[fix](trx-frontend-http): measure whether the tab bar fits, and watch for it

CI put the tab strip 9px into the controls at 1440px with no scaling at all, on a bar that had every degradation step available to it and used none of them. It used none because nothing thought anything was wrong: the fit test was an arithmetic estimate — identity + nav.scrollWidth + actions.scrollWidth + a 48px allowance for the gaps — and on a platform whose fonts run wider than the one it was written on, that allowance no longer covered what it stands for. An estimate that says "fits" stops the ladder before its first rung. It reads the geometry now: the controls have to stay inside the bar, and no tab may reach them. That is the same measurement the test makes, so the two cannot disagree about any platform's metrics. The tabs are the subject rather than the nav's box because the nav shrinks below its content — the box gets smaller while the tabs keep their width and slide underneath the controls. A second fault turned up while probing this: the strip only reflowed on window resize. The rig name arriving from the server, the style picker filling in, a font swapping in wider metrics — each changes what fits without touching the window, and the bar sat there as it was through all of them. A ResizeObserver on the bar and the controls covers those, and document.fonts.ready covers the swap. The guard sweeps text scales and adds a station name too long for the bar, but it should be said plainly: it passes against the old code too. Nothing here reproduces on this machine — a 4px viewport sweep from 1080 to 1500, three wide font stacks and scales from 1.0 to 3.0 all failed to make the old estimate lie. What is fixed is the mechanism that could. Signed-off-by: Stan Grams <sjg@haxx.space>
[feat](trx-frontend-http): give digital modes a decoder sidebar
2026-08-04 20:32:38 +02:00 · 2026-08-04 08:01:22 +02:00 · 2026-08-04 07:46:56 +02:00 · 2026-08-04 07:36:53 +02:00 · 2026-08-03 23:41:52 +02:00 · 2026-08-03 23:41:09 +02:00
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+APRS symbol set (https://github.com/hessu/aprs-symbols)
+=========================================================
+
+Verbatim copy of the upstream COPYRIGHT.md, retrieved 2026-08-03 from
+https://github.com/hessu/aprs-symbols.  The set has no single SPDX license:
+individual symbols carry different terms, summarized below.  Attribution
+requirement from the upstream README: "If you use this symbol set, please
+provide a pointer to the source (http://github.com/hessu/aprs-symbols/)."
+
+---
+
+
+Copyright and licensing information
+======================================
+
+This is a collection of vectorized symbols for use on the APRS system.
+
+The copyright status of this collection is a bit complicated, since the
+symbols come from various sources, each having different copyright owners.
+
+Most of the vectorized symbols are loosely based on the low-resolution
+"standard" bitmap symbol set as distributed by Stephen Smith, WA8LMF.  That
+set is used by most APRS software around the world.  The low resolution of
+those symbols does not allow direct vector conversion, so I've drawn new
+symbols in a similar layout.  The vector versions try to mimic the original
+appearance and colours, with the intention of keeping the set recognizable
+and familiar to existing users.  In some cases the vector versions are
+probably similar enough to the originals, so that they cannot be considered
+"original work" by myself.  In some of these cases, the originals are
+probably also mimicking someone else's design.
+
+The original symbols do not come with any information on their licensing.
+They've been distributed with a lot of APRS software over time, but I don't
+know who designed which symbol originally. Most likely all of them are
+drawn by one of:
+
+  * Roger Barker, G4IDE, "original set provided with UI-View" (SK)
+  * Steve Dimse, KH4G, "U.S. customary set"
+  * Stephen Smith, WA8LMF
+
+The Adobe Illustrator (.ai) file contains a copy of the original bitmaps
+as a hidden layer, just for reference.
+
+Some symbols I obtained from other sources, such as Wikipedia. In those
+cases I picked SVG versions which allow commercial reuse (source known, and
+the work is placed on public domain, or with a CC license which allows
+adaptation and commercial reuse).
+
+Some symbols are vectorized versions of product or brand logos. The
+copyright of those is owned by the respective companies (Apple, Microsoft,
+Kenwood), and each of those may have some opinions on how the logos are
+used.  Please check for yourself if you can use them or not.
+
+In the list below I try to summarize the licensing status for each symbol.
+
+
+Shorthand notation for common licensing status
+-------------------------------------------------
+
+* *VEC-OH7LZB* - Vectorized by OH7LZB, based on original APRS symbol set
+  * Source of original bitmap: http://wa8lmf.net/aprs/APRS_symbols.htm
+  * Original designer of individual symbol unknown at this time, but one of:
+    * Roger Barker, G4IDE
+    * Steve Dimse, KH4G
+    * Stephen Smith, WA8LMF
+  * Vectorized versions are designed to look similar
+  * Licensing: Unknown
+* *OH7LZB* - Original vector design by Heikki Hannikainen, OH7LZB
+  * Different enough (by author's opinion) to make it a new original work,
+    instead of a copy of the old symbol
+  * License: CC BY-SA 2.0
+  * https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/
+
+
+Primary table
+----------------
+
+* /! - Police station
+  * VEC-OH7LZB
+* /# - Digipeater / Green star with D in middle
+  * VEC-OH7LZB
+* /$ - Telephone
+  * VEC-OH7LZB
+* /% - DX cluster
+  * VEC-OH7LZB
+* /& - HF gateway
+  * VEC-OH7LZB
+* /' - Small aircraft
+  * https://openclipart.org/detail/27182/topdown-airplane-view
+  * Author: Wirelizard (Brian Burger)
+  * With color and some other small tuning added by OH7LZB
+  * PD: https://openclipart.org/share
+* /( - Mobile satellite station
+  * OH7LZB
+* /) - Wheelchair, handicapped
+  * PD wheelchair symbol
+  * Vectorized from bitmap by OH7LZB
+* /* - Snowmobile
+  * https://openclipart.org/detail/15849/snowmobile
+  * Author: Mystica (https://openclipart.org/user-detail/mystica)
+  * PD: https://openclipart.org/share
+* /+ - Red Cross
+  * VEC-OH7LZB
+* /, - Boy Scouts
+  * VEC-OH7LZB
+* /- - House
+  * VEC-OH7LZB
+* /. - Red X
+  * VEC-OH7LZB
+* // - Red dot
+  * VEC-OH7LZB
+* /0 to /9 - Numbered circles
+  * VEC-OH7LZB
+* Fire
+  * http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FireIcon.svg
+  * Author: Piotr Jaworski
+  * PD: I, the copyright holder of this work, release this work into the public domain. This applies worldwide.
+* Tent
+  * https://openclipart.org/detail/174933/green-tent-by-stamps-174933
+  * Author: stamps
+  * PD: https://openclipart.org/share
+* Motorcycle
+  * http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MUTCD_W8-15P.svg
+  * This file is in the public domain because it comes from the Manual on
+    Uniform Traffic Control Devices, sign number W8-15P, which states
+    specifically on page I-1 that: Any traffic control device design or
+    application provision contained in this Manual shall be considered to
+    be in the public domain. Traffic control devices contained in this
+    Manual shall not be protected by a patent, trademark, or copyright,
+    except for the Interstate Shield and any other items owned by FHWA.
+  * Colour version by OH7LZB
+* /= - Railroad engine
+  * http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Icon_train.svg
+  * Author: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Richtom80
+  * CC-BY-SA-2.5,2.0,1.0
+* /> - Car
+  * OH7LZB
+* /? - File server
+  * https://openclipart.org/detail/163717/file-server-by-lyte
+  * Author: lyte
+  * PD: https://openclipart.org/share
+* /@ - Hurricane predicted path
+  * VEC-OH7LZB
+* /A - Aid station
+  * VEC-OH7LZB
+* Mail (BBS)
+  * https://openclipart.org/detail/29268/yellow-mail-by-rg1024-29268
+  * Author: rg1024
+  * PD: https://openclipart.org/share
+* /C - Canoe
+  * https://openclipart.org/detail/179047/red-canoe-by-rambo-tribble-179047
+  * https://openclipart.org/detail/179041/canoe-paddle-by-rambo-tribble-179041
+  * Author: Rambo Tribble
+  * PD: I, the copyright holder of this work, release this work into the public domain. This applies worldwide.
