Fixed allcall and groupcall counts to respect aging

Configuration.cpp

@@ -2338,14 +2338,23 @@ void Configuration::impl::reject ()
 
 void Configuration::impl::on_font_push_button_clicked ()
 {
-  next_font_ = QFontDialog::getFont (0, next_font_, this);
+  next_font_ = QFontDialog::getFont (0, next_font_, this
-
+                                   , tr ("Font Chooser")
+#if QT_VERSION >= 0x050201
+                                   , QFontDialog::DontUseNativeDialog
+#endif
+                                   );
   ui_->font_push_button->setText(QString("Application Font (%1 %2)").arg(next_font_.family()).arg(next_font_.pointSize()));
 }
 
 void Configuration::impl::on_tableFontButton_clicked ()
 {
-  next_table_font_ = QFontDialog::getFont (0, next_table_font_, this);
+  next_table_font_ = QFontDialog::getFont (0, next_table_font_, this
+                                           , tr ("Font Chooser")
+#if QT_VERSION >= 0x050201
+                                           , QFontDialog::DontUseNativeDialog
+#endif
+                                           );
   ui_->tableFontButton->setText(QString("Table Font (%1 %2)").arg(next_table_font_.family()).arg(next_table_font_.pointSize()));
 }
 
@@ -2453,7 +2462,7 @@ void Configuration::impl::on_rxFontButton_clicked ()
   next_rx_text_font_ = QFontDialog::getFont (0, next_rx_text_font_ , this
                                                   , tr ("Font Chooser")
 #if QT_VERSION >= 0x050201
-                                                  , 0
+                                                  , QFontDialog::DontUseNativeDialog
 #endif
                                                   );
   ui_->rxFontButton->setText(QString("Font (%1 %2)").arg(next_rx_text_font_.family()).arg(next_rx_text_font_.pointSize()));
@@ -2495,7 +2504,7 @@ void Configuration::impl::on_txFontButton_clicked ()
   next_tx_text_font_ = QFontDialog::getFont (0, next_tx_text_font_ , this
                                                   , tr ("Font Chooser")
 #if QT_VERSION >= 0x050201
-                                                  , 0
+                                                  , QFontDialog::DontUseNativeDialog
 #endif
                                                   );
 
@@ -2507,7 +2516,7 @@ void Configuration::impl::on_composeFontButton_clicked ()
   next_compose_text_font_ = QFontDialog::getFont (0, next_compose_text_font_ , this
                                                   , tr ("Font Chooser")
 #if QT_VERSION >= 0x050201
-                                                  , 0
+                                                  , QFontDialog::DontUseNativeDialog
 #endif
                                                   );
   ui_->composeFontButton->setText(QString("Font (%1 %2)").arg(next_compose_text_font_.family()).arg(next_compose_text_font_.pointSize()));

Configuration.ui

@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@
                 <string>&lt;html&gt;&lt;head/&gt;&lt;body&gt;&lt;p&gt;Station location message&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</string>
                </property>
                <property name="text">
-                <string>QTH Message:</string>
+                <string>Station Location (QTH) Message:</string>
                </property>
               </widget>
              </item>
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@
                 <string>&lt;html&gt;&lt;head/&gt;&lt;body&gt;&lt;p&gt;Station Description Message&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</string>
                </property>
                <property name="text">
-                <string>QTC Message:</string>
+                <string>Station Detail (QTC) Message:</string>
                </property>
               </widget>
              </item>
@@ -269,6 +269,19 @@
             </property>
            </widget>
           </item>
+          <item>
+           <widget class="QCheckBox" name="monitor_off_check_box">
+            <property name="toolTip">
+             <string>Don't start decoding until the monitor button is clicked.</string>
+            </property>
+            <property name="text">
+             <string>Mon&amp;itor (RX) off at startup</string>
+            </property>
+            <property name="checked">
+             <bool>false</bool>
+            </property>
+           </widget>
+          </item>
           <item>
            <widget class="QCheckBox" name="autoreply_off_check_box">
             <property name="text">
@@ -283,19 +296,6 @@
             </property>
            </widget>
           </item>
-          <item>
-           <widget class="QCheckBox" name="monitor_off_check_box">
-            <property name="toolTip">
-             <string>Don't start decoding until the monitor button is clicked.</string>
-            </property>
-            <property name="text">
-             <string>Mon&amp;itor (RX) off at startup</string>
-            </property>
-            <property name="checked">
-             <bool>false</bool>
-            </property>
-           </widget>
-          </item>
           <item>
            <widget class="QCheckBox" name="monitor_last_used_check_box">
             <property name="visible">
@@ -309,13 +309,6 @@
             </property>
            </widget>
           </item>
-          <item>
-           <widget class="QCheckBox" name="transmit_directed_check_box">
-            <property name="text">
-             <string>Immediately transmit directed responses from the menu</string>
-            </property>
-           </widget>
-          </item>
           <item>
            <widget class="QCheckBox" name="tx_qsy_check_box">
             <property name="enabled">
@@ -349,6 +342,13 @@
             </property>
            </widget>
           </item>
+          <item>
+           <widget class="QCheckBox" name="transmit_directed_check_box">
+            <property name="text">
+             <string>Immediately transmit CQ, Reply, QTC, QTH, Saved, and Directed messages from the menu</string>
+            </property>
+           </widget>
+          </item>
           <item>
            <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_155">
             <item>
@@ -3482,7 +3482,6 @@ soundcard changes</string>
   <tabstop>use_dynamic_grid</tabstop>
   <tabstop>region_combo_box</tabstop>
   <tabstop>type_2_msg_gen_combo_box</tabstop>
-  <tabstop>monitor_off_check_box</tabstop>
   <tabstop>monitor_last_used_check_box</tabstop>
   <tabstop>quick_call_check_box</tabstop>
   <tabstop>tx_watchdog_spin_box</tabstop>
@@ -3618,12 +3617,12 @@ soundcard changes</string>
   </connection>
  </connections>
  <buttongroups>
+  <buttongroup name="CAT_data_bits_button_group"/>
+  <buttongroup name="TX_mode_button_group"/>
+  <buttongroup name="PTT_method_button_group"/>
   <buttongroup name="CAT_handshake_button_group"/>
   <buttongroup name="split_mode_button_group"/>
-  <buttongroup name="TX_audio_source_button_group"/>
-  <buttongroup name="TX_mode_button_group"/>
-  <buttongroup name="CAT_data_bits_button_group"/>
   <buttongroup name="CAT_stop_bits_button_group"/>
-  <buttongroup name="PTT_method_button_group"/>
+  <buttongroup name="TX_audio_source_button_group"/>
  </buttongroups>
 </ui>

