diff --git a/mainwindow.cpp b/mainwindow.cpp
index e563ada..1a6c4af 100644
--- a/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -5339,6 +5339,7 @@ void MainWindow::clearActivity(){
     m_bandActivity.clear();
     m_callActivity.clear();
     m_callSeenBeacon.clear();
+    m_compoundCallCache.clear();
     m_rxCallCache.clear();
     m_rxRecentCache.clear();
     m_rxDirectedCache.clear();
@@ -5515,7 +5516,7 @@ void MainWindow::on_extFreeTextMsgEdit_currentTextChanged (QString const& text)
       ui->extFreeTextMsgEdit->setTextCursor(c);
     }
 
-    int count = buildFT8MessageFrames(x).first.length();
+    int count = countFT8MessageFrames(x);
     if(count > 0){
         ui->startTxButton->setText(QString("Send (%1)").arg(count));
         ui->startTxButton->setEnabled(true);
@@ -5525,21 +5526,14 @@ void MainWindow::on_extFreeTextMsgEdit_currentTextChanged (QString const& text)
     }
 }
 
-QString trimWithPeriods(QString value){
-    QRegularExpression re("^\\s+");
-    auto match = re.match(value);
-    if(match.hasMatch()){
-        int count = match.captured(0).length();
-        return value.replace(0, count, QString(".").repeated(count));
-    }
-
-    return value;
-}
-
 int MainWindow::currentFreq(){
     return ui->RxFreqSpinBox->value();
 }
 
+int MainWindow::countFT8MessageFrames(QString const& text){
+    return buildFT8MessageFrames(text).first.length();
+}
+
 QPair<QStringList, QStringList> MainWindow::buildFT8MessageFrames(QString const& text){
     QStringList frames;
     QStringList lines;
diff --git a/mainwindow.h b/mainwindow.h
index 4e320ab..b2fe1d1 100644
--- a/mainwindow.h
+++ b/mainwindow.h
@@ -254,6 +254,7 @@ private slots:
   void on_extFreeTextMsg_currentTextChanged (QString const&);
   void on_extFreeTextMsgEdit_currentTextChanged (QString const&);
   int currentFreq();
+  int countFT8MessageFrames(QString const& text);
   QPair<QStringList, QStringList> buildFT8MessageFrames(QString const& text);
   QString parseFT8Message(QString input, bool *isFree);
   bool prepareNextMessageFrame();