+* /E - Eyeball
+  * http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blue_eye.svg
+  * PD: "This file is from the Open Clip Art Library, which released it explicitly into the public domain"
+  * PD: https://openclipart.org/share
+* /F - Tractor
+  * https://openclipart.org/detail/191654/farm-tractor-by-tmjbeary-191654
+  * Author: tmjbeary
+  * PD: https://openclipart.org/share
+* /G - Grid square, 3 by 3
+  * VEC-OH7LZB
+* /H - Hotel
+  * VEC-OH7LZB
+* /I - TCP/IP
+  * VEC-OH7LZB
+* /K - School
+  * OH7LZB
+* /L - PC user
+  * OH7LZB
+* /M - Mac apple
+  * Apple
+* /N - NTS
+  * VEC-OH7LZB
+* /O - Hot air balloon
+  * OH7LZB
+* /P - Police
+  * OH7LZB
+* /R - RV
+  * OH7LZB
+* /S - Space Shuttle
+  * https://openclipart.org/detail/814/space-shuttle-by-johnny_automatic
+  * PD: Published by the NASA, in "The Brain in Space"
+* /T - SSTV
+  * https://openclipart.org/detail/48997/flat-screen-by-rg1024
+  * Author: rg1024
+  * Adjusted by OH7LZB
+  * PD: https://openclipart.org/share
+* /U - Bus
+  * OH7LZB
+* /V - ATV, amateur television
+  * https://openclipart.org/detail/48997/flat-screen-by-rg1024
+  * Author: rg1024
+  * Adjusted by OH7LZB
+  * PD: https://openclipart.org/share
+* /W - Wx, Weather service site
+  * VEC-OH7LZB
+* /X - Helicopter
+  * OH7LZB
+* /Y - Sailboat
+  * OH7LZB
+* /Z - Windows flag
+  * Microsoft
+* /[ - Human
+  * VEC-OH7LZB
+* /\ - DF triangle
+  * VEC-OH7LZB
+* /] - Mailbox, post office, letter
+* /^ - Large aircraft
+  * https://openclipart.org/detail/183204/plane-red-by-sketchartist-183204
+  * Author: SketchArtist
+  * PD: https://openclipart.org/share
+* /_ - Weather station
+  * VEC-OH7LZB
+* /` - Satellite dish
+  * OH7LZB
+* /a - Ambulance
+  * OH7LZB
+* /b - Bicycle
+  * http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bicycle_evolution-numbers.svg
+  * Author: Wikipedia user: Al2
+  * CC BY 3.0
+* /c - Incident command post
+  * VEC-OH7LZB
+* /d - Fire station
+  * VEC-OH7LZB
+* /e - Horse, equestrian	
+  * https://openclipart.org/detail/142627/horse-riding-lesson-by-olku
+  * Author: OlKu
+  * PD: https://openclipart.org/share
+* /f - Fire truck
+  * OH7LZB
+* /g - Hang glider
+  * OH7LZB
+* /h - Hospital
+  * VEC-OH7LZB
+* /i - IOTA, islands on the air
+  * http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Palm_Island_R.svg
+  * PI
+* /j - Jeep
+  * OH7LZB
+* /k - Truck
+  * OH7LZB
+* /l - Laptop
+  * OH7LZB
+* /m - Mic-E repeater
+  * VEC-OH7LZB
+* /n - Node, black bulls-eye
+  * VEC-OH7LZB
+* /o - Emergency operations center
+  * VEC-OH7LZB
+* /p - Dog(e)
+  * OH7LZB
+* /q - Grid square, 2 by 2
+  * VEC-OH7LZB
+* /r - Repeater tower
+  * OH7LZB
+* /s - Ship, power boat
+  * OH7LZB
+* /t - Truck stop
+  * VEC-OH7LZB
+* /u - Semi-trailer truck, 18-wheeler
+  * OH7LZB
+* /v - Van
+  * OH7LZB
+* /w - Water station
+  * VEC-OH7LZB
+* /x - X / Unix
+  * https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:X11.svg
+  * PD
+* /y - House, yagi antenna
+  * VEC-OH7LZB
+* /z - Shelter
+  * VEC-OH7LZB
+
+
+Secondary table
+------------------
+
+* Emergency
+  * VEC-OH7LZB
+* Numbered digipeater / Green star
+  * VEC-OH7LZB
+* Bank
+  * VEC-OH7LZB
+* Numbered gateway / Black diamond
+  * VEC-OH7LZB
+* Crash site
+  * OH7LZB
+* Cloudy
+  * OH7LZB
+* MEO
+  * VEC-OH7LZB
+* Snowflake
+  * http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Snowflake_01.svg
+  * Author: Wikipedia user: Amada44
+  * Public Domain
+* Church
+  * VEC-OH7LZB
+* Girl Scout
+  * VEC-OH7LZB
+  * Looks slightly like the common USA girl scouts logos. Should be different
+    enough to not infringe on "Girl Scouts of the USA" copyrights.
+* Home (HF antenna)
+  * VEC-OH7LZB
+* Unknown position
+  * VEC-OH7LZB
+* Destination
+  * VEC-OH7LZB
+* Numbered circle
+  * VEC-OH7LZB
+
+* Petrol Station
+  * OH7LZB
+* Hail
+  * VEC-OH7LZB
+* Park
+  * VEC-OH7LZB
+* Gale Flag
+  * VEC-OH7LZB
+* Red car from above
+  * OH7LZB
+* Info Kiosk
+  * VEC-OH7LZB
+* Hurricane
+  * OH7LZB
+
+* Numbered white box
+  * VEC-OH7LZB
+* Snow blowing
+  * VEC-OH7LZB
+* Coast Guard
+  * VEC-OH7LZB
+* Drizzle
+  * VEC-OH7LZB
+* Smoke / Chimney
+  * VEC-OH7LZB
+* Freezing rain
+  * VEC-OH7LZB
+* Snow Shwr
+  * VEC-OH7LZB
+* Haze
+  * VEC-OH7LZB
+* Rain Shower
+  * VEC-OH7LZB
+* Lightning
+  * OH7LZB
+* "Kenwood radio"
+  * Kenwood logo, vectorized
+* "Lighthouse"
+  * CC BY-SA 2.0
+  * http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:Lighthouse.svg
+* Nav Buoy
+  * OH7LZB
+* Rocket
+  * http://www.clker.com/clipart-gglkuglug.html
+  * PD according to clker.com license
+* Parking
+  * VEC-OH7LZB
+
+* Earthquake, Restaurant
+  * VEC-OH7LZB
+* Satellite
+  * OH7LZB
+* Thunderstorm
+  * OH7LZB
+* Sunny
+  * OH7LZB
+* VORTAC, Numbered WXS
+  * VEC-OH7LZB
+* Pharmacy Rx
+  * OH7LZB
+* Wall Cloud
+  * OH7LZB
+* Numbered plane
+  * https://openclipart.org/detail/183204/plane-red-by-sketchartist-183204
+  * Author: SketchArtist
+  * PD: https://openclipart.org/share
+* Numbered WX Station
+  * VEC-OH7LZB
+* Rain
+  * Source: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Heavy-rain-shower-transparent.svg
+  * Author: Wikipedia user: Peepo
+  * Public Domain
+  * With modifications by OH7LZB
+
+* Numbered diamond
+  * VEC-OH7LZB
+* Dust blowing
+  * NA
+* Numbered civil defence
+  * VEC-OH7LZB
+* DX spot
+  * VEC-OH7LZB
+* Sleet
+  * NA
+* Funnel Cloud
+  * NA
+* Gale
+  * VEC-OH7LZB
+* Store
+  * https://openclipart.org/detail/89299/cart-medium-by-martins.bruvelis
+  * Author: martins.bruvelis
+  * Public Domain
+  * Adjustments by OH7LZB
+* Numbered black box
+  * VEC-OH7LZB
+* Work zone / Excavator
+  * Based on http://www.clker.com/clipart-292480.html PNG version
+  * Vectorized and colors adjusted by OH7LZB
+  * PD according to clker.com documentation, uploader KURSVEIAL
+* SUV
+  * OH7LZB
+* Milepost, Numbered triangle, Circle sm
+  * VEC-OH7LZB
+* Partly cloudy
+  * OH7LZB
+
+* Restrooms, Numbered boat
+ * VEC-OH7LZB
+* Tornado (also used in Funnel cloud, Skywarn)
+  * https://openclipart.org/detail/104887/tornado-by-laabadon
+  * Author: Laabadon
+  * Public Domain
+* Numbered truck
+  * OH7LZB
+* Numbered van
+  * OH7LZB
+* Flooding
+  * NA
+* Sky warn, Numbered shelter, fog
+  * VEC-OH7LZB
@@ -144,4 +144,7 @@ a unified set of frontends.