Versions.cmake

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Version number components
 set (WSJTX_VERSION_MAJOR 0)
 set (WSJTX_VERSION_MINOR 7)
-set (WSJTX_VERSION_PATCH 3)
+set (WSJTX_VERSION_PATCH 5)
 set (WSJTX_RC 0)		 # release candidate number, comment out or zero for development versions
 set (WSJTX_VERSION_IS_RELEASE 0) # set to 1 for final release build

decodedtext.cpp

@@ -197,6 +197,8 @@ bool DecodedText::tryUnpackDirected(){
       message_ = QString(parts.join(""));
     }
 
+    message_ = message_.replace("APRS: ", "APRS:");
+
     directed_ = parts;
     frameType_ = type;
     return true;

jsc.cpp

@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
 #include <cmath>
 
 #include <QDebug>
+#include <QCache>
+
+QMap<QString, quint32> LOOKUP_CACHE;
 
 Codeword JSC::codeword(quint32 index, bool separate, quint32 bytesize, quint32 s, quint32 c){
     QList<Codeword> out;
@@ -145,7 +148,19 @@ QString JSC::decompress(Codeword const& bitvec){
 }
 
 quint32 JSC::lookup(QString w, bool * ok){
-    return lookup(w.toLatin1().data(), ok);
+    if(LOOKUP_CACHE.contains(w)){
+        if(ok) *ok = true;
+        return LOOKUP_CACHE[w];
+    }
+
+    bool found = false;
+    quint32 result = lookup(w.toLatin1().data(), &found);
+    if(found){
+        LOOKUP_CACHE[w] = result;
+    }
+
+    if(ok) *ok = found;
+    return result;
 }
 
 quint32 JSC::lookup(char const* b, bool *ok){

mainwindow.cpp

@@ -151,6 +151,9 @@ extern "C" {
   void plotsave_(float swide[], int* m_w , int* m_h1, int* irow);
 }
 
+const int NEAR_THRESHOLD_RX = 10;
+const int NEAR_THRESHOLD_GROUPCALL = 125;
+
 int volatile itone[NUM_ISCAT_SYMBOLS];  //Audio tones for all Tx symbols
 int volatile icw[NUM_CW_SYMBOLS];       //Dits for CW ID
 struct dec_data dec_data;               // for sharing with Fortran
@@ -420,7 +423,6 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(QDir const& temp_directory, bool multiple,
   m_btxok {false},
   m_diskData {false},
   m_loopall {false},
-  m_txFirst {false},
   m_auto {false},
   m_restart {false},
   m_startAnother {false},
@@ -842,6 +844,7 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(QDir const& temp_directory, bool multiple,
            , &QTextEdit::textChanged
            , [this] () {on_extFreeTextMsgEdit_currentTextChanged (ui->extFreeTextMsgEdit->toPlainText ());});
 
+  m_guiTimer.setSingleShot(true);
   connect(&m_guiTimer, &QTimer::timeout, this, &MainWindow::guiUpdate);
   m_guiTimer.start(100);   //### Don't change the 100 ms! ###
 
@@ -1672,7 +1675,6 @@ void MainWindow::writeSettings()
   m_settings->setValue ("geometryNoControls", m_geometryNoControls);
   m_settings->setValue ("state", saveState ());
   m_settings->setValue("MRUdir", m_path);
-  m_settings->setValue("TxFirst",m_txFirst);
   m_settings->setValue("DXcall",ui->dxCallEntry->text());
   m_settings->setValue("DXgrid",ui->dxGridEntry->text());
   m_settings->setValue ("AstroDisplayed", m_astroWidget && m_astroWidget->isVisible());
@@ -1768,7 +1770,6 @@ void MainWindow::readSettings()
   ui->dxCallEntry->setText (m_settings->value ("DXcall", QString {}).toString ());
   ui->dxGridEntry->setText (m_settings->value ("DXgrid", QString {}).toString ());
   m_path = m_settings->value("MRUdir", m_config.save_directory ().absolutePath ()).toString ();
-  m_txFirst = m_settings->value("TxFirst",false).toBool();
   auto displayAstro = m_settings->value ("AstroDisplayed", false).toBool ();
   auto displayMsgAvg = m_settings->value ("MsgAvgDisplayed", false).toBool ();
   if (m_settings->contains ("FreeText")) ui->freeTextMsg->setCurrentText (
@@ -4087,11 +4088,22 @@ void MainWindow::decodeBusy(bool b)                             //decodeBusy()
 //------------------------------------------------------------- //guiUpdate()
 void MainWindow::guiUpdate()
 {
+  static quint64 lastLoop;
   static char message[29];
   static char msgsent[29];
   double txDuration;
   QString rt;
 
+  quint64 thisLoop = QDateTime::currentMSecsSinceEpoch();
+  if(lastLoop == 0){
+      lastLoop = thisLoop;
+  }
+  quint64 delta = thisLoop - lastLoop;
+  if(delta > (100 + 10)){
+    qDebug() << "guiupdate overrun" << (delta-100);
+  }
+  lastLoop = thisLoop;
+
   if(m_TRperiod==0) m_TRperiod=60;
   txDuration=0.0;
   if(m_modeTx=="FT8")  txDuration=1.0 + NUM_FT8_SYMBOLS*1920/12000.0;      // FT8
@@ -4104,15 +4116,10 @@ void MainWindow::guiUpdate()
   if((icw[0]>0) and (!m_bFast9)) tx2 += icw[0]*2560.0/48000.0;  //Full length including CW ID
   if(tx2>m_TRperiod) tx2=m_TRperiod;
 
-  if(!m_txFirst and !m_mode.startsWith ("WSPR")) {
-    tx1 += m_TRperiod;
-    tx2 += m_TRperiod;
-  }
-
   qint64 ms = DriftingDateTime::currentMSecsSinceEpoch() % 86400000;
   int nsec=ms/1000;
   double tsec=0.001*ms;
-  double t2p=fmod(tsec,2*m_TRperiod);
+  double t2p=fmod(tsec, m_TRperiod);
   m_s6=fmod(tsec,6.0);
   m_nseq = nsec % m_TRperiod;
   m_tRemaining=m_TRperiod - fmod(tsec,double(m_TRperiod));
@@ -4125,11 +4132,6 @@ void MainWindow::guiUpdate()
   if(m_transmitting or m_auto or m_tune) {
     m_dateTimeLastTX = DriftingDateTime::currentDateTime ();
 
-// Check for "txboth" (testing purposes only)
-    QFile f(m_appDir + "/txboth");
-    if(f.exists() and
-       fmod(tsec,m_TRperiod)<(1.0 + 85.0*m_nsps/12000.0)) m_bTxTime=true;
-
 // Don't transmit another mode in the 30 m WSPR sub-band
     Frequency onAirFreq = m_freqNominal + ui->TxFreqSpinBox->value();
 
