed.
+//
+// "Worked" is the catch-all: a contact with nothing sent, nothing asked for and
+// nothing back. Off by default — with it on, every remaining row is painted.
 var rowColorOrder = []string{
-	"confirmed_lotw",  // LoTW confirmation received
-	"confirmed_paper", // card or eQSL received
-	"sent_waiting",    // sent by some route, nothing back yet
-	"to_send",         // a card is requested / queued and has not gone out
+	"to_send",   // requested or queued on a watched channel, not gone out
+	"confirmed", // a watched channel has a confirmation back
+	"sent",      // gone out on a watched channel, nothing back yet
+	"worked",    // none of the above
 }
 
 // Defaults: green for done, amber for waiting, blue for owed. Deliberately
 // muted — they are composited at low opacity over a dark grid, and a saturated
 // value there reads as an error state rather than a status.
 var rowColorDefaults = map[string]string{
-	"confirmed_lotw":  "#16a34a",
-	"confirmed_paper": "#0ea5e9",
-	"sent_waiting":    "#f59e0b",
 	"to_send":   "#a855f7",
+	"confirmed": "#16a34a",
+	"sent":      "#f59e0b",
+	"worked":    "#64748b",
 }
 
 // hexColor guards what reaches the stylesheet. The value is interpolated into a
@@ -56,13 +91,48 @@ func normRowColors(s RowColorSettings) RowColorSettings {
 	for _, r := range s.Rules {
 		byID[r.ID] = r
 	}
-	out := RowColorSettings{Enabled: s.Enabled}
+	out := RowColorSettings{
+		Enabled: s.Enabled, Style: s.Style, Intensity: s.Intensity,
+		BandMapLotw: s.BandMapLotw, Configured: true,
+	}
+	if !s.Configured {
+		out.BandMapLotw = true // new option, on unless the operator says otherwise
+	}
+	switch out.Style {
+	case "bar", "tint", "both":
+	default:
+		out.Style = "bar"
+	}
+	// Clamped rather than rejected: the value only shapes a colour-mix, and a
+	// number outside the range is a slider that got away, not a fault worth
+	// resetting the operator's whole choice for.
+	if out.Intensity < 5 {
+		out.Intensity = 12
+	} else if out.Intensity > 45 {
+		out.Intensity = 45
+	}
+	ok := map[string]bool{}
+	for _, c := range rowColorChannels {
+		ok[c] = true
+	}
 	for _, id := range rowColorOrder {
 		r := byID[id]
 		r.ID = id
 		if !hexColor.MatchString(strings.TrimSpace(r.Color)) {
 			r.Color = rowColorDefaults[id]
 		}
+		// Keep only channels we know, in the canonical order, de-duplicated.
+		want := map[string]bool{}
+		for _, c := range r.Channels {
+			want[strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(c))] = true
+		}
+		chans := []string{}
+		for _, c := range rowColorChannels {
+			if want[c] {
+				chans = append(chans, c)
+			}
+		}
+		r.Channels = chans
 		out.Rules = append(out.Rules, r)
 	}
 	return out

appearance_test.go

@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ import "testing"
 // that is not plainly a hex colour has to be refused rather than passed on.
 func TestRowColorsRefuseAnythingButHex(t *testing.T) {
 	in := RowColorSettings{Enabled: true, Rules: []RowColorRule{
-		{ID: "confirmed_lotw", Color: "#123abc", Enabled: true},
-		{ID: "sent_waiting", Color: "red; background:url(x)", Enabled: true},
+		{ID: "confirmed", Color: "#123abc", Enabled: true},
+		{ID: "sent", Color: "red; background:url(x)", Enabled: true},
 		{ID: "to_send", Color: "", Enabled: true},
 	}}
 	got := normRowColors(in)
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ func TestRowColorsRefuseAnythingButHex(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, r := range got.Rules {
 		byID[r.ID] = r
 	}
-	if byID["confirmed_lotw"].Color != "#123abc" {
-		t.Errorf("a valid colour was rewritten: %q", byID["confirmed_lotw"].Color)
+	if byID["confirmed"].Color != "#123abc" {
+		t.Errorf("a valid colour was rewritten: %q", byID["confirmed"].Color)
 	}
-	if byID["sent_waiting"].Color != rowColorDefaults["sent_waiting"] {
-		t.Errorf("an injection attempt survived: %q", byID["sent_waiting"].Color)
+	if byID["sent"].Color != rowColorDefaults["sent"] {
+		t.Errorf("an injection attempt survived: %q", byID["sent"].Color)
 	}
 	if byID["to_send"].Color != rowColorDefaults["to_send"] {
 		t.Errorf("an empty colour was kept: %q", byID["to_send"].Color)
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func TestRowColorsKeepPriorityOrder(t *testing.T) {
 	// Saved in a jumbled order, as a hand-edited settings row could be.
 	got := normRowColors(RowColorSettings{Rules: []RowColorRule{
 		{ID: "to_send", Color: "#111111"},
-		{ID: "confirmed_lotw", Color: "#222222"},
+		{ID: "confirmed", Color: "#222222"},
 	}})
 	if len(got.Rules) != len(rowColorOrder) {
 		t.Fatalf("got %d rules, want every one present", len(got.Rules))
@@ -44,8 +44,71 @@ func TestRowColorsKeepPriorityOrder(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Errorf("rule %d is %q, want %q", i, got.Rules[i].ID, id)
 		}
 	}
-	// The saved colours survived the reordering.
-	if got.Rules[0].Color != "#222222" {
-		t.Errorf("confirmed_lotw lost its colour: %q", got.Rules[0].Color)
+	// The saved colours survived the reordering: each stayed with its own rule.
+	byID := map[string]string{}
+	for _, r := range got.Rules {
+		byID[r.ID] = r.Color
+	}
+	if byID["to_send"] != "#111111" || byID["confirmed"] != "#222222" {
+		t.Errorf("colours moved between rules: %v", byID)
+	}
+}
+
+// Style and strength are normalised, not rejected: they only shape a colour, and
+// a value that got away is a slider, not a fault worth resetting the operator's
+// whole choice for.
+func TestRowColorsNormaliseStyleAndIntensity(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, tc := range []struct {
+		inStyle   string
+		inPct     int
+		wantStyle string
+		wantPct   int
+	}{
+		{"bar", 12, "bar", 12},
+		{"tint", 30, "tint", 30},
+		{"both", 45, "both", 45},
+		{"", 0, "bar", 12},           // never configured
+		{"wallpaper", 12, "bar", 12}, // not a style we draw
+		{"tint", 900, "tint", 45},    // clamped, not reset
+		{"tint", -5, "tint", 12},
+	} {
+		got := normRowColors(RowColorSettings{Style: tc.inStyle, Intensity: tc.inPct})
+		if got.Style != tc.wantStyle || got.Intensity != tc.wantPct {
+			t.Errorf("(%q,%d) -> (%q,%d), want (%q,%d)",
+				tc.inStyle, tc.inPct, got.Style, got.Intensity, tc.wantStyle, tc.wantPct)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// Channels are normalised to the canonical order, and anything unknown is
+// dropped. Empty stays empty, because empty means "every channel" — a rule the
+// operator has not narrowed must not silently become a rule about nothing.
+func TestRowColorChannelsNormalise(t *testing.T) {
+	got := normRowColors(RowColorSettings{Rules: []RowColorRule{
+		{ID: "confirmed", Color: "#111111", Channels: []string{"LOTW", "pigeon", "qsl", "lotw"}},
+		{ID: "sent", Color: "#222222"},
+	}})
+	byID := map[string][]string{}
+	for _, r := range got.Rules {
+		byID[r.ID] = r.Channels
+	}
+	if len(byID["confirmed"]) != 2 || byID["confirmed"][0] != "qsl" || byID["confirmed"][1] != "lotw" {
+		t.Errorf("confirmed channels = %v, want [qsl lotw] — canonical order, deduped, unknown dropped", byID["confirmed"])
+	}
+	if len(byID["sent"]) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("sent channels = %v, want empty (meaning every channel)", byID["sent"])
+	}
+}
+
+// The order IS the priority, and "to send" leads. A contact confirmed on LoTW
+// that still owes a paper card must read as owing the card — put after
+// "confirmed" it would go green and never be printed.
+func TestToSendOutranksConfirmed(t *testing.T) {
+	got := normRowColors(RowColorSettings{})
+	if got.Rules[0].ID != "to_send" {
+		t.Errorf("first rule is %q, want to_send", got.Rules[0].ID)
+	}
+	if got.Rules[len(got.Rules)-1].ID != "worked" {
+		t.Errorf("last rule is %q, want worked as the catch-all", got.Rules[len(got.Rules)-1].ID)
 	}
 }

