jks

v1.439,440 March 14, 2021

  Channel queuing and camping:

    When all the Kiwi channels are busy(*) it is now possible to enter a queue to wait

    for the next available channel. The queue is FIFO and multiple parties can

    occupy the queue (your queue order will be shown).

    If all channels are busy you can also now "camp" on an existing connection and

    hear the audio of that channel. The only adjustment is to change the audio volume.

    Otherwise you experience all the changes performed by the owner of the channel

    (tuning, mode, etc).

    You can also be in the queue waiting for your own channel while camping.

    It is possible to use camping even if free channels are available by connecting

    using the URL parameter "camp", e.g. my_kiwi:8073/?camp

    You might want to do this if you know there is already a connection you want to

    camp on, but there are also free channels you don't want to unnecessarily occupy.

    In theory camping requires only slightly more resources because the audio stream

    is simply being duplicated and sent to the camper's network connection.

    The Kiwi admin can configure the maximum number of campers allowed, including zero.

    Later on we can look at adding audio-related features to camping that only require

    browser/javascript resources, hence place no additional load on the Kiwi server

    (e.g. S-meter, recording, audio FFT waterfall/spectrum display).

    These changes are complex and will no doubt have bugs and corner cases to fix.

    (*) or unavailable due to password protection on those Kiwis that have split

    public/private channels.

  Added C-QUAM AM stereo mode to SAM mode button which now cycles as: SAM/SAL/SAU/SAS/QAM

    Based on the work of Github user MaPePeR, see: github.com/jks-prv/Beagle_SDR_GPS/issues/395

    Remember that alt-click will toggle the mode buttons backwards, e.g.

    alt-click on SAM wraps back to QAM (faster than clicking forward on SAM 4 times).

    The same applies to the keyboard shortcut: shift-A is SAM mode forward to SAL

    alt-shift-A is SAM backward to QAM.

  Apply ITU region selection to band display (e.g. 40m ham band now stops at 7.2M for R1)

    It is possible this change will cause problems if extensive customization of

    the kiwi.config/config.js file has been made by the user. Please let us know if

    this happens to you.

v1.433 February 12, 2021

  Timecode extension improvements:

    Support for JJY(Japan), RBU(Moscow), RTZ(Irkutsk), BPC(China) added.

    While running AGC delay is temporarily increased to improve noise immunity.