@@ -4154,29 +4156,7 @@ void MainWindow::guiUpdate()
       }
     }
 
-    if(m_mode=="FT8" and m_config.bFox()) {
+    // watchdog!
-// Don't allow Fox mode in any of the default FT8 sub-bands.
-      qint32 ft8Freq[]={1840,3573,7074,10136,14074,18100,21074,24915,28074,50313,70100};
-      for(int i=0; i<11; i++) {
-        int kHzdiff=m_freqNominal/1000 - ft8Freq[i];
-        if(qAbs(kHzdiff) < 4) {
-          m_bTxTime=false;
-          if (m_auto) auto_tx_mode (false);
-          auto const& message = tr ("Please choose another dial frequency."
-                                    " WSJT-X will not operate in Fox mode"
-                                    " in the standard FT8 sub-bands.");
-#if QT_VERSION >= 0x050400
-          QTimer::singleShot (0, [=] {               // don't block guiUpdate
-            MessageBox::warning_message (this, tr ("Fox Mode warning"), message);
-          });
-#else
-          MessageBox::warning_message (this, tr ("Fox Mode warning"), message);
-#endif
-          break;
-        }
-      }
-    }
-
     if (m_config.watchdog() && !m_mode.startsWith ("WSPR")
         && m_idleMinutes >= m_config.watchdog ()) {
       tx_watchdog (true);       // disable transmit
@@ -4199,7 +4179,8 @@ void MainWindow::guiUpdate()
     // TODO: stop
     if(msgLength==0 and !m_tune) on_stopTxButton_clicked();
 
-    if(g_iptt==0 and ((m_bTxTime and fTR<0.75 and msgLength>0) or m_tune)) {
+    float lateThreshold=(12.6/3.0)/15.0; //0.75;
+    if(g_iptt==0 and ((m_bTxTime and fTR<lateThreshold and msgLength>0) or m_tune)) {
       //### Allow late starts
       icw[0]=m_ncw;
       g_iptt = 1;
@@ -4351,22 +4332,6 @@ void MainWindow::guiUpdate()
     }
     m_restart=false;
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
-  } else {
-    if (!m_auto && m_sentFirst73)
-    {
-      m_sentFirst73 = false;
-      if (1 == ui->tabWidget->currentIndex())
-      {
-        ui->genMsg->setText(ui->tx6->text());
-        m_ntx=7;
-        m_QSOProgress = CALLING;
-        m_gen_message_is_cq = true;
-        ui->rbGenMsg->setChecked(true);
-      } else {
-//JHT 11/29/2015        m_ntx=6;
-//        ui->txrb6->setChecked(true);
-      }
-    }
   }
 
   if (g_iptt == 1 && m_iptt0 == 0)
@@ -4382,22 +4347,6 @@ void MainWindow::guiUpdate()
         write_transmit_entry ("ALL.TXT");
       }
 
-      if (m_config.TX_messages () && !m_tune && !m_config.bFox()) {
-        ui->decodedTextBrowser2->displayTransmittedText(current_message, m_modeTx,
-              ui->TxFreqSpinBox->value(),m_config.color_rx_background(),m_bFastMode);
-      }
-
-      switch (m_ntx)
-        {
-        case 1: m_QSOProgress = REPLYING; break;
-        case 2: m_QSOProgress = REPORT; break;
-        case 3: m_QSOProgress = ROGER_REPORT; break;
-        case 4: m_QSOProgress = ROGERS; break;
-        case 5: m_QSOProgress = SIGNOFF; break;
-        case 6: m_QSOProgress = CALLING; break;
-        default: break;             // determined elsewhere
-        }
-
       // TODO: jsherer - perhaps an on_transmitting signal?
       m_lastTxTime = DriftingDateTime::currentDateTimeUtc();
 
@@ -4427,32 +4376,7 @@ void MainWindow::guiUpdate()
     } else {
       m_bVHFwarned=false;
     }
-    // if(m_config.bFox()) {
-    //   if(m_config.my_callsign()=="K1JT" or m_config.my_callsign()=="K9AN" or
-    //      m_config.my_callsign()=="G4WJS" or m_config.my_callsign().contains("KH7Z")) {
-    //     ui->sbNslots->setMaximum(5);
-    //     m_Nslots=ui->sbNslots->value();
-    //     ui->sbNslots->setEnabled(true);
-    //   } else {
-    //     ui->sbNslots->setMaximum(1);
-    //     m_Nslots=1;
-    //     ui->sbNslots->setEnabled(false);
-    //   }
-    // }
 
-    if(m_config.bHound()) {
-      m_bWarnedHound=false;
-      qint32 tHound=DriftingDateTime::currentMSecsSinceEpoch()/1000 - m_tAutoOn;
-      //To keep calling Fox, Hound must reactivate Enable Tx at least once every 2 minutes
-      if(tHound >= 120 and m_ntx==1) auto_tx_mode(false);
-    }
-
-    if(m_auto and m_mode=="Echo" and m_bEchoTxOK) {
-      progressBar.setMaximum(6);
-      progressBar.setValue(int(m_s6));
-    }
-
-    if(m_mode!="Echo") {
     if(m_monitoring or m_transmitting) {
         progressBar.setMaximum(m_TRperiod);
         int isec=int(fmod(tsec,m_TRperiod));
@@ -4460,7 +4384,6 @@ void MainWindow::guiUpdate()
     } else {
         progressBar.setValue(0);
     }
-    }
 
     astroUpdate ();
 
@@ -4533,18 +4456,20 @@ void MainWindow::guiUpdate()
         tryBandHop();
     }
 
-    // once per period/3
+    // at the end of the period
     bool forceDirty = false;
-    if(m_sec0 % (m_TRperiod/3) == 0){
+    if(m_sec0 % (m_TRperiod-2) == 0 ||
-        // force rx dirty three times per period
+       m_sec0 % (m_TRperiod) == 0   ||
+       m_sec0 % (m_TRperiod+2) == 0 ){
+        // force rx dirty at the end of the period
         forceDirty = true;
     }
 
-    // once per second...
-
     // update the dial frequency once per second..
     displayDialFrequency();
 
+    // once per second...but not when we're transmitting
+    if(!m_transmitting){
         // process all received activity...
         processActivity(forceDirty);
 
@@ -4556,12 +4481,23 @@ void MainWindow::guiUpdate()
         updateButtonDisplay();
         updateTextDisplay();
     }
+  }
 
