Recent releases and changes.
23-08-2026
2.7.0
RELEASEQSL printing, top to bottom — A third way to print: QSL Label Sheet Printing puts a whole grid of labels on one sheet on any ordinary printer. You measure a box of labels once in its own Sheet layout window (with Center Labels and Fill page doing the arithmetic), design a single label at true size, and when printing you click which label to start at, so a part-used sheet is filled up instead of thrown away. All three print windows now share the same head — template, printer, paper, tray and Paper type, plus Printer setup… — and every printer’s unprintable border is shown in red in the preview, so you can see before printing whether a label or card runs into it. QSL Pre-Print Card Printing now edits Fields, Custom text and Mask & Mark as tabs with a live preview, with separate feed/text rotation and an X/Y anchor per field. The print queue moved into the logbook itself (so it travels with it), can fill itself from newly logged QSOs via the new QSL Handling settings, and can sort for the QSL bureau. Also: Open QRZ Page in the logbook right-click menu, File → Preferences is now File → Settings, Hamlib can be updated from inside MiniBook, and the DX Cluster no longer piles up reconnects after switching clusters. See the QSL Printing guide.
16-08-2026
2.6.82
RELEASEQSL Printing — labels, pre-printed cards & print queue — Print QSL confirmations straight from the logbook. QSL labels on a label printer (or any printer) with fully designable templates — header, a QSO table with several contacts per label, and a footer — and a true-size preview. Pre-printed QSL cards: overlay only the variable QSO data onto your own cards at exact millimetre positions, with per-printer calibration, rotation, several QSOs per card, custom text lines and Mask & Mark blocks/crosses (e.g. to strike out Please/TNX QSL). A QSL print queue collects QSOs so you can print a whole batch later — it is saved per logbook. New QSL Via field (route/manager) shown next to Name and printed on labels and cards. When some selected QSOs are already marked QSL sent, MiniBook asks whether to skip them. See the QSL Printing guide.
16-08-2026
2.6.81
FIXPrinting & queue fixes — Pre-printed cards now print one card at a time (with a prompt to feed each card) so a manual-feed printer can't fill up and stall on a large batch. The QSL print queue is kept per logbook, so switching logbooks no longer shows the previous logbook's queue count. The frequency printed on labels and cards is trimmed to at most three decimals (kHz).
16-08-2026
2.6.78
ADDRig preset on the main window — The Rig Control panel now has the rig preset dropdown (the same presets as Settings → Rig Control) next to Connect/Disconnect — pick a rig, then connect. It is disabled while the rig is connected.
16-08-2026
2.6.73
ADDLogbook — Search Fields window, Display Filter & QSL colours — The search-field checkboxes moved into their own Select Search Fields window, and a new Display Filter shows or hides rows by mode, band and QSL Sent/Received — the mode and band lists are built from what's actually in your log. The QSL Sent/Received and LoTW cells (and their dates) now turn green when set, so confirmed contacts stand out at a glance.
19-07-2026
2.6.10
ADDGUI cosmetics — Various visual refinements throughout the user interface.
14-07-2026
2.6.9
ADDConsole command input + MSHV support + fixes — The DX Cluster Console now has an input field with Send button so you can manually send commands to the cluster, and the window title shows which cluster you are connected to. The built-in rigctld server now also works with MSHV. Trace logging for the rigctld server can be switched on/off in Settings, with a button that opens the log file directly. Fixed: tab content not displaying correctly when switching tabs in the DX Cluster window, Auto Reconnect checkbox being switched off after a manual disconnect, callsign search in large logbooks being very slow, Band Map staying empty until a new spot arrived, and a crash that could occur after closing the Logbook window.
09-07-2026
2.6.1
FIXDX Cluster Console tab is now automatically selected when clicking Connect — prevents ghost rendering of the previous tab's content in the console output area.