 GPL-2.0-or-later. See [`LICENSES`](LICENSES) for the full license text and
 bundled third-party license files. Bundled third-party components retain their
 original licenses: Leaflet is BSD-2-Clause, DSEG is OFL-1.1, and opus-decoder
-is MIT.
+is MIT. The APRS symbol sprites come from
+[hessu/aprs-symbols](https://github.com/hessu/aprs-symbols); their per-symbol
+copyright status is catalogued in
+[`LICENSES/LicenseRef-APRS-Symbols.txt`](LICENSES/LicenseRef-APRS-Symbols.txt).
@@ -56,3 +56,19 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier = "OFL-1.1"
 path = ["src/trx-client/trx-frontend/trx-frontend-http/assets/web/vendor/opus-decoder-0.7.11.min.js"]
 SPDX-FileCopyrightText = "2021-2025 Ethan Halsall"
 SPDX-License-Identifier = "MIT"
+
+# Vendored APRS symbol sprites (https://github.com/hessu/aprs-symbols), rev H.
+# The set has no single upstream license -- individual symbols carry different
+# terms, catalogued in LICENSES/LicenseRef-APRS-Symbols.txt.  Upstream asks that
+# users point back to https://github.com/hessu/aprs-symbols/.
+[[annotations]]
+path = [
+    "src/trx-client/trx-frontend/trx-frontend-http/assets/web/vendor/aprs-symbols-24-0.png",
+    "src/trx-client/trx-frontend/trx-frontend-http/assets/web/vendor/aprs-symbols-24-1.png",
+    "src/trx-client/trx-frontend/trx-frontend-http/assets/web/vendor/aprs-symbols-24-2.png",
+    "src/trx-client/trx-frontend/trx-frontend-http/assets/web/vendor/aprs-symbols-24-0-2x.png",
+    "src/trx-client/trx-frontend/trx-frontend-http/assets/web/vendor/aprs-symbols-24-1-2x.png",
+    "src/trx-client/trx-frontend/trx-frontend-http/assets/web/vendor/aprs-symbols-24-2-2x.png",
+]
+SPDX-FileCopyrightText = "Heikki Hannikainen OH7LZB and the APRS symbol set authors (https://github.com/hessu/aprs-symbols)"
+SPDX-License-Identifier = "LicenseRef-APRS-Symbols"
@@ -743,7 +743,7 @@ function elementById(id) {
        const element = document.getElementById(id);
        if (element) body.appendChild(element);
      });
-      tray.appendChild(details);
+      tray.insertBefore(details, document.getElementById("audio-controls"));
      api.applyLayout(savedLayoutName(), { persist: false });
    }
  }
@@ -810,14 +810,21 @@ function elementById(id) {
    });
    const barFits = () => {
      const bar = actions.closest(".tab-bar");
-      if (!bar) return true;
-      const identity = bar.querySelector(".header-main");
-      const nav = bar.querySelector(".tab-bar-nav");
-      const gutters = 48;
-      const needed = (identity?.offsetWidth ?? 0) + (nav?.scrollWidth ?? 0) + actions.scrollWidth + gutters;
-      return needed <= bar.clientWidth;
+      const nav = bar?.querySelector(".tab-bar-nav");
+      if (!bar || !nav) return true;
+      const barRect = bar.getBoundingClientRect();
+      const actionsRect = actions.getBoundingClientRect();
+      if (actionsRect.right > barRect.right + 1) return false;
+      const tabs = Array.from(nav.querySelectorAll(".tab")).filter((tab) => tab.offsetParent !== null);
+      if (!tabs.length) return true;
+      const tabsRight = Math.max(...tabs.map((tab) => tab.getBoundingClientRect().right));
+      return tabsRight <= actionsRect.left - 1;
    };
    const reflowOverflow = () => {
+      const nav = document.querySelector(".tab-bar-nav");
+      const bar = actions.closest(".tab-bar");
+      nav?.classList.remove("nav-icons-only");
+      bar?.classList.remove("bar-tight");
      overflowOrder.forEach((selector) => {
        const element = menu.querySelector(selector);
        if (element) actions.insertBefore(element, wrap);
@@ -830,11 +837,25 @@ function elementById(id) {
        wrap.hidden = false;
        menu.appendChild(element);
      }
+      if (nav && !barFits()) nav.classList.add("nav-icons-only");
+      if (bar && !barFits()) bar.classList.add("bar-tight");
      wrap.hidden = menu.children.length === 0;
      if (wrap.hidden) closeMenu();
    };
    reflowOverflow();
    window.addEventListener("resize", reflowOverflow);
+    if (typeof ResizeObserver !== "undefined") {
+      const bar = actions.closest(".tab-bar");
+      const observer = new ResizeObserver(() => {
+        reflowOverflow();
+      });
+      if (bar) observer.observe(bar);
+      observer.observe(actions);
+    }
+    document.fonts?.ready.then(() => {
+      reflowOverflow();
+    }).catch(() => {
+    });
  }
  function installMobileMore() {
    const nav = document.querySelector(".tab-bar-nav");
@@ -1833,6 +1854,7 @@ function hideAuthGate() {
  });
  navigateToTab(tabFromPath2(), { updateHistory: false, replaceHistory: true });
  syncTopBarAccess();
+  if (!bandplanData) void loadBandplanJson();
 }
 function showAuthError(msg) {
  const el = requiredElement("auth-error");
@@ -2237,6 +2259,7 @@ function formatSigStrength(dbm) {
  return `${dbfs.toFixed(1)} ${sigUnit("dBFS")}`;
 }
 function refreshSigStrengthDisplay() {
+  renderSdrSquelch();
  if (!sigStrengthEl) return;
  sigStrengthEl.innerHTML = formatSigStrength(sigLastDbm);
 }
@@ -2290,6 +2313,7 @@ async function restorePreviousTuneState() {
  savePreviousTuneState();
  if (saved.mode && modeEl && modeEl.value !== saved.mode) {
    modeEl.value = saved.mode;
+    syncModePicker();
    await postPath(`/set_mode?mode=${encodeURIComponent(saved.mode)}`);
    updateWfmControls();
  }
@@ -2724,6 +2748,17 @@ if (headerStylePickSelect) {
 function readyText() {
  return lastClientCount !== null ? `Ready · ${lastClientCount} user${lastClientCount !== 1 ? "s" : ""}` : "Ready";
 }
+var HINT_ERROR_RE = /failed|missing|unavailable|unknown|lost|required/i;
+var HINT_BUSY_RE = /initializ|connecting|retrying|scanning|shifting|waiting|sending|switching|toggling|setting|not fully/i;
+function hintState(msg) {
+  if (HINT_ERROR_RE.test(msg)) return "error";
+  if (HINT_BUSY_RE.test(msg) || /[\u2026]$|\.\.\.$/.test(msg)) return "busy";
+  return "ok";
+}
+function setPowerHint(msg) {
+  powerHint.textContent = msg;
+  powerHint.dataset.state = hintState(msg);
+}
 function rigBadgeColor(rigId) {
  const text = (rigId || "rx").toString();
  let hash = 0;
@@ -2837,12 +2872,12 @@ function refreshOperatorLayoutCapabilities() {
  });
 }
 function showHint(msg, duration) {
-  powerHint.textContent = msg;
+  setPowerHint(msg);
  if (hintTimer) clearTimeout(hintTimer);
  if (duration) hintTimer = setTimeout(() => {
-    powerHint.textContent = readyText();
+    setPowerHint(readyText());
  }, duration);
-  if (/failed|missing|unavailable|unknown|lost|required/i.test(msg)) {
+  if (HINT_ERROR_RE.test(msg)) {
    window.trxUi?.notify(msg, { kind: "error" });
  }
 }