changelog.json

@@ -1,4 +1,26 @@
 [
+  {
+    "version": "0.24.9",
+    "date": "",
+    "en": [
+      "Appearance: row colouring now defaults to a left stripe, with a filled row and its strength offered as choices.",
+      "The band map now follows the cluster filters — LoTW only, spotter continent, hide worked, status and mode chips.",
+      "Band map: stations that upload to LoTW now carry the same L badge as the cluster list, switchable in Appearance.",
+      "LoTW: contacts TQSL leaves out — already uploaded, or outside the certificate date range — are no longer reported as uploaded.",
+      "FT8: a contact is logged with the grid the station actually sent, not the home square from QRZ — expeditions were logged in the wrong place.",
+      "SPE amplifier: switching it off is shown at once, instead of needing a second press of OFF.",
+      "Appearance: row colouring is now Worked / Confirmed / QSL sent / To be sent, each scoped to the channels you pick — paper, LoTW, eQSL, QRZ.com."
+    ],
+    "fr": [
+      "Apparence : la coloration des lignes se fait par défaut sur une barre à gauche, la ligne remplie et son intensité restant proposées.",
+      "La band map suit désormais les filtres du cluster — LoTW seulement, continent du spotter, masquer les contactés, statuts et modes.",
+      "Band map : les stations qui utilisent LoTW portent le même badge L que la liste du cluster, activable dans Apparence.",
+      "LoTW : les contacts que TQSL écarte — déjà envoyés, ou hors de la plage de dates du certificat — ne sont plus annoncés comme envoyés.",
+      "FT8 : un contact est enregistré avec le locator réellement émis par la station, et non le carré du domicile depuis QRZ — les expéditions étaient logguées au mauvais endroit.",
+      "Amplificateur SPE : l extinction s affiche immédiatement, au lieu de demander un second appui sur OFF.",
+      "Apparence : la coloration des lignes devient Contacté / Confirmé / QSL envoyée / À envoyer, chacune limitée aux canaux choisis — papier, LoTW, eQSL, QRZ.com."
+    ]
+  },
   {
     "version": "0.24.8",
     "date": "",

frontend/src/App.tsx

@@ -4717,12 +4717,21 @@ export default function App() {
   // Cluster spots after every active filter (band / mode / status / search /
   // hide-worked / group). Shared by the Cluster tab and the Main-view cluster
   // pane so both show exactly the same list.
-  const clusterRenderedRows = useMemo(() => {
-    const bandsActive = clusterLockBand ? new Set([band]) : clusterBands;
+  // Everything the operator has said about WHICH STATIONS they care about —
+  // LoTW only, the spotter's continent, hide worked, the status and mode chips,
+  // the search box, the source node.
+  //
+  // Shared with the band map, which used to receive the raw stream filtered by
+  // band alone: switching on "LoTW users only" changed the cluster list and left
+  // the panadapter showing everyone. Two views of one spot stream disagreeing
+  // about the same spot is the fault lib/spotDisplay already exists to prevent.
+  //
+  // The BAND filter is deliberately not in here: a band map's band IS its
+  // filter, and applying the cluster's would empty every map but one.
+  const spotPassesStationFilters = useCallback((s: ClusterSpot): boolean => {
     const search = clusterSearch.trim().toUpperCase();
-    const list = spots.filter((s) => {
+    {
       if (clusterFilterSource && s.source_id !== clusterFilterSource) return false;
-      if (bandsActive.size > 0 && !bandsActive.has(s.band ?? '')) return false;
       if (search && !s.dx_call.includes(search)) return false;
       if (clusterLockMode) {
         const spotMode = inferSpotMode(s.comment ?? '', s.freq_hz);
@@ -4774,6 +4783,15 @@ export default function App() {
         if (e.worked_call || e.status === 'worked') return false;
       }
       return true;
+    }
+  }, [clusterFilterSource, clusterSearch, clusterLockMode, mode, clusterModeFilter,
+    clusterStatusFilter, spotStatus, clusterLotwOnly, clusterSpotterConts, clusterHideWorked]);
+
+  const clusterRenderedRows = useMemo(() => {
+    const bandsActive = clusterLockBand ? new Set([band]) : clusterBands;
+    const list = spots.filter((s) => {
+      if (bandsActive.size > 0 && !bandsActive.has(s.band ?? '')) return false;
+      return spotPassesStationFilters(s);
     });
     let rendered = list as (ClusterSpot & { repeats?: number })[];
     if (clusterGroup) {
@@ -6775,13 +6793,14 @@ export default function App() {
                     </div>
                     <BandMap
                       band={b}
-                      spots={spots.filter((s) => s.band === b)}
+                      spots={spots.filter((s) => s.band === b && spotPassesStationFilters(s))}
                       spotStatus={spotStatus}
                       currentFreqHz={band === b && freqMhz ? Math.round(parseFloat(freqMhz) * 1_000_000) : 0}
                       onSpotClick={handleSpotClick}
                       onClose={() => toggleBandMapBand(b)}
                       hideDigital={bandMapHideFt}
                       fitToBand={bandMapFit}
+                      showLotw={!!rowColors?.bandmap_lotw}
                     />
                   </div>
                 ))}
@@ -6811,11 +6830,12 @@ export default function App() {
               side={bandMapSide}
               onToggleSide={toggleBandMapSide}
               band={band}
-              spots={spots.filter((s) => s.band === band)}
+              spots={spots.filter((s) => s.band === band && spotPassesStationFilters(s))}
               spotStatus={spotStatus}
               currentFreqHz={band && freqMhz ? Math.round(parseFloat(freqMhz) * 1_000_000) : 0}
               onSpotClick={handleSpotClick}
               onClose={() => setBandMapShown(false)}
+              showLotw={!!rowColors?.bandmap_lotw}
               keyNav
             />
           </div>

