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@darksidelemm darksidelemm commented Feb 16, 2025

(Notes for release info)

Important: We recommend all users update to this version to ensure the latest Vaisala RS41 telemetry formats can be received.

This release brings the following major changes:

  • RS41: Support for the new 'multi-GNSS' telemetry format that has been observed on very new RS41 models. We highly recommend everyone update to 1.8.1 to ensure these newer RS41s are received correctly. Thanks to @rs1729 for quickly adding support for this new format!
    • This new telemetry format has only been seen on 'X' prefix RS41s (RSM425 PCB, 02.07.01 software version), but note that it is only used if a Vaisala MW51 ground station is used. We may see X-prefix RS41s not using this new telemetry format.
  • M20: Updates to decoder to support some rarer serial number formats.
  • Scanning & Detection: Detection bandwidth narrowed to 15 kHz to better handle adjacent-channel interference.
  • RS41: Narrow frequency estimator bandwidth to +/- 5 kHz, and use a 4800 Hz mask estimator for improved decode performance.
  • DFM: Narrow frequency estimator bandwidth to +/- 5 kHz for improved decode performance.
  • SDR Handling general: Increase SDR 'test' timeout to 20 seconds, to work around some slowness with spyserver and ka9q-radio testing scripts.
  • ka9q-radio: Updates and fixes to ka9q-radio support. Users will need to update to the latest recommended ka9q-radio commit, as described here, otherwise decoding will not work.
  • Docker builds: Various fixes and improvements to docker builds (qemu issues, arm64 runners) - Thanks @snh !
  • Web Interface: Various tweaks and improvements to the web interface layout - Thanks @ke5gdb and @argilo !

ke5gdb and others added 30 commits December 16, 2024 22:48
Move to collapsable web GUI elements
Change default map/table collapsable behavior to open if no cookie exists
v1.8.1-beta2 - KA9Q Channel Filter, RS41/DFM Estimator BW Tweaks
Increase default SDR test timeout to 20 seconds.
Use pcmrecord instead of pcmcat
v1.8.1-beta4 - New KA9Q-Radio version required
Narrow detection bandwidth to avoid adjacent-channel interference
v1.8.1-beta5 - Narrowed detection bandwidth (20 kHz -> 15 kHz)
Should workaround the random crashes during build on arm64. See tonistiigi/binfmt#215.
Specify image sizes in img tag
@darksidelemm darksidelemm merged commit 8b6e2f2 into master Feb 21, 2025
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