@@ -4113,6 +4148,7 @@ function setDisabled(disabled) {
  [freqEl, centerFreqEl, modeEl, pttBtn, powerBtn, txLimitInput, txLimitBtn, lockBtn].forEach((el) => {
    if (el) el.disabled = disabled;
  });
+  syncModePicker();
 }
 var serverVersion = null;
 var serverBuildDate = null;
@@ -4405,13 +4441,13 @@ function render(update) {
      console.info("Rig initializing:", { manufacturer: manu, model, revision: rev });
      loadingEl.style.display = "";
      if (contentEl) contentEl.style.display = "none";
-      powerHint.textContent = "Initializing rig…";
+      setPowerHint("Initializing rig…");
      setDisabled(true);
      return;
    }
    loadingEl.style.display = "none";
    if (contentEl) contentEl.style.display = "";
-    powerHint.textContent = "Rig not fully initialized yet";
+    setPowerHint("Rig not fully initialized yet");
  } else {
    loadingEl.style.display = "none";
    if (contentEl) contentEl.style.display = "";
@@ -4444,6 +4480,7 @@ function render(update) {
        opt.textContent = m;
        modeEl.appendChild(opt);
      });
+      renderModePicker();
    }
  }
  if (update.info && update.info.capabilities) {
@@ -4570,6 +4607,7 @@ function render(update) {
    const onVirtual = window.trx.modules.vchan?.isOnVirtual() === true;
    if (!onVirtual) {
      modeEl.value = modeUpper2;
+      syncModePicker();
      if (modeUpper2 === "WFM" && lastModeName !== "WFM") {
        setJogDivisor(10);
        resetRdsDisplay();
@@ -4704,6 +4742,7 @@ function render(update) {
      const sUnits = dbmToSUnits(update.status.rx.sig);
      sigLastSUnits = sUnits;
      sigLastDbm = update.status.rx.sig;
+      recordSquelchMeterSample(update.status.rx.sig);
      const pct = sUnits <= 9 ? Math.max(0, Math.min(100, sUnits / 9 * 100)) : 100;
      signalBar.style.width = `${pct}%`;
      signalValue.innerHTML = formatSignal(sUnits);
@@ -4730,7 +4769,7 @@ function render(update) {
    powerBtn.disabled = true;
    powerBtn.textContent = "Power unavailable";
    powerBtn.setAttribute("aria-pressed", "false");
-    powerHint.textContent = "State unknown";
+    setPowerHint("State unknown");
  }
  if (update.status && update.status.tx && typeof update.status.tx.limit === "number") {
    txLimitInput.value = String(update.status.tx.limit);
@@ -4827,7 +4866,7 @@ function render(update) {
  if (Array.isArray(update.remotes)) {
    applyRigList(typeof update.active_remote === "string" ? update.active_remote : null, update.remotes);
  }
-  powerHint.textContent = readyText();
+  setPowerHint(readyText());
  lastLocked = update.status?.lock === true;
  window.trxUi?.setButtonState(lockBtn, {
    active: lastLocked,
@@ -4905,11 +4944,11 @@ function connect() {
      render(data);
      lastEventAt = Date.now();
      if (data.server_connected === false) {
-        powerHint.textContent = "trx-server connection lost";
+        setPowerHint("trx-server connection lost");
        if (tabMainEl) tabMainEl.classList.add("server-disconnected");
      } else {
        if (tabMainEl) tabMainEl.classList.remove("server-disconnected");
-        if (data.initialized) powerHint.textContent = readyText();
+        if (data.initialized) setPowerHint(readyText());
      }
    } catch (e) {
      console.error("Bad event data", e);
@@ -4932,7 +4971,7 @@ function connect() {
  });
  source.onerror = () => {
    if (source.readyState === EventSource.CLOSED) {
-      powerHint.textContent = "trx-client connection lost, retrying…";
+      setPowerHint("trx-client connection lost, retrying…");
      setConnLostOverlay(true, "trx-client connection lost", "Retrying…", true);
      source.close();
      void pollFreshSnapshot();
@@ -4942,7 +4981,7 @@ function connect() {
  esHeartbeat = setInterval(() => {
    const now = Date.now();
    if (now - lastEventAt > 15e3) {
-      powerHint.textContent = "trx-client connection lost, retrying…";
+      setPowerHint("trx-client connection lost, retrying…");
      setConnLostOverlay(true, "trx-client connection lost", "Retrying…", true);
      source.close();
      void pollFreshSnapshot();
@@ -5327,6 +5366,33 @@ if (jogMultEl) {
  }
  jogStep = Math.max(Math.round(jogUnit / jogMult), minFreqStepHz);
 }
+var modePickerEl = requiredElement("mode-picker");
+function renderModePicker() {
+  modePickerEl.replaceChildren();
+  for (const option of Array.from(modeEl.options)) {
+    const btn = document.createElement("button");
+    btn.type = "button";
+    btn.dataset.mode = option.value;
+    btn.textContent = option.textContent;
+    btn.addEventListener("click", () => {
+      if (btn.disabled || modeEl.value === option.value) return;
+      modeEl.value = option.value;
+      syncModePicker();
+      void applyModeFromPicker();
+    });
+    modePickerEl.appendChild(btn);
+  }
+  syncModePicker();
+}
+function syncModePicker() {
+  const active = (modeEl.value || "").toUpperCase();
+  modePickerEl.querySelectorAll("button").forEach((btn) => {
+    const selected = (btn.dataset.mode || "").toUpperCase() === active;
+    btn.classList.toggle("active", selected);
+    btn.disabled = modeEl.disabled;
+    btn.setAttribute("aria-pressed", String(selected));
+  });
+}
 async function applyModeFromPicker() {
  const mode = modeEl.value || "";
  if (!mode) {
@@ -5335,6 +5401,7 @@ async function applyModeFromPicker() {
  }
  updateWfmControls();
  setControlPending(modeEl, true);
+  syncModePicker();
  showHint("Setting mode…");
  try {
    if (await window.trx.modules.vchan?.interceptMode(mode)) {
@@ -5352,6 +5419,7 @@ async function applyModeFromPicker() {
    console.error(err);
  } finally {
    setControlPending(modeEl, false);
+    syncModePicker();
  }
 }
 modeEl.addEventListener("change", applyModeFromPicker);
@@ -5548,6 +5616,39 @@ var _activeTab = "main";
 function tabFromPath2(pathname = window.location.pathname) {
  return tabFromPath(pathname);
 }
+var pendingMapTarget = null;
+function applyMapTarget(target) {
+  const map = window.trx.modules.map;
+  if (!map) return false;
+  if (target.kind === "position") {
+    map.focusMapPosition?.(target.lat, target.lon);
+  } else {
+    map.focusMapLocator?.(target.grid, target.preferredType);
+  }
+  return true;
+}
+function requestMapTarget(target) {
+  pendingMapTarget = target;
+  navigateToTab("map");
+  if (window.trx.modules.map) {
+    requestAnimationFrame(() => {
+      drainPendingMapTarget();
+    });
+  }
+}
+function drainPendingMapTarget() {
+  const target = pendingMapTarget;
+  if (!target) return;
+  if (applyMapTarget(target)) pendingMapTarget = null;
+}
+window.navigateToAprsMap = (lat, lon) => {