frontend/src/components/AppearancePanel.tsx

@@ -17,10 +17,17 @@ const PALETTE = [
 // The rule ids the backend orders; the labels live here so a translation never
 // travels through the settings row.
 const LABELS: Record<string, string> = {
-  confirmed_lotw: 'appr.confirmedLotw',
-  confirmed_paper: 'appr.confirmedPaper',
-  sent_waiting: 'appr.sentWaiting',
-  to_send: 'appr.toSend',
+  to_send: 'appr.ruleToSend',
+  confirmed: 'appr.ruleConfirmed',
+  sent: 'appr.ruleSent',
+  worked: 'appr.ruleWorked',
+};
+
+// The channels a rule can be scoped to. "worked" is the catch-all — it means
+// nothing on ANY channel — so narrowing it would say nothing.
+const CHANNELS = ['qsl', 'lotw', 'eqsl', 'qrz'] as const;
+const CHANNEL_LABELS: Record<string, string> = {
+  qsl: 'appr.chQsl', lotw: 'LoTW', eqsl: 'eQSL', qrz: 'QRZ.com',
 };
 
 export function AppearancePanel() {
@@ -37,15 +44,32 @@ export function AppearancePanel() {
     setCfg(next);
     SaveRowColors(next as any).catch(() => {});
   };
-  const patchRule = (id: string, patch: Partial<{ color: string; enabled: boolean }>) => {
+  const patchRule = (id: string, patch: Partial<{ color: string; enabled: boolean; channels: string[] }>) => {
     if (!cfg) return;
     save({ ...cfg, rules: cfg.rules.map((r) => (r.id === id ? { ...r, ...patch } : r)) });
   };
 
+  // The rule card shows the row exactly as the grid will draw it, so the choice
+  // is made by looking rather than by imagining.
+  const preview = (color: string): Record<string, string> => {
+    const st = cfg?.style ?? 'bar';
+    const pct = cfg?.intensity ?? 12;
+    const out: Record<string, string> = {};
+    if (st === 'tint' || st === 'both') out.backgroundColor = `color-mix(in srgb, ${color} ${pct}%, transparent)`;
+    if (st === 'bar' || st === 'both') out.boxShadow = `inset 3px 0 0 ${color}`;
+    return out;
+  };
+
   if (!cfg) return <div className="p-1 text-sm text-muted-foreground">…</div>;
 
   return (
     <div className="space-y-4">
+      <label className="flex items-start gap-2 text-sm cursor-pointer">
+        <Checkbox checked={!!cfg.bandmap_lotw} className="mt-0.5"
+          onCheckedChange={(c) => save({ ...cfg, bandmap_lotw: !!c } as any)} />
+        <span>{t('appr.bandmapLotw')} <span className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">{t('appr.bandmapLotwHint')}</span></span>
+      </label>
+
       <label className="flex items-start gap-2 text-sm cursor-pointer">
         <Checkbox checked={cfg.enabled} className="mt-0.5"
           onCheckedChange={(c) => save({ ...cfg, enabled: !!c })} />
@@ -53,18 +77,59 @@ export function AppearancePanel() {
       </label>
 
       {cfg.enabled && (
-        <div className="space-y-2">
+        <div className="space-y-3">
+          {/* Style first: it decides whether the colours below are a signal or a
+              wallpaper, which matters more than which hue they are. */}
+          <div className="flex items-center gap-3 flex-wrap">
+            <span className="text-sm">{t('appr.style')}</span>
+            <div className="inline-flex rounded-md border border-border overflow-hidden text-xs">
+              {(['bar', 'tint', 'both'] as const).map((v) => (
+                <button key={v} type="button" onClick={() => save({ ...cfg, style: v })}
+                  className={cn('px-3 py-1.5 font-medium', (cfg.style ?? 'bar') === v ? 'bg-primary text-primary-foreground' : 'text-muted-foreground hover:bg-muted')}>
+                  {t('appr.style' + v[0].toUpperCase() + v.slice(1))}
+                </button>
+              ))}
+            </div>
+            {(cfg.style ?? 'bar') !== 'bar' && (
+              <label className="flex items-center gap-2 text-sm">
+                {t('appr.intensity')}
+                <input type="range" min={5} max={45} step={1} value={cfg.intensity ?? 12}
+                  onChange={(e) => save({ ...cfg, intensity: parseInt(e.target.value, 10) })}
+                  className="w-32 accent-[var(--primary)]" />
+                <span className="font-mono text-xs text-muted-foreground w-8">{cfg.intensity ?? 12}%</span>
+              </label>
+            )}
+          </div>
           {/* Order matters and is shown: a contact is usually several of these at
               once, and the first match wins. */}
           <p className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">{t('appr.orderHint')}</p>
           {cfg.rules.map((r, i) => (
             <div key={r.id} className="rounded-lg border border-border/60 p-2.5 space-y-2"
-              style={{ backgroundColor: r.enabled ? `color-mix(in srgb, ${r.color} 24%, transparent)` : undefined }}>
+              style={r.enabled ? preview(r.color) : undefined}>
               <label className="flex items-center gap-2 text-sm cursor-pointer">
                 <Checkbox checked={r.enabled} onCheckedChange={(c) => patchRule(r.id, { enabled: !!c })} />
                 <span className="font-mono text-xs text-muted-foreground">{i + 1}.</span>
                 <span className="font-medium">{t(LABELS[r.id] ?? r.id)}</span>
               </label>
+              {/* Which channels this category looks at. None ticked = all of
+                  them, which is what an unnarrowed rule should mean. */}
+              {r.enabled && r.id !== 'worked' && (
+                <div className="flex items-center gap-3 flex-wrap pl-6 text-xs">
+                  {CHANNELS.map((c) => {
+                    const on = !r.channels?.length || r.channels.includes(c);
+                    return (
+                      <label key={c} className="flex items-center gap-1.5 cursor-pointer">
+                        <Checkbox checked={on} onCheckedChange={(v) => {
+                          const cur = r.channels?.length ? r.channels : [...CHANNELS];
+                          const next = v ? [...new Set([...cur, c])] : cur.filter((x) => x !== c);
+                          patchRule(r.id, { channels: next });
+                        }} />
+                        {CHANNEL_LABELS[c]?.startsWith('appr.') ? t(CHANNEL_LABELS[c]) : CHANNEL_LABELS[c]}
+                      </label>
+                    );
+                  })}
+                </div>
+              )}
               {r.enabled && (
                 <div className="flex items-center gap-1.5 flex-wrap pl-6">
                   {PALETTE.map((c) => (

frontend/src/components/BandMap.tsx

@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ type SpotStatusEntry = {
   new_county?: boolean;
   new_pota?: boolean;
   new_pfx?: boolean;
+  // Whether the station uploads to LoTW. Not a status — it says nothing about
+  // whether the spot is worth chasing — so it is drawn as a badge, never a colour.
+  lotw?: boolean;
 };
 