   // once per 100ms
   displayTransmit();
 
   m_iptt0=g_iptt;
   m_btxok0=m_btxok;
+
+  // compute the processing time and adjust loop to hit the next 100ms
+  auto endLoop = QDateTime::currentMSecsSinceEpoch();
+  auto processingTime = endLoop - thisLoop;
+  auto nextLoopMs = 0;
+  if(processingTime < 100){
+      nextLoopMs = 100 - processingTime;
+  }
+
+  m_guiTimer.start(nextLoopMs);
 }               //End of guiUpdate
 
 
@@ -4581,14 +4517,6 @@ void MainWindow::startTx()
   ui->rbNextFreeTextMsg->setChecked(true);
   if (m_transmitting) m_restart=true;
 
-  // detect if we're currently in a possible transmit cycle...and if so, wait until the next one if we're more than 2 seconds in...
-  QDateTime now {DriftingDateTime::currentDateTimeUtc()};
-  int s=now.addSecs(-2).time().second();
-  int n=s % (2*m_TRperiod);
-  if((n <= m_TRperiod && m_txFirst) || (n > m_TRperiod && !m_txFirst)){
-    m_txFirst = !m_txFirst;
-  }
-
   // hack the auto button to kick off the transmit
   if(!ui->autoButton->isChecked()){
     ui->autoButton->setEnabled(true);
@@ -4617,11 +4545,6 @@ void MainWindow::startTx2()
   }
 }
 
-void MainWindow::continueTx()
-{
-    m_txFirst = !m_txFirst;
-}
-
 void MainWindow::stopTx()
 {
   Q_EMIT endTransmitMessage ();
@@ -4637,9 +4560,7 @@ void MainWindow::stopTx()
   }
 
   bool shouldContinue = !m_tx_watchdog && prepareNextMessageFrame();
-  if(shouldContinue){
+  if(!shouldContinue){
-      continueTx();
-  } else {
       // TODO: jsherer - split this up...
       ui->extFreeTextMsgEdit->setReadOnly(false);
       update_dynamic_property(ui->extFreeTextMsgEdit, "transmitting", false);
@@ -5132,14 +5053,32 @@ void MainWindow::clearActivity(){
 void MainWindow::createAllcallTableRow(QTableWidget *table, bool selected){
     table->insertRow(table->rowCount());
 
+    int count = 0;
+    auto now = DriftingDateTime::currentDateTimeUtc();
+    int callsignAging = m_config.callsign_aging();
     if(ui->selcalButton->isChecked()){
-        auto item = new QTableWidgetItem("GROUPCALL");
+        int freq = currentFreqOffset();
+        foreach(auto cd, m_callActivity.values()){
+            if (callsignAging && cd.utcTimestamp.secsTo(now) / 60 >= callsignAging) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            if(abs(freq - cd.freq) <= NEAR_THRESHOLD_GROUPCALL){
+                count++;
+            }
+        }
+        auto item = new QTableWidgetItem(count == 0 ? QString("GROUPCALL") : QString("GROUPCALL (%1)").arg(count));
         item->setData(Qt::UserRole, QVariant("GROUPCALL"));
         table->setItem(table->rowCount() - 1, 0, item);
         table->setSpan(table->rowCount() - 1, 0, 1, table->columnCount());
 
     } else {
-        auto item = new QTableWidgetItem("ALLCALL");
+        foreach(auto cd, m_callActivity.values()){
+            if (callsignAging && cd.utcTimestamp.secsTo(now) / 60 >= callsignAging) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            count++;
+        }
+        auto item = new QTableWidgetItem(count == 0 ? QString("ALLCALL") : QString("ALLCALL (%1)").arg(count));
         item->setData(Qt::UserRole, QVariant("ALLCALL"));
         table->setItem(table->rowCount() - 1, 0, item);
         table->setSpan(table->rowCount() - 1, 0, 1, table->columnCount());
@@ -5381,6 +5320,11 @@ void MainWindow::createMessage(QString const& text){
         return;
     }
 
+    if(text.contains("APRS:") && !m_aprsClient->isPasscodeValid()){
+        MessageBox::warning_message(this, tr ("Please ensure a valid APRS passcode is set in the settings when sending an APRS packet."));
+        return;
+    }
+
     resetMessageTransmitQueue();
     createMessageTransmitQueue(text);
 }
@@ -5454,7 +5398,8 @@ void MainWindow::on_extFreeTextMsgEdit_currentTextChanged (QString const& text)
       ui->extFreeTextMsgEdit->setTextCursor(c);
     }
 
-    m_txTextDirty = true;
+    m_txTextDirty = x != m_txTextDirtyLastText;
+    m_txTextDirtyLastText = x;
 
     // immediately update the display
     updateButtonDisplay();
@@ -5465,10 +5410,6 @@ int MainWindow::currentFreqOffset(){
     return ui->RxFreqSpinBox->value();
 }
 
-int MainWindow::countMessageFrames(QString const& text){
-    return buildMessageFrames(text).length();
-}
-
 QStringList MainWindow::buildMessageFrames(const QString &text){
     // prepare selected callsign for directed message
     QString selectedCall = callsignSelected();
@@ -5594,7 +5535,7 @@ void MainWindow::scheduleBeacon(bool first){
 
     // round to 15 second increment
     int secondsSinceEpoch = (timestamp.toMSecsSinceEpoch()/1000);
-    int delta = roundUp(secondsSinceEpoch, 15) + 1 + (first ? /*m_txFirst ? 15 : 30*/ 0 : qMax(1, m_config.beacon()) * 60) - secondsSinceEpoch;
+    int delta = roundUp(secondsSinceEpoch, 15) + 1 + (first ? 0 : qMax(1, m_config.beacon()) * 60) - secondsSinceEpoch;
     timestamp = timestamp.addSecs(delta);
 
     // 25% of the time, switch intervals
@@ -6365,7 +6306,11 @@ void MainWindow::on_cqMacroButton_clicked(){
         message = QString("CQCQCQ %1").arg(mygrid).trimmed();
     }
 
+    clearCallsignSelected();
+
     addMessageText(message);
+
+    if(m_config.transmit_directed()) toggleTx(true);
 }
 
 void MainWindow::on_replyMacroButton_clicked(){
@@ -6373,7 +6318,10 @@ void MainWindow::on_replyMacroButton_clicked(){
     if(call.isEmpty()){
         return;
     }
+
     addMessageText(QString("%1 %2").arg(call).arg(m_config.reply_message()));
+
+    if(m_config.transmit_directed()) toggleTx(true);
 }
 
 void MainWindow::on_qthMacroButton_clicked(){
@@ -6381,7 +6329,10 @@ void MainWindow::on_qthMacroButton_clicked(){
     if(qth.isEmpty()){
         return;
     }
+
     addMessageText(QString("QTH %1").arg(qth));
+
+    if(m_config.transmit_directed()) toggleTx(true);
 }
 
 void MainWindow::on_qtcMacroButton_clicked(){
@@ -6389,7 +6340,10 @@ void MainWindow::on_qtcMacroButton_clicked(){
     if(qtc.isEmpty()){
         return;
     }
+
     addMessageText(QString("QTC %1").arg(qtc));
+
+    if(m_config.transmit_directed()) toggleTx(true);
 }
 
 void MainWindow::setShowColumn(QString tableKey, QString columnKey, bool value){
@@ -6595,7 +6549,21 @@ void MainWindow::buildQueryMenu(QMenu * menu, QString call){
         if(m_config.transmit_directed()) toggleTx(true);
     });
 