+  if (!isFiniteNumber(lat) || !isFiniteNumber(lon)) return;
+  requestMapTarget({ kind: "position", lat, lon });
+};
+window.navigateToMapLocator = (grid, preferredType = null) => {
+  if (!grid) return;
+  requestMapTarget({ kind: "locator", grid, preferredType });
+};
 var _mapInitTimer = null;
 function _initMapWhenReady() {
  const loadingEl2 = document.getElementById("map-loading");
@@ -5564,6 +5665,7 @@ function _initMapWhenReady() {
      requestAnimationFrame(() => {
        map.sizeAprsMapToViewport();
        map.aprsMap?.invalidateSize();
+        drainPendingMapTarget();
      });
    });
    return;
@@ -5592,6 +5694,11 @@ function navigateToTab(name, options = {}) {
  _activeTab = name;
  document.querySelectorAll(".tab-bar .tab").forEach((t) => t.classList.remove("active"));
  btn.classList.add("active");
+  const toolsBtn = document.getElementById("mobile-more-btn");
+  if (toolsBtn) {
+    const inToolsMenu = !!document.querySelector(`#mobile-more-menu [data-navigate-tab="${name}"]`);
+    toolsBtn.classList.toggle("active", inToolsMenu);
+  }
  window.trxUi?.syncSelectedTab(document.querySelector(".tab-bar-nav"), btn);
  document.querySelectorAll(".tab-panel").forEach((p) => p.style.display = "none");
  const panel = document.getElementById(`tab-${name}`);
@@ -5936,6 +6043,7 @@ var trxCore = Object.freeze({
  syncBandwidthInput,
  scheduleSpectrumDraw,
  onDecoderRegistryReady,
+  syncModePicker,
  formatFreqForStep: formatFrequencyForStep,
  refreshFreqDisplay,
  setJogDivisor,
@@ -6148,14 +6256,18 @@ var wfmCciValEl = document.getElementById("wfm-cci-val");
 var wfmAciFillEl = document.getElementById("wfm-aci-fill");
 var wfmAciValEl = document.getElementById("wfm-aci-val");
 var samControlsCol = document.getElementById("sam-controls-col");
+var modeControlsRow = document.getElementById("mode-controls-row");
 var samStereoWidthEl = document.getElementById("sam-stereo-width");
 var samCarrierSyncEl = document.getElementById("sam-carrier-sync");
 var sdrSquelchWrapEl = document.getElementById("sdr-squelch-wrap");
-var sdrSquelchEl = document.getElementById("sdr-squelch");
-var sdrSquelchPctEl = document.getElementById("sdr-squelch-pct");
+var sdrSquelchDbEl = document.getElementById("sdr-squelch-db");
+var sdrSquelchStateEl = document.getElementById("sdr-squelch-state");
+var sdrSquelchToggleBtn = document.getElementById("sdr-squelch-toggle");
+var squelchLineEl = document.getElementById("spectrum-squelch-line");
+var squelchGripEl = document.getElementById("spectrum-squelch-grip");
+var squelchLabelEl = document.getElementById("spectrum-squelch-label");
 var SDR_SQUELCH_MIN_DB = -120;
 var SDR_SQUELCH_MAX_DB = -30;
-var syncFromServerSdrSquelch = false;
 var sdrNbWrapEl = document.getElementById("sdr-nb-wrap");
 var sdrNbEnabledEl = document.getElementById("sdr-nb-enabled");
 var sdrNbThresholdControlsEl = document.getElementById("sdr-nb-threshold-controls");
@@ -6244,89 +6356,191 @@ function normalizeWfmDenoiseLevel(value) {
  if (next === "off" || next === "auto" || next === "low" || next === "medium" || next === "high") return next;
  return "auto";
 }
-function clampSdrSquelchPercent(value) {
-  if (!isFiniteNumber(value)) return 0;
-  return Math.max(0, Math.min(100, Math.round(value)));
+var sdrSquelchEnabled = loadSetting("sdrSquelchEnabled", false);
+var sdrSquelchThresholdDb = clampSdrSquelchDb(Number(loadSetting("sdrSquelchThresholdDb", -95)));
+function clampSdrSquelchDb(value) {
+  if (!isFiniteNumber(value)) return SDR_SQUELCH_MIN_DB;
+  return Math.max(SDR_SQUELCH_MIN_DB, Math.min(SDR_SQUELCH_MAX_DB, Math.round(value)));
 }
-function sdrSquelchPercentToServer(percent) {
-  const pct = clampSdrSquelchPercent(percent);
-  if (pct <= 0) {
-    return { enabled: false, thresholdDb: SDR_SQUELCH_MIN_DB };
+function sdrSquelchIsPassing() {
+  if (!sdrSquelchEnabled) return true;
+  if (!isFiniteNumber(sigLastDbm)) return false;
+  return sigLastDbm >= sdrSquelchThresholdDb;
+}
+function renderSdrSquelch() {
+  if (sdrSquelchDbEl && document.activeElement !== sdrSquelchDbEl) {
+    sdrSquelchDbEl.value = String(sdrSquelchThresholdDb);
  }
-  const ratio = pct / 100;
-  const thresholdDb = SDR_SQUELCH_MIN_DB + ratio * (SDR_SQUELCH_MAX_DB - SDR_SQUELCH_MIN_DB);
-  return { enabled: true, thresholdDb };
+  if (sdrSquelchDbEl) sdrSquelchDbEl.disabled = !sdrSquelchSupported;
+  if (sdrSquelchToggleBtn) {
+    sdrSquelchToggleBtn.setAttribute("aria-pressed", String(sdrSquelchEnabled));
+    sdrSquelchToggleBtn.title = sdrSquelchEnabled ? "Turn the squelch off" : "Turn the squelch on";
+  }
+  const state = !sdrSquelchEnabled ? "off" : sdrSquelchIsPassing() ? "open" : "closed";
+  if (sdrSquelchStateEl) {
+    sdrSquelchStateEl.dataset.state = state;
+    sdrSquelchStateEl.parentElement?.setAttribute(
+      "aria-label",
+      state === "off" ? "Squelch off" : state === "open" ? "Squelch on, open" : "Squelch on, closed"
+    );
+  }
+  if (squelchLabelEl) squelchLabelEl.textContent = String(sdrSquelchThresholdDb);
+  if (squelchGripEl) squelchGripEl.setAttribute("aria-valuenow", String(sdrSquelchThresholdDb));
+  if (squelchLineEl) squelchLineEl.dataset.state = state === "open" ? "open" : "closed";
+  positionSquelchLine();
 }
-function sdrSquelchServerToPercent(enabled, thresholdDb) {
-  if (!enabled) return 0;
-  if (!isFiniteNumber(thresholdDb)) return 0;
-  const ratio = (thresholdDb - SDR_SQUELCH_MIN_DB) / (SDR_SQUELCH_MAX_DB - SDR_SQUELCH_MIN_DB);
-  return clampSdrSquelchPercent(ratio * 100);
+function positionSquelchLine() {
+  if (!squelchLineEl) return;
+  const mode = (modeEl && modeEl.value ? modeEl.value : "").toUpperCase();
+  const canvas = document.getElementById("spectrum-canvas");
+  const visible = sdrSquelchSupported && sdrSquelchEnabled && mode !== "WFM" && !!canvas && canvas.clientHeight > 0 && getComputedStyle(requiredElement("spectrum-panel")).display !== "none";
+  if (!visible) {
+    squelchLineEl.style.display = "none";
+    return;
+  }
+  const dbMin = spectrumFloor;
+  const dbMax = spectrumFloor + spectrumRange;
+  const frac = Math.max(0, Math.min(1, (sdrSquelchThresholdDb - dbMin) / Math.max(1, dbMax - dbMin)));
+  squelchLineEl.style.display = "";
+  squelchLineEl.style.top = `${canvas.offsetTop + canvas.clientHeight * (1 - frac)}px`;
 }
-function updateSdrSquelchPctLabel() {
-  if (!sdrSquelchEl || !sdrSquelchPctEl) return;
-  const pct = clampSdrSquelchPercent(Number(sdrSquelchEl.value));
-  sdrSquelchPctEl.textContent = pct <= 0 ? "Open" : `${pct}%`;
+function submitSdrSquelch() {
+  if (!sdrSquelchSupported) return;