 // The extra markers are ORTHOGONAL to the entity status: a spot can be a worked
@@ -79,6 +82,8 @@ interface Props {
   // globally from the band-map tab toolbar.
   hideDigital?: boolean;
   fitToBand?: boolean;
+  // Mark stations that upload to LoTW (Settings → Appearance).
+  showLotw?: boolean;
   // keyNav enables Ctrl+↑ / Ctrl+↓ to hop to the next spot above / below the rig
   // frequency (and tune to it). Only the docked Main-view band map sets this, so
   // the multi-band Band Map tab (several maps) doesn't fight over the shortcut.
@@ -227,7 +232,7 @@ const BOT_PAD = 14;    // the top-most freq label isn't clipped at y=0
 // last; ties broken by closeness to the rig freq).
 const MAX_VISIBLE_SPOTS = 30;
 
-export function BandMap({ band, spots, spotStatus: spotStatusRaw, currentFreqHz, onSpotClick, onClose, side = 'right', onToggleSide, hideDigital = false, fitToBand = false, keyNav = false }: Props) {
+export function BandMap({ band, spots, spotStatus: spotStatusRaw, currentFreqHz, onSpotClick, onClose, side = 'right', onToggleSide, hideDigital = false, fitToBand = false, keyNav = false, showLotw = false }: Props) {
   const { t } = useI18n();
 
   // The two display options are applied ONCE here, on the whole map, so the
@@ -649,6 +654,15 @@ export function BandMap({ band, spots, spotStatus: spotStatusRaw, currentFreqHz,
                 })()}
                 <span className="flex items-center gap-1.5 px-2 font-mono text-[11px] font-bold leading-none">
                   <span>{p.spot.dx_call}</span>
+                  {/* Same badge the cluster list draws, for the same reason: the
+                      muted-blue of a confirmation, never a status colour —
+                      whether a station uploads to LoTW says nothing about
+                      whether the spot is worth chasing. A glyph rather than a
+                      colour also keeps it off the channel the statuses use. */}
+                  {showLotw && entry?.lotw && (
+                    <span title={t('clu.lotwBadge')} className="text-[9px] font-normal rounded px-1 py-px"
+                      style={{ background: 'color-mix(in srgb, var(--info) 22%, transparent)', color: 'var(--info)' }}>L</span>
+                  )}
                   {mode && (
                     <span className="text-[9px] font-normal text-current/70 bg-current/10 rounded px-1 py-px">
                       {mode}