-    auto heardQueryAction = menu->addAction(QString("%1$ - What are the stations are you hearing? (Top 4 ranked by strongest SNR)").arg(call).trimmed());
+    auto stationIdleQueryAction = menu->addAction(QString("%1* - Is your station active or idle?").arg(call).trimmed());
+    stationIdleQueryAction->setDisabled(isAllCall);
+    connect(stationIdleQueryAction, &QAction::triggered, this, [this](){
+
+        QString selectedCall = callsignSelected();
+        if(selectedCall.isEmpty()){
+            return;
+        }
+
+        addMessageText(QString("%1*").arg(selectedCall), true);
+
+        if(m_config.transmit_directed()) toggleTx(true);
+    });
+
+    auto heardQueryAction = menu->addAction(QString("%1$ - What are the stations are you hearing? (Top 4 ranked by most recently heard)").arg(call).trimmed());
     heardQueryAction->setDisabled(isAllCall);
     connect(heardQueryAction, &QAction::triggered, this, [this](){
 
@@ -6889,7 +6857,11 @@ void MainWindow::buildEditMenu(QMenu *menu, QTextEdit *edit){
 void MainWindow::buildSavedMessagesMenu(QMenu *menu){
     foreach(QString macro, m_config.macros()->stringList()){
         QAction *action = menu->addAction(macro);
-        connect(action, &QAction::triggered, this, [this, macro](){ addMessageText(macro); });
+        connect(action, &QAction::triggered, this, [this, macro](){
+            addMessageText(macro);
+
+            if(m_config.transmit_directed()) toggleTx(true);
+        });
     }
 
     menu->addSeparator();
@@ -7957,8 +7929,8 @@ void MainWindow::updateButtonDisplay(){
 
     ui->cqMacroButton->setDisabled(isTransmitting);
     ui->replyMacroButton->setDisabled(isTransmitting || emptyCallsign);
-    ui->qthMacroButton->setDisabled(isTransmitting || m_config.my_station().isEmpty());
+    ui->qtcMacroButton->setDisabled(isTransmitting || m_config.my_station().isEmpty());
-    ui->qtcMacroButton->setDisabled(isTransmitting || m_config.my_qth().isEmpty());
+    ui->qthMacroButton->setDisabled(isTransmitting || m_config.my_qth().isEmpty());
     ui->macrosMacroButton->setDisabled(isTransmitting);
     ui->queryButton->setDisabled(isTransmitting || emptyCallsign);
     ui->deselectButton->setDisabled(isTransmitting || emptyCallsign);
@@ -7983,9 +7955,10 @@ void MainWindow::updateTextDisplay(){
     }
 }
 
-#define USE_SYNC_FRAME_COUNT 1
+#define USE_SYNC_FRAME_COUNT 0
 
 void MainWindow::refreshTextDisplay(){
+    qDebug() << "refreshing text display...";
     auto text = ui->extFreeTextMsgEdit->toPlainText();
 
 #if USE_SYNC_FRAME_COUNT
@@ -8014,7 +7987,6 @@ void MainWindow::refreshTextDisplay(){
 #else
     // prepare selected callsign for directed message
     QString selectedCall = callsignSelected();
-    m_txTextDirtyLastSelectedCall = selectedCall;
 
     // prepare compound
     bool compound = Radio::is_compound_callsign(m_config.my_callsign());
@@ -8030,7 +8002,7 @@ void MainWindow::refreshTextDisplay(){
     );
 
     connect(t, &BuildMessageFramesThread::finished, t, &QObject::deleteLater);
-    connect(t, &BuildMessageFramesThread::resultReady, this, [this](const QStringList frames){
+    connect(t, &BuildMessageFramesThread::resultReady, this, [this, text](const QStringList frames){
 
         QStringList textList;
         qDebug() << "frames:";
@@ -8040,10 +8012,18 @@ void MainWindow::refreshTextDisplay(){
             textList.append(dt.message());
         }
 
-        updateFrameCountEstimate(frames.length());
+        auto transmitText = textList.join("");
-        updateTextStatsDisplay(textList.join(""), frames.length());
+        auto count = frames.length();
+
+        // ugh...i hate these globals
+        m_txTextDirtyLastSelectedCall = callsignSelected(true);
+        m_txTextDirtyLastText = text;
+        m_txFrameCountEstimate = count;
         m_txTextDirty = false;
 
+        updateTextStatsDisplay(transmitText, count);
+        updateTxButtonDisplay();
+
     });
     t->start();
 #endif
@@ -8125,7 +8105,7 @@ void MainWindow::clearCallsignSelected(){
 }
 
 bool MainWindow::isRecentOffset(int offset){
-    if(abs(offset - currentFreqOffset()) <= 10){
+    if(abs(offset - currentFreqOffset()) <= NEAR_THRESHOLD_RX){
         return true;
     }
     return (
@@ -8210,18 +8190,20 @@ void MainWindow::processRxActivity() {
         return;
     }
 
+    int freqOffset = currentFreqOffset();
+
     while (!m_rxActivityQueue.isEmpty()) {
         ActivityDetail d = m_rxActivityQueue.dequeue();
 
         // use the actual frequency and check its delta from our current frequency
         // meaning, if our current offset is 1502 and the d.freq is 1492, the delta is <= 10;
-        bool shouldDisplay = abs(d.freq - currentFreqOffset()) <= 10;
+        bool shouldDisplay = abs(d.freq - freqOffset) <= NEAR_THRESHOLD_RX;
 
         int prevOffset = d.freq;
         if(hasExistingMessageBuffer(d.freq, false, &prevOffset) && (
                 (m_messageBuffer[prevOffset].cmd.to == m_config.my_callsign()) ||
                 (isAllCallIncluded(m_messageBuffer[prevOffset].cmd.to) && !ui->selcalButton->isChecked()) ||
-                (isGroupCallIncluded(m_messageBuffer[prevOffset].cmd.to) && abs(prevOffset - currentFreqOffset()) <= 125)
+                (isGroupCallIncluded(m_messageBuffer[prevOffset].cmd.to) && abs(prevOffset - freqOffset) <= NEAR_THRESHOLD_GROUPCALL)
             )
         ){
             d.isBuffered = true;
@@ -8446,10 +8428,12 @@ void MainWindow::processBufferedActivity() {
             int checksumSize = Varicode::isCommandChecksumed(buffer.cmd.cmd);
 
             if(checksumSize == 32) {
+                message = Varicode::lstrip(message);
                 checksum = message.right(6);
                 message = message.left(message.length() - 7);
                 valid = Varicode::checksum32Valid(checksum, message);
             } else if(checksumSize == 16) {
+                message = Varicode::lstrip(message);
                 checksum = message.right(3);
                 message = message.left(message.length() - 4);
                 valid = Varicode::checksum16Valid(checksum, message);
@@ -8496,11 +8480,13 @@ void MainWindow::processCommandActivity() {
 
     auto now = DriftingDateTime::currentDateTimeUtc();
 