+  saveSetting("sdrSquelchEnabled", sdrSquelchEnabled);
+  saveSetting("sdrSquelchThresholdDb", sdrSquelchThresholdDb);
+  postPath(
+    `/set_sdr_squelch?enabled=${sdrSquelchEnabled ? "true" : "false"}&threshold_db=${encodeURIComponent(sdrSquelchThresholdDb.toFixed(2))}`
+  ).catch(() => {
+  });
+}
+function setSdrSquelch(thresholdDb, enabled, options = {}) {
+  sdrSquelchThresholdDb = clampSdrSquelchDb(thresholdDb);
+  sdrSquelchEnabled = enabled;
+  renderSdrSquelch();
+  if (options.submit !== false) submitSdrSquelch();
+}
+var SQUELCH_NOISE_WINDOW_MS = 1e4;
+var SQUELCH_NOISE_MARGIN_DB = 5;
+var SQUELCH_MEASURE_MS = 1500;
+var squelchMeterSamples = [];
+function recordSquelchMeterSample(db) {
+  if (!isFiniteNumber(db)) return;
+  const now = Date.now();
+  squelchMeterSamples.push({ t: now, v: db });
+  while (squelchMeterSamples[0] && now - squelchMeterSamples[0].t > SQUELCH_NOISE_WINDOW_MS) {
+    squelchMeterSamples.shift();
+  }
+}
+function squelchNoiseFloorDb() {
+  const now = Date.now();
+  const values = squelchMeterSamples.filter((sample) => now - sample.t <= SQUELCH_NOISE_WINDOW_MS).map((sample) => sample.v).sort((a, b) => a - b);
+  if (values.length < 4) return null;
+  return values[Math.floor((values.length - 1) * 0.2)] ?? null;
+}
+function autoSquelchThresholdDb() {
+  const noiseDb = squelchNoiseFloorDb();
+  if (noiseDb == null) return null;
+  return clampSdrSquelchDb(noiseDb + SQUELCH_NOISE_MARGIN_DB);
 }
 function updateSdrSquelchControlVisibility() {
  if (!sdrSquelchWrapEl) return;
  const mode = (modeEl && modeEl.value ? modeEl.value : "").toUpperCase();
  sdrSquelchWrapEl.style.display = sdrSquelchSupported && mode !== "WFM" ? "" : "none";
+  renderSdrSquelch();
 }
 function syncSdrSquelchFromServer(enabled, thresholdDb) {
-  if (!sdrSquelchEl) return;
-  if (document.activeElement === sdrSquelchEl) return;
-  const pct = sdrSquelchServerToPercent(enabled, thresholdDb);
-  syncFromServerSdrSquelch = true;
-  sdrSquelchEl.value = String(pct);
-  updateSdrSquelchPctLabel();
-  syncFromServerSdrSquelch = false;
-  saveSetting("sdrSquelchPct", pct);
+  if (squelchDragPointerId !== null) return;
+  if (sdrSquelchDbEl && document.activeElement === sdrSquelchDbEl) return;
+  sdrSquelchEnabled = enabled;
+  if (isFiniteNumber(thresholdDb)) sdrSquelchThresholdDb = clampSdrSquelchDb(thresholdDb);
+  saveSetting("sdrSquelchEnabled", sdrSquelchEnabled);
+  saveSetting("sdrSquelchThresholdDb", sdrSquelchThresholdDb);
+  renderSdrSquelch();
 }
-function submitSdrSquelchPercent(percent) {
-  if (!sdrSquelchSupported) return;
-  const { enabled, thresholdDb } = sdrSquelchPercentToServer(percent);
-  postPath(
-    `/set_sdr_squelch?enabled=${enabled ? "true" : "false"}&threshold_db=${encodeURIComponent(thresholdDb.toFixed(2))}`
-  ).catch(() => {
+var squelchDragPointerId = null;
+var squelchDragSubmitAt = 0;
+if (sdrSquelchDbEl) {
+  sdrSquelchDbEl.addEventListener("change", () => {
+    setSdrSquelch(Number(sdrSquelchDbEl.value), sdrSquelchEnabled);
+  });
+  sdrSquelchDbEl.addEventListener("blur", () => {
+    renderSdrSquelch();
  });
 }
-if (sdrSquelchEl) {
-  const savedPct = clampSdrSquelchPercent(Number(loadSetting("sdrSquelchPct", 0)));
-  sdrSquelchEl.value = String(savedPct);
-  updateSdrSquelchPctLabel();
-  sdrSquelchEl.addEventListener("input", () => {
-    const pct = clampSdrSquelchPercent(Number(sdrSquelchEl.value));
-    sdrSquelchEl.value = String(pct);
-    updateSdrSquelchPctLabel();
-    saveSetting("sdrSquelchPct", pct);
-    if (!syncFromServerSdrSquelch) {
-      submitSdrSquelchPercent(pct);
-    }
+if (sdrSquelchToggleBtn) {
+  sdrSquelchToggleBtn.addEventListener("click", () => {
+    if (!sdrSquelchSupported) return;
+    setSdrSquelch(sdrSquelchThresholdDb, !sdrSquelchEnabled);
  });
 }
+function applyAutoSquelch(threshold) {
+  setSdrSquelch(threshold, true);
+  showHint(`Squelch ${threshold} dB`, 1500);
+}
 var sdrSquelchAutoBtn = document.getElementById("sdr-squelch-auto");
 if (sdrSquelchAutoBtn) {
  sdrSquelchAutoBtn.addEventListener("click", () => {
    if (!sdrSquelchSupported) return;
-    let pct = 0;
-    const data = lastSpectrumData || window.lastSpectrumData;
-    if (data && isNumericBins(data.bins) && data.bins.length > 0) {
-      const noiseDb = estimateNoiseFloorDb(data.bins);
-      if (noiseDb != null && isFiniteNumber(noiseDb)) {
-        const thresholdDb = noiseDb + 6;
-        const clamped = Math.max(SDR_SQUELCH_MIN_DB, Math.min(SDR_SQUELCH_MAX_DB, thresholdDb));
-        pct = clampSdrSquelchPercent(
-          (clamped - SDR_SQUELCH_MIN_DB) / (SDR_SQUELCH_MAX_DB - SDR_SQUELCH_MIN_DB) * 100
-        );
+    const threshold = autoSquelchThresholdDb();
+    if (threshold != null) {
+      applyAutoSquelch(threshold);
+      return;
+    }
+    sdrSquelchAutoBtn.disabled = true;
+    showHint("Measuring the noise…");
+    setTimeout(() => {
+      sdrSquelchAutoBtn.disabled = false;
+      const measured = autoSquelchThresholdDb();
+      if (measured == null) {
+        showHint("No meter to measure the noise from", 1800);
+        return;
      }
+      applyAutoSquelch(measured);
+    }, SQUELCH_MEASURE_MS);
+  });
+}
+if (squelchGripEl) {
+  const dbFromClientY = (clientY) => {
+    const canvas = document.getElementById("spectrum-canvas");
+    if (!canvas || !canvas.clientHeight) return sdrSquelchThresholdDb;
+    const rect = canvas.getBoundingClientRect();
+    const frac = 1 - (clientY - rect.top) / rect.height;
+    return clampSdrSquelchDb(spectrumFloor + frac * spectrumRange);
+  };
+  squelchGripEl.addEventListener("pointerdown", (event) => {
+    if (!sdrSquelchSupported) return;
+    squelchDragPointerId = event.pointerId;
+    squelchGripEl.setPointerCapture(event.pointerId);
+    event.preventDefault();
+    event.stopPropagation();
+  });
+  squelchGripEl.addEventListener("pointermove", (event) => {
+    if (squelchDragPointerId !== event.pointerId) return;
+    sdrSquelchThresholdDb = dbFromClientY(event.clientY);
+    renderSdrSquelch();
+    const now = Date.now();
+    if (now - squelchDragSubmitAt > 200) {
+      squelchDragSubmitAt = now;
+      submitSdrSquelch();
    }
-    if (sdrSquelchEl) {
-      sdrSquelchEl.value = String(pct);
-      updateSdrSquelchPctLabel();
-      saveSetting("sdrSquelchPct", pct);
+  });
+  const endDrag = (event) => {
+    if (squelchDragPointerId !== event.pointerId) return;
+    squelchDragPointerId = null;
+    submitSdrSquelch();
+  };
+  squelchGripEl.addEventListener("pointerup", endDrag);
+  squelchGripEl.addEventListener("pointercancel", endDrag);