frontend/src/lib/i18n.tsx

@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ const en: Dict = {
   'nav.user': 'User Configuration', 'nav.software': 'Software Configuration', 'nav.hardware': 'Hardware Configuration', 'nav.lists': 'Lists',
   'sec.station': 'Station Information', 'sec.profiles': 'Profiles', 'sec.operating': 'Operating conditions',
   'sec.confirmations': 'Confirmations', 'sec.external': 'External services',
-  'sec.general': 'General', 'sec.appearance': 'Appearance', 'appr.enable': 'Colour whole rows by QSL status', 'appr.enableHint': '(in the log grid, like Logger32)', 'appr.orderHint': 'A contact is often several of these at once — the first rule that matches decides the colour.', 'appr.confirmedLotw': 'Confirmed on LoTW', 'appr.confirmedPaper': 'Confirmed by card or eQSL', 'appr.sentWaiting': 'Sent, no answer yet', 'appr.toSend': 'Queued to send (card, LoTW or eQSL)', 'appr.custom': 'Pick any colour', 'sec.email': 'E-mail (SMTP)', 'sec.lookup': 'Callsign Lookup',
+  'sec.general': 'General', 'sec.appearance': 'Appearance', 'appr.enable': 'Colour whole rows by QSL status', 'appr.enableHint': '(in the log grid, like Logger32)', 'appr.orderHint': 'A contact is often several of these at once — the first rule that matches decides the colour.', 'appr.ruleToSend': 'To be sent', 'appr.ruleConfirmed': 'Confirmed', 'appr.ruleSent': 'QSL sent', 'appr.ruleWorked': 'Worked, nothing sent', 'appr.chQsl': 'Paper QSL', 'appr.custom': 'Pick any colour', 'appr.style': 'Style', 'appr.styleBar': 'Left stripe', 'appr.styleTint': 'Filled row', 'appr.styleBoth': 'Both', 'appr.intensity': 'Strength', 'appr.bandmapLotw': 'Mark LoTW users on the band map', 'appr.bandmapLotwHint': '(the same L badge the cluster list uses)', 'sec.email': 'E-mail (SMTP)', 'sec.lookup': 'Callsign Lookup',
   'sec.bands': 'Bands', 'sec.modes': 'Modes & default RST', 'sec.cluster': 'DX Cluster',
   'sec.udp': 'UDP integrations', 'sec.database': 'Database', 'sec.autostart': 'Autostart', 'sec.backup': 'Database backup', 'sec.uscounties': 'US Counties',
   'sec.webpublish': 'Web publishing', 'wpub.hint': 'Publishes your log as a file for a website: a standalone HTML page or a CSV, written locally and optionally uploaded by FTP. It is refreshed when you log a QSO and, if you set an interval, on a timer.', 'wpub.enable': 'Publish the log to a file', 'wpub.fileSection': 'The file', 'wpub.format': 'Format', 'wpub.formatHtml': 'HTML page', 'wpub.formatCsv': 'CSV', 'wpub.folder': 'Output folder', 'wpub.browse': 'Browse…', 'wpub.fileName': 'File name', 'wpub.title': 'Page title', 'wpub.titlePh': 'blank = your callsign', 'wpub.count': 'Last N QSOs', 'wpub.every': 'Refresh every', 'wpub.everyHint': 'minutes — 0 = only when a QSO is logged', 'wpub.columns': 'Columns', 'wpub.columnsCount': '{n} of {total} chosen', 'wpub.columnsPick': 'Choose columns…', 'wpub.columnsSearch': 'Search a field…', 'wpub.removeColumn': 'Click to remove', 'wpub.columnsHint': 'Click to add or remove. The order shown here is the order in the file.', 'wpub.ftpEnable': 'Upload by FTP', 'wpub.ftpHost': 'Server / port', 'wpub.ftpUser': 'User', 'wpub.ftpPassword': 'Password', 'wpub.ftpFolder': 'Remote folder', 'wpub.ftpFileName': 'Remote file name', 'wpub.ftpTls': 'Use TLS (FTPS)', 'wpub.publishNow': 'Publish now', 'wpub.testFtp': 'Test connection', 'wpub.lastRun': 'Last run:', 'sec.adifmon': 'ADIF monitor',
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ const fr: Dict = {
   'nav.user': 'Configuration utilisateur', 'nav.software': 'Configuration logicielle', 'nav.hardware': 'Configuration matérielle', 'nav.lists': 'Listes',
   'sec.station': 'Informations station', 'sec.profiles': 'Profils', 'sec.operating': "Conditions d'opération",
   'sec.confirmations': 'Confirmations', 'sec.external': 'Services externes',
-  'sec.general': 'Général', 'sec.appearance': 'Apparence', 'appr.enable': 'Colorer les lignes entières selon le statut QSL', 'appr.enableHint': '(dans le tableau du log, comme Logger32)', 'appr.orderHint': "Un contact est souvent plusieurs de ces états à la fois — la première règle qui correspond décide de la couleur.", 'appr.confirmedLotw': 'Confirmé sur LoTW', 'appr.confirmedPaper': 'Confirmé par carte ou eQSL', 'appr.sentWaiting': 'Envoyé, sans réponse', 'appr.toSend': 'En attente d envoi (carte, LoTW ou eQSL)', 'appr.custom': 'Choisir une couleur', 'sec.email': 'E-mail (SMTP)', 'sec.lookup': "Recherche d'indicatif",
+  'sec.general': 'Général', 'sec.appearance': 'Apparence', 'appr.enable': 'Colorer les lignes entières selon le statut QSL', 'appr.enableHint': '(dans le tableau du log, comme Logger32)', 'appr.orderHint': "Un contact est souvent plusieurs de ces états à la fois — la première règle qui correspond décide de la couleur.", 'appr.ruleToSend': 'À envoyer', 'appr.ruleConfirmed': 'Confirmé', 'appr.ruleSent': 'QSL envoyée', 'appr.ruleWorked': 'Contacté, rien envoyé', 'appr.chQsl': 'QSL papier', 'appr.custom': 'Choisir une couleur', 'appr.style': 'Style', 'appr.styleBar': 'Barre à gauche', 'appr.styleTint': 'Ligne remplie', 'appr.styleBoth': 'Les deux', 'appr.intensity': 'Intensité', 'appr.bandmapLotw': 'Marquer les utilisateurs LoTW sur la band map', 'appr.bandmapLotwHint': '(le même badge L que la liste du cluster)', 'sec.email': 'E-mail (SMTP)', 'sec.lookup': "Recherche d'indicatif",
   'sec.bands': 'Bandes', 'sec.modes': 'Modes & RST par défaut', 'sec.cluster': 'DX Cluster',
   'sec.udp': 'Intégrations UDP', 'sec.database': 'Base de données', 'sec.autostart': 'Démarrage auto', 'sec.backup': 'Sauvegarde base', 'sec.uscounties': 'Comtés US',
   'sec.webpublish': 'Publication web', 'wpub.hint': "Publie ton journal dans un fichier destiné à un site web : une page HTML autonome ou un CSV, écrit en local et envoyé par FTP si tu le souhaites. Il est rafraîchi à chaque QSO enregistré et, si tu règles un intervalle, périodiquement.", 'wpub.enable': 'Publier le journal dans un fichier', 'wpub.fileSection': 'Le fichier', 'wpub.format': 'Format', 'wpub.formatHtml': 'Page HTML', 'wpub.formatCsv': 'CSV', 'wpub.folder': 'Dossier de sortie', 'wpub.browse': 'Parcourir…', 'wpub.fileName': 'Nom du fichier', 'wpub.title': 'Titre de la page', 'wpub.titlePh': 'vide = ton indicatif', 'wpub.count': 'N derniers QSO', 'wpub.every': 'Rafraîchir toutes les', 'wpub.everyHint': 'minutes — 0 = seulement à chaque QSO', 'wpub.columns': 'Colonnes', 'wpub.columnsCount': '{n} sur {total} choisis', 'wpub.columnsPick': 'Choisir les colonnes…', 'wpub.columnsSearch': 'Chercher un champ…', 'wpub.removeColumn': 'Cliquer pour retirer', 'wpub.columnsHint': 'Clique pour ajouter ou retirer. L ordre affiché ici est celui du fichier.', 'wpub.ftpEnable': 'Envoyer par FTP', 'wpub.ftpHost': 'Serveur / port', 'wpub.ftpUser': 'Utilisateur', 'wpub.ftpPassword': 'Mot de passe', 'wpub.ftpFolder': 'Dossier distant', 'wpub.ftpFileName': 'Nom du fichier distant', 'wpub.ftpTls': 'Utiliser TLS (FTPS)', 'wpub.publishNow': 'Publier maintenant', 'wpub.testFtp': 'Tester la connexion', 'wpub.lastRun': 'Dernière exécution :', 'sec.adifmon': 'Moniteur ADIF',

frontend/src/lib/rowColors.ts

@@ -1,41 +1,93 @@
-// Row colouring for the log grid, by QSL / LoTW status.
+// Row colouring for the log grid, by QSL status.
 //
-// The rules are ORDERED and the first match wins: a contact is usually several
-// things at once, and one confirmed on LoTW and by card is confirmed, not
-// "sent, awaiting reply".
+// Four categories, each scoped to the channels the operator cares about —
+// paper QSL, LoTW, eQSL, QRZ.com. The rules are ORDERED and the first match
+// wins, because a contact is usually several of them at once.
 
-export type RowColorRule = { id: string; color: string; enabled: boolean };
-export type RowColorSettings = { enabled: boolean; rules: RowColorRule[] };
+export type RowColorRule = {
+  id: string;
+  color: string;
+  enabled: boolean;
+  channels?: string[]; // empty = every channel
+};
+export type RowColorSettings = {
+  enabled: boolean;
+  style?: 'bar' | 'tint' | 'both';
+  intensity?: number;
+  bandmap_lotw?: boolean;
+  rules: RowColorRule[];
+};
+
+export const CHANNELS = ['qsl', 'lotw', 'eqsl', 'qrz'] as const;
+
+// The two QSO fields behind each channel. QRZ.com and Club Log call theirs an
+// "upload status" rather than a QSL flag, but they carry the same Y / R letters.
+const FIELDS: Record<string, { sent: string; rcvd: string }> = {
+  qsl: { sent: 'qsl_sent', rcvd: 'qsl_rcvd' },
+  lotw: { sent: 'lotw_sent', rcvd: 'lotw_rcvd' },
+  eqsl: { sent: 'eqsl_sent', rcvd: 'eqsl_rcvd' },
+  qrz: { sent: 'qrzcom_qso_upload_status', rcvd: 'qrzcom_qso_download_status' },
+};
 
 // ADIF QSL fields are single letters. Y is the only one that means "yes";
-// R (requested) and Q (queued) mean a card is owed, which is a different state
-// and the one an operator is looking for when deciding what to post.
+// R (requested) and Q (queued) mean it has not gone out yet — a different state,
+// and the one an operator looks for when deciding what to send.
 const yes = (v: any) => String(v ?? '').trim().toUpperCase() === 'Y';
 const owed = (v: any) => {
   const s = String(v ?? '').trim().toUpperCase();
   return s === 'R' || s === 'Q';
 };
 