+    int freqOffset = currentFreqOffset();
+
     while (!m_rxCommandQueue.isEmpty()) {
         auto d = m_rxCommandQueue.dequeue();
 
         bool isAllCall = isAllCallIncluded(d.to);
-        bool isNear = abs(d.freq - currentFreqOffset()) <= 125; // 100Hz + a 25Hz buffer
+        bool isNear = abs(d.freq - freqOffset) <= NEAR_THRESHOLD_GROUPCALL; // 100Hz + a 25Hz buffer
         bool isGroupCall = isGroupCallIncluded(d.to) && isNear;
 
         qDebug() << "try processing command" << d.from << d.to << d.cmd << d.freq << d.grid << d.extra;
@@ -8575,7 +8561,11 @@ void MainWindow::processCommandActivity() {
             c.movePosition(QTextCursor::End);
             ui->textEditRX->setTextCursor(c);
 
-            if(/*isRecentOffset(d.freq) &&*/ ui->textEditRX->find(d.utcTimestamp.time().toString(), QTextDocument::FindBackward)){
+            // BEACON ACKs are the most likely source of items to be overwritten (multiple responses at once)...
+            // so don't overwrite those (i.e., print each on a new line)
+            bool shouldOverwrite = (!d.cmd.contains("BEACON ACK")); /* && isRecentOffset(d.freq);*/
+
+            if(shouldOverwrite && ui->textEditRX->find(d.utcTimestamp.time().toString(), QTextDocument::FindBackward)){
                 // ... maybe we could delete the last line that had this message on this frequency...
                 c = ui->textEditRX->textCursor();
                 c.movePosition(QTextCursor::StartOfBlock);
@@ -8642,6 +8632,15 @@ void MainWindow::processCommandActivity() {
             reply = QString("%1 QTH %2").arg(d.from).arg(qth);
         }
 
+        // QUERIED ACTIVE
+        else if (d.cmd == "*" && !isAllCall) {
+            if(m_idleMinutes < 10){
+                reply = QString("%1 ACTIVE").arg(d.from);
+            } else {
+                reply = QString("%1 IDLE").arg(d.from);
+            }
+        }
+
         // QUERIED GRID
         else if (d.cmd == "^" && !isAllCall) {
             QString grid = m_config.my_grid();
@@ -8667,7 +8666,7 @@ void MainWindow::processCommandActivity() {
                 const & b) {
                 auto left = m_callActivity[a];
                 auto right = m_callActivity[b];
-                return right.snr < left.snr;
+                return right.utcTimestamp < left.utcTimestamp;
             });
 
             QStringList lines;
@@ -8684,12 +8683,12 @@ void MainWindow::processCommandActivity() {
                     continue;
                 }
 
-                lines.append(QString("<%1 SNR %2>").arg(d.call).arg(Varicode::formatSNR(d.snr)));
+                lines.append(QString("%1 SNR %2 (%3)").arg(d.call).arg(Varicode::formatSNR(d.snr)).arg(since(d.utcTimestamp)));
 
                 i++;
             }
 
-            lines.prepend(QString("<%1 HEARING>").arg(m_config.my_callsign()));
+            lines.prepend(QString("%1 HEARING").arg(d.from));
             reply = lines.join('\n');
         }
 
@@ -9560,8 +9559,13 @@ void MainWindow::networkMessage(Message const &message)
     // RX.GET_TEXT
 
     if(type == "RX.GET_CALL_ACTIVITY"){
+        auto now = DriftingDateTime::currentDateTimeUtc();
+        int callsignAging = m_config.callsign_aging();
         QMap<QString, QVariant> calls;
         foreach(auto cd, m_callActivity.values()){
+            if (callsignAging && cd.utcTimestamp.secsTo(now) / 60 >= callsignAging) {
+                continue;
+            }
             QMap<QString, QVariant> detail;
             detail["SNR"] = QVariant(cd.snr);
             detail["GRID"] = QVariant(cd.grid);
@@ -10219,7 +10223,7 @@ void MainWindow::write_transmit_entry (QString const& file_name)
       auto dt = DecodedText(m_currentMessage);
       out << time.toString("yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss")
           << "  Transmitting " << qSetRealNumberPrecision (12) << (m_freqNominal / 1.e6)
-          << " MHz  " << m_modeTx
+          << " MHz  " << QString(m_modeTx).replace("FT8", "JS8")
           << ":  " << dt.message() << endl;
       f.close();
     }

mainwindow.h

@@ -254,7 +254,6 @@ private slots:
   void startTx();
   void startTx2();
   void startP1();
-  void continueTx();
   void stopTx();
   void stopTx2();
   void on_pbCallCQ_clicked();
@@ -296,7 +295,6 @@ private slots:
   void on_nextFreeTextMsg_currentTextChanged (QString const&);
   void on_extFreeTextMsgEdit_currentTextChanged (QString const&);
   int currentFreqOffset();
-  int countMessageFrames(QString const& text);
   QStringList buildMessageFrames(QString const& text);
   bool prepareNextMessageFrame();
   bool isFreqOffsetFree(int f, int bw);
@@ -535,7 +533,6 @@ private:
   bool    m_diskData;
   bool    m_loopall;
   bool    m_decoderBusy;
-  bool    m_txFirst;
   bool    m_auto;
   bool    m_restart;
   bool    m_startAnother;