+  squelchGripEl.addEventListener("keydown", (event) => {
+    const step = event.shiftKey ? 10 : 1;
+    if (event.key === "ArrowUp" || event.key === "ArrowRight") {
+      setSdrSquelch(sdrSquelchThresholdDb + step, sdrSquelchEnabled);
+    } else if (event.key === "ArrowDown" || event.key === "ArrowLeft") {
+      setSdrSquelch(sdrSquelchThresholdDb - step, sdrSquelchEnabled);
+    } else {
+      return;
    }
-    submitSdrSquelchPercent(pct);
+    event.preventDefault();
  });
 }
 if (wfmAudioModeEl) {
@@ -6455,6 +6669,7 @@ function updateWfmControls() {
  const mode = (modeEl && modeEl.value ? modeEl.value : "").toUpperCase();
  if (wfmControlsCol) wfmControlsCol.style.display = mode === "WFM" ? "" : "none";
  if (samControlsCol) samControlsCol.style.display = mode === "SAM" ? "" : "none";
+  if (modeControlsRow) modeControlsRow.style.display = mode === "WFM" || mode === "SAM" ? "" : "none";
 }
 if (!hasWebCodecs) {
  rxAudioBtn.disabled = true;
@@ -7185,15 +7400,10 @@ function volWheel(slider, pctEl, getGain, storageKey) {
 }
 volWheel(rxVolSlider, rxVolPct, () => rxGainNode, "rxVol");
 volWheel(txVolSlider, txVolPct, () => txGainNode, "txVol");
-if (sdrSquelchEl) {
-  sdrSquelchEl.addEventListener("wheel", (e) => {
-    e.preventDefault();
-    const step = e.deltaY < 0 ? 2 : -2;
-    const next = clampSdrSquelchPercent(Number(sdrSquelchEl.value) + step);
-    sdrSquelchEl.value = String(next);
-    updateSdrSquelchPctLabel();
-    saveSetting("sdrSquelchPct", next);
-    submitSdrSquelchPercent(next);
+if (sdrSquelchDbEl) {
+  sdrSquelchDbEl.addEventListener("wheel", (event) => {
+    event.preventDefault();
+    setSdrSquelch(sdrSquelchThresholdDb + (event.deltaY < 0 ? 1 : -1), sdrSquelchEnabled);
  }, { passive: false });
 }
 requiredElement("copyright-year").textContent = String((/* @__PURE__ */ new Date()).getFullYear());
@@ -7422,7 +7632,7 @@ function connectDecode() {
        return;
      }
      if (data.type === "group") {
-        const messages = Array.isArray(data.messages) ? data.messages.filter((message) => isRecord2(message) && typeof message.type === "string") : [];
+        const messages = Array.isArray(data.messages) ? data.messages.filter((message) => isRecord2(message)) : [];
        enqueueDecodeHistoryGroup(typeof data.kind === "string" ? data.kind : "", messages);
        return;
      }
@@ -7936,6 +8146,7 @@ function flushMeterDom() {
  const sUnits = dbmToSUnits(dbm);
  sigLastSUnits = sUnits;
  sigLastDbm = dbm;
+  recordSquelchMeterSample(dbm);
  const pct = sUnits <= 9 ? Math.max(0, Math.min(100, sUnits / 9 * 100)) : 100;
  if (signalBar) signalBar.style.width = `${pct}%`;
  if (signalValue) signalValue.innerHTML = formatSignal(sUnits);
@@ -8240,6 +8451,7 @@ function drawSpectrum(data) {
  }
  spectrumGl.drawSegments(spectrumTmpGridSegments, cssColorToRgba(pal.spectrumGrid), 1);
  updateSpectrumDbAxis(DB_MIN, DB_MAX, gridStep, H, dpr);
+  positionSquelchLine();
  function hzToX(hz) {
    return (hz - range.visLoHz) / range.visSpanHz * W;
  }
@@ -8572,7 +8784,8 @@ function updateBookmarkAxis(range) {
  updateSideBookmarkStack(leftSideEl, leftBookmarks, colorMap);
  updateSideBookmarkStack(rightSideEl, rightBookmarks, colorMap);
  const hasVisible = visBookmarks.length > 0;
-  axisEl.classList.toggle("bm-axis-visible", hasVisible);
+  axisEl.classList.add("bm-axis-visible");
+  axisEl.classList.toggle("bm-axis-empty", !hasVisible);
  if (!hasVisible) {
    if (axisEl.dataset.bmKey) {
      axisEl.replaceChildren();
@@ -8867,31 +9080,15 @@ window.addEventListener("keydown", (event) => {
  }
  if (key === "q") {
    event.preventDefault();
-    if (sdrSquelchSupported && sdrSquelchEl) {
-      const current = clampSdrSquelchPercent(Number(sdrSquelchEl.value));
-      let nextPct;
-      if (current > 0) {
-        nextPct = 0;
+    if (sdrSquelchSupported) {
+      if (sdrSquelchEnabled) {
+        setSdrSquelch(sdrSquelchThresholdDb, false);
+        showHint("Squelch off", 1200);
      } else {
-        let auto = 30;
-        const data = lastSpectrumData || window.lastSpectrumData;
-        if (data && isNumericBins(data.bins) && data.bins.length > 0) {
-          const noiseDb = estimateNoiseFloorDb(data.bins);
-          if (noiseDb != null && isFiniteNumber(noiseDb)) {
-            const thresholdDb = noiseDb + 6;
-            const clamped = Math.max(SDR_SQUELCH_MIN_DB, Math.min(SDR_SQUELCH_MAX_DB, thresholdDb));
-            auto = clampSdrSquelchPercent(
-              (clamped - SDR_SQUELCH_MIN_DB) / (SDR_SQUELCH_MAX_DB - SDR_SQUELCH_MIN_DB) * 100
-            );
-          }
-        }
-        nextPct = auto;
+        const threshold = sdrSquelchThresholdDb > SDR_SQUELCH_MIN_DB ? sdrSquelchThresholdDb : autoSquelchThresholdDb() ?? SDR_SQUELCH_MIN_DB + 25;
+        setSdrSquelch(threshold, true);
+        showHint(`Squelch ${clampSdrSquelchDb(threshold)} dB`, 1200);
      }
-      sdrSquelchEl.value = String(nextPct);
-      updateSdrSquelchPctLabel();
-      saveSetting("sdrSquelchPct", nextPct);
-      submitSdrSquelchPercent(nextPct);
-      showHint(nextPct > 0 ? `Squelch ${nextPct}%` : "Squelch Off", 1200);
    } else {
      showHint("Squelch N/A", 1200);
    }
@@ -9294,8 +9491,8 @@ var bandplanCacheKey = "";
 var bandplanStripEl = document.getElementById("spectrum-bandplan-strip");
 var bandplanRegionSelect = document.getElementById("bandplan-region-select");
 var bandplanLabelsCheck = document.getElementById("bandplan-labels-check");
-(function loadBandplanJson() {
-  fetch("/bandplan.json").then(async (response) => {
+function loadBandplanJson() {
+  return fetch("/bandplan.json").then(async (response) => {
    if (!response.ok) throw new Error(String(response.status));
    return await responseJsonUnknown(response);
  }).then((data) => {
@@ -9303,9 +9500,12 @@ var bandplanLabelsCheck = document.getElementById("bandplan-labels-check");
    bandplanData = data;
    bandplanSegmentsCache = null;
    bandplanCacheKey = "";
-  }).catch(() => {
+    if (lastSpectrumData) scheduleSpectrumDraw();
+  }).catch((err) => {
+    console.warn("Band plan unavailable", err);
  });
-})();
+}
+void loadBandplanJson();
 if (bandplanRegionSelect) {
  bandplanRegionSelect.value = bandplanRegion;
  bandplanRegionSelect.addEventListener("change", () => {
@@ -9367,24 +9567,28 @@ function bandplanVisibleSegments(region, loHz, hiHz) {
  }
  return result;
 }
-function _hideBandplanStrip() {
+function _clearBandplanStrip(reserveSpace) {
  if (!bandplanStripEl) return;
-  bandplanStripEl.classList.remove("bp-visible");
-  bandplanStripEl.replaceChildren();
-  bandplanCacheKey = "";