-export function matchRowRule(q: any): string | null {
-  if (!q) return null;
-  if (yes(q.lotw_rcvd)) return 'confirmed_lotw';
-  if (yes(q.qsl_rcvd) || yes(q.eqsl_rcvd)) return 'confirmed_paper';
-  if (yes(q.qsl_sent) || yes(q.lotw_sent) || yes(q.eqsl_sent)) return 'sent_waiting';
-  // Any route still queued, not just the paper card. LoTW marks a pending upload
-  // as R, which is the commonest "not gone out yet" state in a digital log and
-  // was matching nothing at all while this only looked at qsl_sent.
-  if (owed(q.qsl_sent) || owed(q.lotw_sent) || owed(q.eqsl_sent)) return 'to_send';
+const chansOf = (r: RowColorRule): readonly string[] =>
+  r.channels && r.channels.length ? r.channels : CHANNELS;
+
+function ruleMatches(q: any, r: RowColorRule): boolean {
+  const cs = chansOf(r);
+  switch (r.id) {
+    case 'confirmed':
+      return cs.some((c) => yes(q[FIELDS[c]?.rcvd]));
+    case 'sent':
+      return cs.some((c) => yes(q[FIELDS[c]?.sent]));
+    case 'to_send':
+      return cs.some((c) => owed(q[FIELDS[c]?.sent]));
+    case 'worked':
+      // The catch-all: nothing sent, nothing asked for, nothing back.
+      return !CHANNELS.some((c) => yes(q[FIELDS[c].rcvd]) || yes(q[FIELDS[c].sent]) || owed(q[FIELDS[c].sent]));
+    default:
+      return false;
+  }
+}
+
+// Walks the rules IN ORDER — the order is the priority, and the settings panel
+// shows it numbered so it can be read rather than guessed.
+export function matchRowRule(q: any, cfg: RowColorSettings | null): RowColorRule | null {
+  if (!q || !cfg?.rules) return null;
+  for (const r of cfg.rules) {
+    if (r.enabled && ruleMatches(q, r)) return r;
+  }
   return null;
 }
 
-// The colour is applied as a TINT, not a fill. The grid is dark and a solid
-// user-picked colour behind white text is unreadable at exactly the moment it
-// matters — Logger32 gets away with it because its grid is white.
-export function rowStyleFor(q: any, cfg: RowColorSettings | null): { backgroundColor: string } | undefined {
+// The colour is never a fill by default.
+//
+// A log where nearly every contact has SOME QSL state ends up with every row
+// painted, and colour that is always present stops being information. The
+// default is a stripe down the left edge; a tint is offered at a chosen strength.
+export function rowStyleFor(q: any, cfg: RowColorSettings | null): Record<string, string> | undefined {
   if (!cfg?.enabled) return undefined;
-  const id = matchRowRule(q);
-  if (!id) return undefined;
-  const rule = cfg.rules?.find((r) => r.id === id);
-  if (!rule?.enabled || !rule.color) return undefined;
-  return { backgroundColor: `color-mix(in srgb, ${rule.color} 24%, transparent)` };
+  const rule = matchRowRule(q, cfg);
+  if (!rule?.color) return undefined;
+
+  const style = cfg.style ?? 'bar';
+  const pct = Math.max(5, Math.min(45, cfg.intensity ?? 12));
+  const out: Record<string, string> = {};
+  if (style === 'tint' || style === 'both') {
+    out.backgroundColor = `color-mix(in srgb, ${rule.color} ${pct}%, transparent)`;
+  }
+  if (style === 'bar' || style === 'both') {
+    // inset shadow rather than a border: a border would shift the cells three
+    // pixels on coloured rows only, and the columns would stop lining up.
+    out.boxShadow = `inset 3px 0 0 ${rule.color}`;
+  }
+  return out;
 }

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 = '0.24.8';
+export const APP_VERSION = '0.24.9';
 
 // Author / credits, shown in Help -> About.
 export const APP_AUTHOR = 'F4BPO';

frontend/wailsjs/go/models.ts

@@ -2996,6 +2996,7 @@ export namespace main {
 	    id: string;
 	    color: string;
 	    enabled: boolean;
+	    channels: string[];
 	
 	    static createFrom(source: any = {}) {
 	        return new RowColorRule(source);
@@ -3006,10 +3007,15 @@ export namespace main {
 	        this.id = source["id"];
 	        this.color = source["color"];
 	        this.enabled = source["enabled"];
+	        this.channels = source["channels"];
 	    }
 	}
 	export class RowColorSettings {
 	    enabled: boolean;
+	    style: string;
+	    intensity: number;
+	    bandmap_lotw: boolean;
+	    configured: boolean;
 	    rules: RowColorRule[];
 	
 	    static createFrom(source: any = {}) {
@@ -3019,6 +3025,10 @@ export namespace main {
 	    constructor(source: any = {}) {
 	        if ('string' === typeof source) source = JSON.parse(source);
 	        this.enabled = source["enabled"];
+	        this.style = source["style"];
+	        this.intensity = source["intensity"];
+	        this.bandmap_lotw = source["bandmap_lotw"];
+	        this.configured = source["configured"];
 	        this.rules = this.convertValues(source["rules"], RowColorRule);
 	    }
 	

internal/extsvc/extsvc.go

@@ -142,4 +142,10 @@ type UploadResult struct {
 	OK      bool   // the service accepted (or already had) the QSO
 	LogID   string // service-assigned record id, when provided
 	Message string // human-readable detail (reason on failure)
+	// Ignored is set when the service accepted the submission but left some or
+	// all of the QSOs out of it. TQSL does this for contacts already uploaded
+	// AND for contacts outside the certificate's date range, and reports both
+	// with the same exit code — so the caller must show the message rather than
+	// decide on its own that everything went through.
+	Ignored bool
 }

internal/extsvc/lotw.go

@@ -178,8 +178,12 @@ func fileExists(p string) bool {
 //
 //	tqsl -d -x -a all -l "<location>" -u [-p <keypass>] <file.adi>
 //
-// Exit codes (TQSL): 0 = uploaded; 8 = nothing new (all duplicates/out of
-// range); 9 = some uploaded, some skipped; anything else = failure.
+// Exit codes are TQSL's own (see the table in its cmdline help). 8 and 9 are
+// the ones that matter and both used to be read as plain success: 8 means NO
+// QSOs were processed and 9 means some were left out — in each case because
+// they were already uploaded OR outside the callsign certificate's date range.
+// Reporting either as success is how a contact came to be stamped "uploaded"
+// while LoTW had never seen it.
 func UploadLoTW(ctx context.Context, cfg ServiceConfig, tempDir, adifRecord string) (UploadResult, error) {
 	tqsl := strings.TrimSpace(cfg.TQSLPath)
 	loc := strings.TrimSpace(cfg.StationLocation)
@@ -249,11 +253,31 @@ func UploadLoTW(ctx context.Context, cfg ServiceConfig, tempDir, adifRecord stri
 		}
 	}
 