09-07-2026
2.6.0
RELEASEBand Map + LoTW Station Location + Focus fixes — DX Cluster now includes a Band Map tab: spots plotted at exact frequency on a vertical axis, live VFO line from Hamlib, scroll-wheel zoom (0.1–20 kHz/px), mouse drag to pan, click-to-tune, and hover tooltips (frequency, spotter, comment). Same color coding and legend as the Spots grid. Center Fix button keeps VFO arrow pinned to center. Spot age and dark/light mode persist between sessions. LoTW upload now shows a Station Location dropdown (editable, history remembered in INI), and warns when QSOs in the selection have mixed locators. Focus fixes: clicking spots in DX Cluster or Band Map no longer activates MainForm; Hamlib frequency changes no longer steal focus; UDP QSO popup uses a no-activate window.
01-07-2026
2.5.8
ADDClub Log upload — Upload QSOs directly to Club Log from the right-click menu in the Logbook window. Auto-upload to Club Log immediately after each logged QSO (like QRZ), or bulk-upload selected QSOs via right-click in the Logbook window. Credentials (email, application password) stored per logbook in Station Setup → Upload. Live status feedback. Also added: separate log files for QRZ Lookup, QRZ Upload, and Club Log operations; improved error and credential logging throughout.
28-06-2026
2.5.7
ADDFull LoTW integration + QRZ station update — Upload selected QSOs to LoTW directly from the right-click menu via TQSL. A preview window shows selected QSOs; a live terminal streams TQSL output and reports uploaded vs duplicate counts. Check LoTW confirmations automatically: MiniBook queries the LoTW API and matches confirmed QSOs against your logbook. New Settings → LoTW tab for TQSL path and credentials. Station Setup → Upload tab extended with per-logbook LoTW Station Location. Also added: Update Station with QRZ Lookup right-click menu item (corrects country, locator, name, DXCC from QRZ); Statistics window shows DXCC confirmed counts (LoTW, other QSL, and total).
26-06-2026
2.5.6
RELEASEBuilt-in rigctld server + WordPress Dashboard — MiniBook now includes a rigctld-compatible TCP server on port 4532, allowing WSJT-X, fldigi, and any Hamlib-compatible software to connect directly to MiniBook without a separate server. Also added: rig preset management (save/load/delete named rig configurations in Settings → Rig Control), WordPress Dashboard push updater, N1MM-style UDP Radio Status broadcast, bulk QRZ logbook upload with live progress, ADIF import with progress bar and duplicate handling dialog, Duplicate Finder with time-precision selection.
21-06-2026
2.5.0
ADDContinent spot filtering — DX Cluster now has two continent filter panels: Spotter Filter filters by the continent of the reporting station, DX Filter filters by the continent of the DX station itself (ALL · EU · NA · AS · AF · SA · OC · AN). Selections are saved between sessions.
01-04-2026
2.0.0
RELEASERewritten in C# / .NET 10 — built-in Hamlib — MiniBook was completely rewritten from Python / Tkinter to C# WinForms on .NET 10. Hamlib rig control is now built in directly: serial CAT via P/Invoke (hundreds of rigs) and TCP rigctld (network rig). Native Windows installer, DPI-aware UI, DX Cluster, QRZ lookup and upload carried over from the Python version.
07-04-2026
2.0.1
ADDQSY Wipe — auto-clears QSO entry fields when rig frequency changes by configurable threshold (1–10 kHz, default 1 kHz). Checkbox + pulldown in Settings › Hamlib Setup.
23-02-2026
1.5.x
FIXQRZ bulk upload from logbook treeview failed after dynamic column layout — Date/Time/Callsign are now resolved by column name instead of fixed value indexes.
23-02-2026
1.5.1b
FIXHamlib TCP stability improved — thread-safe socket lock, concurrent recv() prevention, timeouts, reduced polling rate. Eliminates silent disconnects without restart.
02-01-2026
1.5.1
RELEASEMigration support — all settings now stored in Windows user AppData folder. Automatic migration from legacy paths.
15-12-2025
1.5.0d
ADDColumn View selector in logbook window. ADIF import now detects APP_N1MM_EXCHANGE1, CQZ, ITUZ fields.
10-12-2025
1.5.0a
ADDWordPress dashboard updater. Reload last loaded logbook on startup fixed.
27-11-2025
1.4.9h
ADDFast async disk I/O for JSON file. QRZ, JSON, and Hamlib logging channels introduced.