mainwindow.ui

@@ -4625,7 +4625,7 @@ list. The list can be maintained in Settings (F2).</string>
    </property>
    <widget class="QMenu" name="menuFile">
     <property name="title">
-     <string>File</string>
+     <string>&amp;File</string>
     </property>
     <addaction name="actionOpen"/>
     <addaction name="actionOpen_next_in_directory"/>
@@ -4670,7 +4670,7 @@ list. The list can be maintained in Settings (F2).</string>
    </widget>
    <widget class="QMenu" name="menuSave">
     <property name="title">
-     <string>Save</string>
+     <string>&amp;Save</string>
     </property>
     <addaction name="actionNone"/>
     <addaction name="actionSave_decoded"/>
@@ -4682,18 +4682,16 @@ list. The list can be maintained in Settings (F2).</string>
    </widget>
    <widget class="QMenu" name="menuHelp">
     <property name="title">
-     <string>Help</string>
+     <string>&amp;Help</string>
     </property>
     <addaction name="actionRelease_Notes"/>
     <addaction name="actionOnline_User_Guide"/>
     <addaction name="actionLocal_User_Guide"/>
     <addaction name="actionFT8_DXpedition_Mode_User_Guide"/>
     <addaction name="download_samples_action"/>
-    <addaction name="separator"/>
     <addaction name="actionKeyboard_shortcuts"/>
     <addaction name="actionSpecial_mouse_commands"/>
     <addaction name="actionShort_list_of_add_on_prefixes_and_suffixes"/>
-    <addaction name="separator"/>
     <addaction name="actionCopyright_Notice"/>
     <addaction name="separator"/>
     <addaction name="actionAbout"/>
@@ -4724,7 +4722,7 @@ list. The list can be maintained in Settings (F2).</string>
    </widget>
    <widget class="QMenu" name="menuConfig">
     <property name="title">
-     <string>Configurations</string>
+     <string>&amp;Configurations</string>
     </property>
    </widget>
    <widget class="QMenu" name="menuTools">
@@ -4742,7 +4740,7 @@ list. The list can be maintained in Settings (F2).</string>
    </widget>
    <widget class="QMenu" name="menuWindow">
     <property name="title">
-     <string>Window</string>
+     <string>&amp;Window</string>
     </property>
     <addaction name="actionShow_Band_Activity"/>
     <addaction name="actionShow_Band_Activity_Columns"/>
@@ -4760,7 +4758,7 @@ list. The list can be maintained in Settings (F2).</string>
    </widget>
    <widget class="QMenu" name="menu_Log">
     <property name="title">
-     <string>Log</string>
+     <string>&amp;Log</string>
     </property>
     <addaction name="actionAdd_Log_Entry"/>
     <addaction name="separator"/>
@@ -4905,6 +4903,9 @@ list. The list can be maintained in Settings (F2).</string>
    </property>
   </action>
   <action name="actionKeyboard_shortcuts">
+  <property name="visible">
+   <bool>false</bool>
+  </property>
    <property name="enabled">
     <bool>false</bool>
    </property>
@@ -4916,6 +4917,9 @@ list. The list can be maintained in Settings (F2).</string>
    </property>
   </action>
   <action name="actionSpecial_mouse_commands">
+  <property name="visible">
+   <bool>false</bool>
+  </property>
    <property name="enabled">
     <bool>false</bool>
    </property>
@@ -5238,6 +5242,9 @@ list. The list can be maintained in Settings (F2).</string>
    </property>
   </action>
   <action name="download_samples_action">
+  <property name="visible">
+   <bool>false</bool>
+  </property>
    <property name="enabled">
     <bool>false</bool>
    </property>
@@ -5265,6 +5272,9 @@ list. The list can be maintained in Settings (F2).</string>
    </property>
   </action>
   <action name="actionRelease_Notes">
+  <property name="visible">
+   <bool>false</bool>
+  </property>
    <property name="enabled">
     <bool>false</bool>
    </property>

varicode.cpp

@@ -46,14 +46,14 @@ QMap<QString, int> directed_cmds = {
     {"$",     3  }, // query station(s) heard
     {"^",     4  }, // query grid
     {">",     5  }, // relay message
-    //{"|",     6  }, // retransmit message
+    {"*",     6  }, // query idle message
     //{"!",     7  }, // alert message
     {"#",     8  }, // all or nothing message
 
     // {"=",      9  }, // unused
-    // {"/",     10  }, // unused
-
 
+    {" ACTIVE",     10 }, // i have been active in the past 10 minutes
+    {" IDLE",       11 }, // i have not been active in the past 10 minutes
 
     {" BEACON",     -1 }, // this is my beacon (unused except for faux processing of beacons as directed commands)
     {" BEACON ACK", 12 }, // i received your beacon at this snr
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ QMap<QString, int> directed_cmds = {
     {" ",        31 },  // send freetext
 };
 
-QSet<int> allowed_cmds = {-1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, /*6,*/ /*7,*/ 8, /*...*/ 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31};
+QSet<int> allowed_cmds = {-1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, /*7,*/ 8, /*9,*/ 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31};
 
 QSet<int> buffered_cmds = {3, 5, /*6,*/ /*7,*/ 8, 13, 14, 15};
 
@@ -96,10 +96,10 @@ QMap<int, int> checksum_cmds = {
 };
 
 QString callsign_pattern = QString("(?<callsign>[A-Z0-9/]+)");
-QString optional_cmd_pattern = QString("(?<cmd>\\s?(?:BEACON (ACK|REQ)|AGN[?]|QSL[?]|HW CPY[?]|APRS[:]|QRZ[?]|(?:ACK|73|YES|NO|SNR|QSL|RR|HEARING|FB|QTH|QTC|GRID)(?= |$)|[?@&$%#^> ]))?");
+QString optional_cmd_pattern = QString("(?<cmd>\\s?(?:BEACON (ACK|REQ)|AGN[?]|QSL[?]|HW CPY[?]|APRS[:]|QRZ[?]|(?:(?:ACK|73|YES|NO|SNR|QSL|RR|HEARING|FB|QTH|QTC|GRID|ACTIVE|IDLE)(?=[ ]|$))|[?@&$%#^>* ]))?");
 QString optional_grid_pattern = QString("(?<grid>\\s?[A-R]{2}[0-9]{2})?");
 QString optional_extended_grid_pattern = QString("^(?<grid>\\s?(?:[A-R]{2}[0-9]{2}(?:[A-X]{2}(?:[0-9]{2})?)*))?");
-QString optional_num_pattern = QString("(?<num>(?<=SNR|HEARING|BEACON ACK)\\s?[-+]?(?:3[01]|[0-2]?[0-9]))?");
+QString optional_num_pattern = QString("(?<num>(?<=SNR|BEACON ACK)\\s?[-+]?(?:3[01]|[0-2]?[0-9]))?");
 
 QRegularExpression directed_re("^"                    +
                                callsign_pattern       +
@@ -108,13 +108,13 @@ QRegularExpression directed_re("^"                    +
 
 QRegularExpression beacon_re(R"(^\s*(?<type>CQCQCQ|CQ QRPP?|CQ DX|CQ TEST|CQ( CQ){0,2}|BEACON)(?:\s(?<grid>[A-R]{2}[0-9]{2}))?\b)");
 