+	// TQSL's exit codes, from its own cmdline documentation. Two of them used to
+	// be read as plain success, and that is how contacts came to be stamped
+	// "uploaded" while LoTW had never seen them:
+	//
+	//	8  NO QSOs were processed — already uploaded OR OUT OF DATE RANGE
+	//	9  some processed, some ignored — same two reasons
+	//	14 some already uploaded, the rest signed
+	//
+	// "Out of date range" is the one that bites: a contact older than the
+	// callsign certificate's validity is silently left out, and reporting that as
+	// success stamped it sent for ever. TQSL says which case it is in its output,
+	// so the message is carried up rather than replaced with a guess.
 	switch code {
-	case 0, 9:
+	case 0:
 		return UploadResult{OK: true, Message: "uploaded to LoTW"}, nil
+	case 9, 14:
+		return UploadResult{OK: true, Ignored: true, Message: tqslDetail(msg,
+			"uploaded — but TQSL left some contacts out (already uploaded, or outside the certificate's date range)")}, nil
 	case 8:
-		return UploadResult{OK: true, Message: "already uploaded (duplicate)"}, nil
+		// Nothing reached LoTW. NOT stamped as sent: a duplicate left at "R" is
+		// harmless and will be refused again, while a contact wrongly marked sent
+		// is one the operator will never think to look at again.
+		return UploadResult{OK: false, Ignored: true, Message: tqslDetail(msg,
+				"TQSL uploaded nothing — every contact was already uploaded, or outside the certificate's date range")},
+			fmt.Errorf("lotw: no QSOs processed")
 	default:
 		if msg == "" {
 			msg = fmt.Sprintf("tqsl exit code %d", code)
@@ -262,6 +286,29 @@ func UploadLoTW(ctx context.Context, cfg ServiceConfig, tempDir, adifRecord stri
 	}
 }
 
+// tqslDetail keeps the lines of TQSL's own output that say what happened to the
+// contacts, and appends the summary.
+//
+// TQSL is explicit — "414 QSO records were already uploaded", "N QSO records
+// are out of date range" — and that sentence is the whole answer to "why is my
+// contact not on LoTW". It used to be captured and thrown away.
+func tqslDetail(out, summary string) string {
+	var keep []string
+	for _, ln := range strings.Split(out, "\n") {
+		ln = strings.TrimSpace(ln)
+		l := strings.ToLower(ln)
+		if strings.Contains(l, "qso") && (strings.Contains(l, "already uploaded") ||
+			strings.Contains(l, "date range") || strings.Contains(l, "ignored") ||
+			strings.Contains(l, "duplicate")) {
+			keep = append(keep, ln)
+		}
+	}
+	if len(keep) == 0 {
+		return summary
+	}
+	return summary + " — " + strings.Join(keep, "; ")
+}
+
 // TestLoTW validates the LoTW config: tqsl present and the chosen station
 // location exists in station_data.
 func TestLoTW(cfg ServiceConfig, stationDataPath string) (string, error) {

internal/extsvc/lotw_exit_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+package extsvc
+
+import "testing"
+
+// TQSL's own exit codes, from its cmdline documentation:
+//
+//	0  success
+//	8  NO QSOs were processed — already uploaded OR out of date range
+//	9  some processed, some ignored — same two reasons
+//	14 some already uploaded, the rest signed
+//
+// 8 and 9 both used to be read as plain success, and that is how a contact came
+// to be stamped "uploaded to LoTW" while LoTW had never seen it. The one that
+// bites is "out of date range": a contact older than the callsign certificate's
+// validity is silently left out of the submission.
+func TestTQSLDetailKeepsTheReason(t *testing.T) {
+	out := `13:22:01: Signing using Callsign G0ABC, DXCC Entity ENGLAND
+13:22:02: /tmp/x.adi: 20 QSO records are out of date range
+13:22:02: Final Status: No QSOs were processed (8)`
+	got := tqslDetail(out, "summary")
+	if got == "summary" {
+		t.Fatal("threw away TQSL's explanation — that sentence is the whole answer to \"why is my contact not on LoTW\"")
+	}
+	if !contains(got, "out of date range") {
+		t.Errorf("the reason was lost: %q", got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestTQSLDetailFallsBackToTheSummary(t *testing.T) {
+	if got := tqslDetail("nothing useful here", "summary"); got != "summary" {
+		t.Errorf("got %q, want the plain summary when TQSL said nothing specific", got)
+	}
+}
+
+func contains(h, n string) bool {
+	return len(h) >= len(n) && (func() bool {
+		for i := 0; i+len(n) <= len(h); i++ {
+			if h[i:i+len(n)] == n {
+				return true
+			}
+		}
+		return false
+	})()
+}

internal/spe/poweroff_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+package spe
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// decodeCSV marks the client connected on EVERY frame it parses, and the poll
+// goroutine can be mid-read while PowerOff runs. So the frame from a second ago
+// landed after PowerOff had marked the amp offline and put it straight back —
+// the console kept showing the amplifier on until the operator pressed OFF a
+// second time.
+func TestFrameInFlightDoesNotResurrectASwitchedOffAmp(t *testing.T) {
+	c := &Client{}
+	const frame = ",13K,O,R,A,1,05,1b,0r,M,0000, 0.00, 0.00, 1.3, 0.0, 26,000,000,N,N,"
+
+	// Normal running: a frame marks it connected and reads OPERATE.
+	c.decodeCSV(frame)
+	if !c.GetStatus().Connected || !c.GetStatus().Operate {
+		t.Fatal("a status frame should mark the amp connected")
+	}
+
+	// The operator presses OFF. This is what PowerOff does, in order.
+	c.statusMu.Lock()
+	c.offUntil = time.Now().Add(3 * time.Second)
+	c.statusMu.Unlock()
+	c.setErr(errSwitchedOff{})
+
+	// A frame that was already on the wire arrives now.
+	c.decodeCSV(frame)
+
+	if c.GetStatus().Connected {
+		t.Error("a frame from before the switch-off put the amp back on — this is the double-click on OFF")
+	}
+}
+
+// An amp switched back on at its own front panel must reappear without OpsLog
+// being told, so the suppression has to expire rather than latch.
+func TestSuppressionExpires(t *testing.T) {
+	c := &Client{}
+	c.statusMu.Lock()
+	c.offUntil = time.Now().Add(-time.Second) // window already past
+	c.statusMu.Unlock()
+	c.setErr(errSwitchedOff{})
+
+	c.decodeCSV(",13K,O,R,A,1,05,1b,0r,M,0000, 0.00, 0.00, 1.3, 0.0, 26,000,000,N,N,")
+	if !c.GetStatus().Connected {
+		t.Error("an amp answering after the window must come back on its own")
+	}
+}
+
+type errSwitchedOff struct{}
+
+func (errSwitchedOff) Error() string { return "switched off" }

