Ok, I love the auto log QSO function. It works great. But when I'm not in QSO and afk I hate it when pings end up in my log. Would be nice if there was a setting to auto log ONLY QSO's? Sending a 'ping not in log' message in a replay to a ping would be also a very nice one, hi. A beacon is nice for keeping an eye on activity and conditions,, that's the reason I keep my beacon on. Sending a ping is in my opinion a tool for checking if a QSO is possible with a station. I don't consider it as a valid QSO. Considering a ping as a valid QSO undermines the purpose of Varac. If I want short quick contacts without any interactions between the operators then I would use FT8 and the like. 73;s PG5FRL (Storm)