-QRegularExpression compound_re("^\\s*[<]"                  +
+QRegularExpression compound_re("^\\s*[`]"              +
                                callsign_pattern        +
                                "(?<extra>"             +
-                                 optional_grid_pattern +
+                                 optional_grid_pattern + // there's a reason this is first (see: buildMessageFrames)
                                  optional_cmd_pattern  +
                                  optional_num_pattern  +
-                               ")[>]");
+                               ")");
 
 QMap<QString, QString> hufftable = {
     // char   code                 weight
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ QStringList Varicode::parseCallsigns(QString const &input){
         if(!match.hasMatch()){
             continue;
         }
-        QString callsign = match.captured("callsign");
+        QString callsign = match.captured("callsign").trimmed();
         QRegularExpression m(grid_pattern);
         if(m.match(callsign).hasMatch()){
             continue;
@@ -1021,6 +1021,7 @@ QString Varicode::packCompoundMessage(QString const &text, int *n){
     qDebug() << "trying to pack compound message" << text;
     auto parsedText = compound_re.match(text);
     if(!parsedText.hasMatch()){
+        qDebug() << "no match for compound message";
         if(n) *n = 0;
         return frame;
     }
@@ -1061,6 +1062,8 @@ QString Varicode::packCompoundMessage(QString const &text, int *n){
     quint8 type = FrameCompound;
     quint16 extra = nmaxgrid;
 
+    qDebug() << "try pack cmd" << cmd << directed_cmds.contains(cmd) << Varicode::isCommandAllowed(cmd);
+
     if (!cmd.isEmpty() && directed_cmds.contains(cmd) && Varicode::isCommandAllowed(cmd)){
         bool packedNum = false;
         qint8 inum = Varicode::packNum(num, nullptr);
@@ -1206,7 +1209,7 @@ QString Varicode::packDirectedMessage(const QString &text, const QString &callsi
     QString from = callsign;
     QString to = match.captured("callsign");
     QString cmd = match.captured("cmd");
-    QString num = match.captured("num").trimmed();
+    QString num = match.captured("num");
 
     // ensure we have a directed command
     if(cmd.isEmpty()){
@@ -1240,8 +1243,11 @@ QString Varicode::packDirectedMessage(const QString &text, const QString &callsi
     }
 
     // packing general number...
-    quint8 inum = Varicode::packNum(num, nullptr);
+    bool numOK = false;
+    quint8 inum = Varicode::packNum(num.trimmed(), &numOK);
+    if(numOK){
         if(pNum) *pNum = num;
+    }
 
     quint32 packed_from = Varicode::packCallsign(from);
     quint32 packed_to = Varicode::packCallsign(to);
@@ -1251,12 +1257,15 @@ QString Varicode::packDirectedMessage(const QString &text, const QString &callsi
         return frame;
     }
 
+    QString cmdOut;
     quint8 packed_cmd = 0;
     if(directed_cmds.contains(cmd)){
-        packed_cmd = directed_cmds[cmd];
+        cmdOut = cmd;
+        packed_cmd = directed_cmds[cmdOut];
     }
     if(directed_cmds.contains(cmd.trimmed())){
-        packed_cmd = directed_cmds[cmd.trimmed()];
+        cmdOut = cmd.trimmed();
+        packed_cmd = directed_cmds[cmdOut];
     }
     quint8 packed_flag = FrameDirected;
     quint8 packed_extra = inum;
@@ -1269,7 +1278,7 @@ QString Varicode::packDirectedMessage(const QString &text, const QString &callsi
         Varicode::intToBits(packed_cmd % 32,  5)
     );
 
-    if(pCmd) *pCmd = cmd;
+    if(pCmd) *pCmd = cmdOut;
     if(n) *n = match.captured(0).length();
     return Varicode::pack72bits(Varicode::bitsToInt(bits), packed_extra % 64);
 }
@@ -1501,8 +1510,8 @@ QStringList Varicode::buildMessageFrames(
 #if AUTO_PREPEND_DIRECTED
         // see if we need to prepend the directed call to the line...
         // if we have a selected call and the text doesn't start with that call...
-        // and if this isn't a raw message (starting with "<")... then...
+        // and if this isn't a raw message (starting with "`")... then...
-        if(!selectedCall.isEmpty() && !line.startsWith(selectedCall) && !line.startsWith("<")){
+        if(!selectedCall.isEmpty() && !line.startsWith(selectedCall) && !line.startsWith("`")){
             auto calls = Varicode::parseCallsigns(line);
 
             bool lineStartsWithBaseCall = (
@@ -1512,7 +1521,7 @@ QStringList Varicode::buildMessageFrames(
                 Varicode::startsWithCQ(line)
             );
 
-            bool lineStartsWithStandardCall = !calls.isEmpty() && line.startsWith(calls.first());
+            bool lineStartsWithStandardCall = !calls.isEmpty() && line.startsWith(calls.first()) && calls.first().length() > 2;
 
             if(lineStartsWithBaseCall || lineStartsWithStandardCall){
                 // pass
@@ -1622,14 +1631,14 @@ QStringList Varicode::buildMessageFrames(
               bool shouldUseStandardFrame = true;
               if(compound || dirToCompound){
                   // Cases 1, 2, 3 all send a standard compound frame first...
-                  QString deCompoundMessage = QString("<%1 %2>").arg(mycall).arg(mygrid);
+                  QString deCompoundMessage = QString("`%1 %2").arg(mycall).arg(mygrid);
                   QString deCompoundFrame = Varicode::packCompoundMessage(deCompoundMessage, nullptr);
                   if(!deCompoundFrame.isEmpty()){
                       frames.append(deCompoundFrame);
                   }
 
                   // Followed, by a standard OR compound directed message...
-                  QString dirCompoundMessage = QString("<%1%2%3>").arg(dirTo).arg(dirCmd).arg(dirNum);
+                  QString dirCompoundMessage = QString("`%1%2%3").arg(dirTo).arg(dirCmd).arg(dirNum); //.replace("  ", " ");
                   QString dirCompoundFrame = Varicode::packCompoundMessage(dirCompoundMessage, nullptr);
                   if(!dirCompoundFrame.isEmpty()){
                       frames.append(dirCompoundFrame);
@@ -1664,13 +1673,6 @@ QStringList Varicode::buildMessageFrames(
                   }
                   qDebug() << "after:" << line;
               }
-
-#if 0
-              // APRS:
-              if(dirCmd.trimmed() == "APRS:" && !m_aprsClient->isPasscodeValid()){
-                  MessageBox::warning_message(this, tr ("Please enter a valid APRS passcode in the settings to send an APRS packet."));
-              }
-#endif
           }
 
           if(useDat){