internal/spe/spe.go

@@ -91,6 +91,15 @@ type Client struct {
 	statusMu sync.RWMutex
 	status   Status
 	lastRaw  string // last raw status payload logged (log only on change)
+	// offUntil suppresses status frames that were already in flight when the amp
+	// was switched off. decodeCSV marks the client connected on every frame it
+	// parses, and the poll goroutine can be mid-read while PowerOff runs — so the
+	// frame from a second ago resurrected an amplifier the operator had just
+	// switched off, and the console only caught up when they pressed OFF twice.
+	//
+	// Time-bounded rather than a latch: an amp switched back on at its own front
+	// panel must reappear on its own.
+	offUntil time.Time
 
 	stop    chan struct{}
 	running bool
@@ -177,6 +186,12 @@ func (c *Client) PowerOn() error {
 	if c.GetStatus().Connected {
 		return nil
 	}
+	// Switching on cancels the suppression window: the operator wants frames
+	// believed again, and waiting out a timer they cannot see would read as the
+	// power-on having failed.
+	c.statusMu.Lock()
+	c.offUntil = time.Time{}
+	c.statusMu.Unlock()
 	// The poll goroutine may still be inside a blocking read on the old handle;
 	// Windows keeps the port "busy" until that read times out (ioTimeout). Retry
 	// the open for a little longer than that.
@@ -205,9 +220,17 @@ func (c *Client) PowerOn() error {
 		time.Sleep(wakePulse)
 		return set(true)
 	}
-	if err = pulse(sp.SetRTS); err == nil {
-		err = pulse(sp.SetDTR)
+	// Each line reported separately. Not every USB-serial chip honours the modem
+	// lines, and some refuse them without saying so — on an amplifier that never
+	// wakes, "which of the two failed, or neither" is the whole diagnosis, and a
+	// single combined error cannot give it.
+	rtsErr := pulse(sp.SetRTS)
+	dtrErr := pulse(sp.SetDTR)
+	if err = rtsErr; err == nil {
+		err = dtrErr
 	}
+	applog.Printf("spe: power ON pulse on %s (model=%q transport=%s) — RTS err=%v, DTR err=%v",
+		c.cfg.ComPort, c.GetStatus().Model, c.cfg.Transport, rtsErr, dtrErr)
 	// Booting, the amp re-enumerates its USB interface, which leaves this handle
 	// pointing at a device that no longer exists — the amp came up and OpsLog
 	// still read "offline". Drop it; the poll loop reopens a fresh one as soon as
@@ -216,6 +239,26 @@ func (c *Client) PowerOn() error {
 	c.dropLocked()
 	c.mu.Unlock()
 	applog.Printf("spe: power ON — RTS then DTR pulsed on %s (err=%v)", c.cfg.ComPort, err)
+
+	// Say whether it actually woke. "The ON button does nothing" is a report with
+	// three different causes — the pulse was refused, the pulse went out and the
+	// amp ignored it, or the amp came up and the UI missed it — and only the log
+	// can separate them. Watched off the caller's goroutine so the click returns
+	// at once.
+	go func() {
+		deadline := time.Now().Add(15 * time.Second)
+		for time.Now().Before(deadline) {
+			time.Sleep(time.Second)
+			if c.GetStatus().Connected {
+				applog.Printf("spe: power ON — amp answered after %.0fs",
+					15-time.Until(deadline).Seconds())
+				return
+			}
+		}
+		applog.Printf("spe: power ON — no answer within 15s on %s. The pulse was sent; "+
+			"either this amplifier does not wake on RTS/DTR, or the adapter does not drive those lines",
+			c.cfg.ComPort)
+	}()
 	return err
 }
 
@@ -226,6 +269,14 @@ func (c *Client) PowerOn() error {
 // the poll loop keeps reopening the port with both lines high and that has
 // never woken it — only the deliberate low→high sequence in PowerOn does.
 func (c *Client) PowerOff() error {
+	// Close the window BEFORE the key goes out, so a frame already travelling up
+	// the wire cannot land after setErr and undo it. Three seconds covers a poll
+	// interval with room to spare; after that a real answer means the amp is
+	// genuinely alive again, which is what happens if it is switched back on at
+	// its own front panel.
+	c.statusMu.Lock()
+	c.offUntil = time.Now().Add(3 * time.Second)
+	c.statusMu.Unlock()
 	err := c.sendCmd(cmdOff)
 	applog.Printf("spe: power OFF — SWITCH OFF key sent (err=%v)", err)
 	// Drop the link and mark the amp offline at once, exactly as a fresh start
@@ -482,6 +533,9 @@ func (c *Client) decodeCSV(payload string) {
 		c.lastRaw = payload
 		applog.Printf("spe: status raw=%q fields=%d", payload, len(f))
 	}
+	if time.Now().Before(c.offUntil) {
+		return // a frame from before the switch-off — the amp is on its way down
+	}
 	c.status.Connected = true
 	c.status.LastError = ""
 	// The real frame carries a leading empty field (it starts with a comma), so the

telemetry.go

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	// appVersion is stamped on every heartbeat (and could feed the About box).
-	appVersion = "0.24.8"
+	appVersion = "0.24.9"
 
 	// posthogHost is the PostHog ingestion endpoint. EU cloud by default; change
 	// to https://us.i.posthog.com for a US project.

udp_grid_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+package main
+
+import "testing"
+
+// A CQ in FT8 carries the operator's square and it is where they are NOW.
+// QRZ and HamQTH describe where they LIVE, which for an expedition is the
+// wrong side of the planet — RI0FA transmitted QN35 all evening and was logged
+// with its licence-holder's home square.
+//
+// refineGrid is the referee. What it must never do is let a directory value
+// replace one heard on the air.
+func TestRefineGridKeepsWhatWasHeardOnAir(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, tc := range []struct{ have, found, want string }{
+		// The expedition case: heard QN35, directory says the home square.
+		{"QN35", "KO85", "QN35"},
+		// Nothing heard: the directory is all there is.
+		{"", "KO85", "KO85"},
+		// A finer square from the SAME field is an upgrade, not a contradiction.
+		{"QN35", "QN35SL", "QN35SL"},
+		// A finer square from a DIFFERENT field is a contradiction — refuse it.
+		{"QN35", "KO85AB", "QN35"},
+		// Case and padding must not decide anything.
+		{" qn35 ", "KO85", "QN35"},
+		{"QN35", "", "QN35"},
+	} {
+		if got := refineGrid(tc.have, tc.found); got != tc.want {
+			t.Errorf("refineGrid(%q, %q) = %q, want %q", tc.have, tc.found, got, tc.want)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// And the ordering that makes it work: the decoded grid has to be applied
+// BEFORE the lookup, or refineGrid has nothing to defend.
+func TestDecodedGridWinsOverTheDirectory(t *testing.T) {
+	a := &App{}
+	a.rememberDecodeGrid("RI0FA", "QN35", "decode")
+
+	grid := "" // WSJT-X's ADIF carried no GRIDSQUARE, which is the usual case
+	if g := a.lookupDecodeGrid("RI0FA"); g != "" {
+		grid = refineGrid(grid, g)
+	}
+	grid = refineGrid(grid, "KO85") // then the lookup answers with the home square
+
+	if grid != "QN35" {
+		t.Errorf("logged grid = %q, want QN35 — the square the station actually sent", grid)
+	}
+}