This release - "unhides" the IRC window when its LED control is clicked - if the Spot Database cannot be compacted on startup, informs the user rather than generate an errorlog.txt entry (tnx to Dianna KB6NAN) - eliminates an errorlog.txt entry that can be generated by DDEServerModule.Enqueue (tnx to Dianna KB6NAN) - when you click or double-click on a Spot Database Entry with SpotCollector running on a fast PC, prevents subsequent incoming spots from causing an Entry other than the one you clicked to be selected (tnx to Jamie W2QO) - if the transceiver is in split mode, puts the QSX information in outgoing spot notes if the new "Spot XCVR Split" box is checked (tnx to Danny N7DC, requires Commander 5.9.2 or later) - informs the user if the outgoing spot frequency is invalid rather than silently refusing to generate a spot (tnx to Earl KD5XB) - permits the user to define the color of spot database entries for verified DXCC entities, entity-bands, and entity modes, and defaults this color to 'black' (tnx to Henryk SP3E) - permits the user to define the color of spot database entries for unworked DXCC entities, as opposed to unworked entity-bands or entity-modes, and defaults this color to 'red' (tnx to Art W2NRA) - provides the ability to filter the Spot Database for unworked DXCC entities by depressing the CTRL key when clicking the Need filter button (tnx to Art W2NRA) - moves the Audio Alarm panel from the Config window's General tab to a new Audio tab - provides a Special Callsign List on the Config window's new "Special Callsigns" tab, each entry of which specifies a callsign and an optional tag (tnx to Art WB4MNK and Joe W4TV) - provides a new Tag filter that filters the Spot Database by Tag (tnx to Art WB4MNK) - accepts sub-band segment definitions with fractional frequencies to provides the ability to ignore "band edge spots" with frequencies like 14.000 (tnx to Joe W4TV) - adds new online documentation files: ConfigurationAudio.htm, ConfigurationSpecialCallsigns.htm - updates online documentation files: Configuration.htm, ConfigurationDisplay.htm, ConfigurationGeneral.htm, ConfigurationPacket.htm, index.htm, and SpotDatabase.htm The new Special Callsign List can be used to ignore spots of specified callsigns, and/or to automatically assign tags to spotted callsigns; you can then filter the Spot Database by these tags. Joe W4TV has provided the file Ignore.txt (in SpotCollector's new SpecialCallsigns folder), which contains some callsigns that you probably want to ignore by loading them into the Special Callsign List. See http://www.dxlabsuite.com/spotcollector/Help/ConfigurationSpecialCallsigns.htm for more information about these new features. This release now permits the value V (for Verified, not Vendetta) to appear in the Spot Database's CountryProgress, BandProgress, and ModeProgress fields; if you have SQL Queries that reference these fields, you may need to update them. To change the color of "verified" Spot Database Entries (which in their default black are indistinguishable from "unneeded" Entries), open the Config window, select the "Display Fonts" tab, select the "Spot Database" sub-tab, select the desired color in the "Color Selector" panel, and then click the "Verified DX" button. To change the color of "unworked DXCC entity" Spot Database Entries (which in their default red indistinguishable form "unworked band or mode" Entries), open the Config window, select the "Display Fonts" tab, select the "Spot Database" sub-tab, select the desired color in the "Color Selector" panel, and then click the "Unworked DXCC entity" button. Henryk SP3E recommends the following color scheme for this wanting to apply the entire spectrum to their DX hunting with good readability on both white and yellow (LotW participant) backgrounds: . Verified DX - green, RGB = (0, 200, 0) . Unneeded DX - gray, RGB = (128, 128, 128) . Unconfirmed DX - blue, RGB = (0, 0, 255)) . Unworked DX Band or Mode - violet, RGB = (228, 0, 215) . Unworked DX Entity - red, RGB = (255, 0, 0) SpotCollector 3.5.3 is available via the DXLab Launcher and via http://www.dxlabsuite.com/download.htm 73, Dave, AA6YQ