Each SDR mode now includes frequency-specific antenna guidance:
- Pager: VHF/UHF dipole info for 153/929 MHz bands
- 433 MHz Sensors: quarter-wave ground plane for ISM band
- Utility Meters: 912 MHz stock antenna tips and upgrades
- APRS: 2m band dipole and commercial options for 144.39 MHz
- SSTV: V-dipole for ISS reception at 145.800 MHz
- AIS: marine VHF antenna for 162 MHz vessel tracking
- Listening Post: wideband discone recommendation with band table
- Meshtastic: LoRa 915/868 MHz antenna upgrades and placement
- ADS-B: 1090 MHz collinear, commercial options, LNA/placement
Each guide includes antenna type, element lengths, placement tips,
and a quick reference table with key specs for the mode.
https://claude.ai/code/session_01FjLTkyELaqh27U1wEXngFQ
Move SDR configuration controls from sidebar to a horizontal function bar
above the map display for better visibility and accessibility. The bar
includes frequency/station/packet stats, region and gain controls, tool
status indicators, and start/stop buttons.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Backend changes (routes/aprs.py):
- Remove -q h flag from direwolf to enable audio level output
- Add parse_audio_level() to extract levels from direwolf output
- Add rate-limiting (max 10 updates/sec, min 2-level change)
- Push meter events to SSE queue as type='meter'
Frontend changes:
- Add signal meter widget to APRS sidebar
- Horizontal bar gauge with gradient (green->cyan->yellow->red)
- Numeric level display (0-100)
- "BURST" indicator for levels >70
- Status text (weak/moderate/strong signal)
- "No RF activity" state after 5 seconds of silence
- CSS styles in static/css/modes/aprs.css
Also added UK region to dropdown (same freq as Europe: 144.800)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Extract inline CSS to static/css/modes/ (acars, aprs, tscm)
- Create HTML partials for all 9 modes in templates/partials/modes/
- Reduce index.html from 11,862 to 10,281 lines (~15% reduction)
- Use Jinja2 includes for cleaner template organization
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
