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I'm Away and Unattended links behavior - 8.4.4

Good morning - question for anyone else running 8.4.4 - the away behavior seems to have changed. If I have 'I'm Away' and 'Unattended links' selected - when I receive an incoming connection - it is not sending my away message - it is connecting like a normal QSO - is this intended behavior or a regression?

It sounds like with this deselected all connections are rejected - with selected should connect and then send the away message?

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irad d

Nov 11, 2023

Custom Away message was deprecated long time ago. You can't set it anymore under the settings. It's not there.

NC3Z Gary

Nov 11, 2023

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If both are set to On then VarAC will act as previous versions. If you have UL unchecked AND IA is checked (either manually or via Auto) your VarAC will not respond to incoming requests, it will just be a passive listener, however if Beacon is turned on it will Beacon for others who like to use this feature for propagation analysis. If you "Mouse Over" the UL box you will get conetxtual help as on any other setting. This is a tool to help comply with local radio regulations.