you for sure need to have newest Vara HF which is 4.6.7 as of this post.

awesome thanks for the detailed notes!

did a full new install new pi today and it worked. there is a lot of errors and confusion around empty variables and the .ini setup file. I attached a basic .ini for the shown versions on a new clean install. it might be worth putting this .ini file into your folder and try launching and go in and fix settings after.

6.3.3 improved the load on pi, you for sure need to force populate the .ini for example use a known working .ini from windows or fillout manually.

the new version will not load for me either, on the high level it appears to crash on “frame not in stack limits“ I have seen a few reported issues and possibly a fix on the way.

here is operating position setup or the "work around" I type into the text editor copy paste and it works given the setup restrictions and such :) (before upgrading modem as I learned a new version on air haha)

No worries I found some other internet posts about wine implementation issues with WPF in relation to the versioning of box emulator and wine version. combined with some limitations needed for vara modem as well this might be the happy middle ground. with a workaround it’s possible still and stable so that’s keeping me from Messing about while weather is favorable for POTA activations :)

got it - the issue I have is bands are congested or condensed - its killing ability to stay connected other stations just come in frequency and win the slot kick out stable week signals so disconnect and Eventual crash

yea that sounds messy agree - why not just come up with the "server side" the architecture would need facility to support posting to APRS as well as consuming a "formatted packet" via the existing chat dialog, so a CQ-SSID frame is sent for the APRS packet it consumes and reports it as for the GPS and the string into varac dont worry about that let the user base handle it can be a simple python project or manual entry to automate it allow a generic API into your project for whatever else people think of - anyway some brainstorming on it

gotcha, the missing box on minimize is every time, the black box on load (or just using wallpaper) is every time. the weird crunched up boxes was once.. I will keep sniffing around on it :) thanks for new version by the way.

v5.3.1 still loads, the new message text box still has the same issues black or weird if you minimize and restore this happens as well.

it will still operate just blind, I keep a text editor handy to form my sentence and past it and hit enter blind you can see it work in the next up display, also you can use the canned message feature I have mine set with a pre-formed message block explaining my experimental status so I am slower

welcome thank you for the app! its a fun and useful way to connect with people all over and keep in touch world wide!

loaded the app on the pi I haven't had it do that version again for a while its commonly the black now it works but I cant see what I type. I just assumed it was a control item with issues on the window position and draw.. this is all in wine as a reminder.. I have also experienced issues with the following controls going unresponsive or disabled until restart of application.. also if noteworthy I run headless/VNC

not sure it matters but when you have a RST in a QSO the only data populated is from the first RST no subsaquent

cool thanks

it would be nice if there was a relay to APRS like JS8-APRS a position report in VarAC would beacon and handler for

you can load a separate instance of modem to monitor

I do agree its easy to monitor --- it would be really nice to have a separate window pop up with all the control frames and mail reading in one spot ... I enjoy watching frame traffic and others mail ... this would be an awesome enhancement.