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PCB

• Board version jumps to v1.2
• Added RF filtering for the PTT line

Enclosure

• New front and back covers to fully enclose components
• There is now a version that does not include the keyboard or battery for stationary use at a home PC
• GPS antenna has now been moved inside the front cover

Firmware

• Dedicated "New Message" screen where direct messages can be sent
• Smart beaconing feature where the APRS beacon can be sent based on a maximum distance and a minimum idle time
• Display readability has been improved with better arrangement of screen components
• Unused settings have been removed
• Improved user input validation and cleaning
• Many bugs have been resolved (just general bugs like incorrect datatypes being used)
• Raw SD card output now uses Base64 encoding to help with transmitting special characters via ASCII
• Code refactoring and optimizations for better readability and performance
• Added terminal commands to allow beaconing and messaging
• Easter egg debug screen has been added

GUI

• There is now a companion GUI app for MacOS and Windows that you can use to connect and control HamMessenger from your PC.
• Log screen that shows all logs in and out in realtime
• Map screen that shows live locations and info of stations similar to aprs.fi
• Messaging screen where all incoming messages are displayed and direct messages can be sent

Documentation

• Readme files have been improved with much more information
• There is now a new Build Instructions folder that will be used to include tutorial references and detailed documentation on how to build HamMessenger.
• Parts lists / BOM updates

General

• Github workflows have been added to help facilitate implementing CI/CD

What's Changed

• Develop by @dalethomas81 in #21
• Develop by @dalethomas81 in #22

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v1.2025.19.2 - GUI Map

• added new map tab that shows stations on a map per the reported latitude and longitude along with station ID and symbol.
• added decoder for Mic-E locations.
• raw SD card prints are now encoded and decoded in base64 to resolve issues where APRS packets contain special chars like '\r' and '\n'
• raw SD card prints are now non-blocking and allow other HamMessenger process to continue while printing.
• serial output has been cleaned up such that duplicate information is not sent when messages are processed.
• improved GUI CPU performance by 50% by adding a short delay between serial reads.
• improved serial read performance by adding a separate thread to handle messages in a queue.
• GUI is packaged in an executable file for easy running and included in the release.

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Station Markers on Map Tab

v1.2025.19 - Python GUI

There is now a GUI that can be used to interface with and control HamMessenger.

• Complete control of all settings.
• Initiate messaging and beaconing.
• View all incoming messages in a spacious log window.
• Logs are stored in a txt file for later viewing.