+  if (bandplanCacheKey) {
+    bandplanStripEl.replaceChildren();
+    bandplanCacheKey = "";
+  }
+  bandplanStripEl.classList.toggle("bp-visible", reserveSpace);
+  bandplanStripEl.classList.toggle("bp-empty", reserveSpace);
 }
 function updateBandplanStrip(range) {
  if (!bandplanStripEl) return;
  if (!range || bandplanRegion === "off" || !bandplanData) {
-    if (bandplanStripEl.classList.contains("bp-visible")) _hideBandplanStrip();
+    _clearBandplanStrip(false);
    return;
  }
  const segments = bandplanVisibleSegments(bandplanRegion, range.visLoHz, range.visHiHz);
  if (segments.length === 0) {
-    if (bandplanStripEl.classList.contains("bp-visible")) _hideBandplanStrip();
+    _clearBandplanStrip(true);
    return;
  }
  bandplanStripEl.classList.add("bp-visible");
+  bandplanStripEl.classList.remove("bp-empty");
  const newKey = bandplanRegion + ":" + (bandplanShowLabels ? "L" : "N") + ":" + segments.map((s) => s.low_hz + "-" + s.high_hz).join(",");
  const stripW = bandplanStripEl.clientWidth || 1;
  if (bandplanCacheKey !== newKey) {
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import {
  normalizeAprsPacket,
  renderAprsInfo,
  renderLocalAprsSymbol
-} from "./chunk-M2I6DH4X.js";
+} from "./chunk-ROTCLFXS.js";
 import {
  hostCore,
  hostState
@@ -328,6 +328,7 @@ function bmApply(bm) {
    const modeEl = document.getElementById("mode");
    if (modeEl) {
      modeEl.value = (bm.mode || "").toUpperCase();
+      hostCore.syncModePicker();
    }
    if (bm.bandwidth_hz) {
      hostState.currentBandwidthHz = bm.bandwidth_hz;
@@ -75,8 +75,51 @@ function escapeAprsCharacter(character) {
  if (character === '"') return "&quot;";
  return character;
 }
+var APRS_SPRITE_COLUMNS = 16;
+var APRS_SPRITE_CELL_PX = 24;
+var APRS_SPRITE_FIRST_CODE = 33;
+var APRS_SPRITE_LAST_CODE = 126;
+function aprsSpriteOffset(code) {
+  if (code.length !== 1) return null;
+  const point = code.charCodeAt(0);
+  if (point < APRS_SPRITE_FIRST_CODE || point > APRS_SPRITE_LAST_CODE) return null;
+  const index = point - APRS_SPRITE_FIRST_CODE;
+  const column = index % APRS_SPRITE_COLUMNS;
+  const row = Math.floor(index / APRS_SPRITE_COLUMNS);
+  return `${String(-column * APRS_SPRITE_CELL_PX)}px ${String(-row * APRS_SPRITE_CELL_PX)}px`;
+}
+function aprsSymbolSprite(symbolTable, symbolCode) {
+  if (!symbolTable || !symbolCode) return null;
+  const symbolOffset = aprsSpriteOffset(symbolCode);
+  if (!symbolOffset) return null;
+  if (symbolTable === "/") {
+    return {
+      className: "aprs-symbol-primary",
+      backgroundPosition: symbolOffset,
+      label: `Primary APRS symbol ${symbolTable}${symbolCode}`
+    };
+  }
+  if (symbolTable === "\\") {
+    return {
+      className: "aprs-symbol-alternate",
+      backgroundPosition: symbolOffset,
+      label: `Alternate APRS symbol ${symbolTable}${symbolCode}`
+    };
+  }
+  const overlayOffset = aprsSpriteOffset(symbolTable);
+  if (!overlayOffset) return null;
+  return {
+    className: "aprs-symbol-overlaid",
+    backgroundPosition: `${overlayOffset}, ${symbolOffset}`,
+    label: `Alternate APRS symbol \\${symbolCode} with overlay ${symbolTable}`
+  };
+}
 function renderLocalAprsSymbol(packet, escapeHtml) {
  if (!packet.symbolTable || !packet.symbolCode) return "";
+  const sprite = aprsSymbolSprite(packet.symbolTable, packet.symbolCode);
+  if (sprite) {
+    return `<span class="aprs-symbol ${sprite.className}" role="img" style="background-position:${sprite.backgroundPosition}" title="${escapeHtml(sprite.label)}" aria-label="${escapeHtml(sprite.label)}"></span>`;
+  }
  const symbol = escapeHtml(packet.symbolCode);
  const table = packet.symbolTable === "/" ? "Primary" : "Alternate";
  return `<span class="aprs-symbol aprs-symbol-local" title="${table} APRS symbol ${symbol}">${symbol}</span>`;
@@ -107,6 +150,7 @@ export {
  collapseAprsDuplicates,
  aprsHexBytes,
  renderAprsInfo,
+  aprsSymbolSprite,
  renderLocalAprsSymbol,
  normalizeAprsPacket
 };
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import {
  normalizeAprsPacket,
  renderAprsInfo,
  renderLocalAprsSymbol
-} from "./chunk-M2I6DH4X.js";
+} from "./chunk-ROTCLFXS.js";
 import {
  hostCore,
  hostState
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+import {
+  aprsSymbolSprite
+} from "./chunk-ROTCLFXS.js";
+
 // src/map-core.ts
 function mapEl(id) {
  const element = document.querySelector(`#${CSS.escape(id)}`);
@@ -1643,42 +1647,29 @@ var mapWindow = window;
      return;
    }
    const mapRect = mapContainer.getBoundingClientRect();
-    const width = mapContainer.clientWidth || mapRect.width;
    const footer = document.querySelector(".footer");
-    let bottom = mapIsFullscreen() && stage ? stage.getBoundingClientRect().bottom : window.innerHeight;
-    if (!mapIsFullscreen() && footer) {
+    let bottom = window.innerHeight;
+    if (footer) {
      const fr = footer.getBoundingClientRect();
-      if (fr.top > mapRect.top + 50) bottom = fr.top;
+      if (fr.top > mapRect.top + 50) bottom = Math.min(fr.top, bottom);
    }
-    const available = Math.max(0, Math.floor(bottom - mapRect.top - 8));
-    const widthDriven = width > 0 ? Math.floor(width / 1.55) : available;
-    const viewportCap = mapIsFullscreen() ? Math.floor(window.innerHeight * 0.9) : Math.floor(window.innerHeight * 0.75);
-    const minHeight = Math.min(260, available);
-    const target = Math.max(minHeight, Math.min(available, viewportCap, widthDriven));
+    const target = Math.max(0, Math.floor(bottom - mapRect.top - 8));
    mapContainer.style.height = `${target}px`;
    if (aprsMap) aprsMap.invalidateSize();
  }
  function aprsSymbolIcon(symbolTable, symbolCode) {
    if (!symbolTable || !symbolCode) return null;
-    const table = symbolTable === "/" ? "primary" : "alternate";
+    const sprite = aprsSymbolSprite(symbolTable, symbolCode);
+    const html = sprite ? `<div class="aprs-symbol aprs-symbol-marker ${sprite.className}" role="img" style="background-position:${sprite.backgroundPosition}" title="${escapeMapHtml(sprite.label)}" aria-label="${escapeMapHtml(sprite.label)}"></div>` : `<div class="aprs-symbol aprs-symbol-marker aprs-symbol-local" title="${symbolTable === "/" ? "primary" : "alternate"} APRS symbol ${escapeMapHtml(symbolCode)}">${escapeMapHtml(symbolCode)}</div>`;
    return L.divIcon({
      className: "",
-      html: `<div class="aprs-symbol-local" title="${table} APRS symbol ${escapeMapHtml(symbolCode)}">${escapeMapHtml(symbolCode)}</div>`,
+      html,
      iconSize: [24, 24],
      iconAnchor: [12, 12],
      popupAnchor: [0, -12]
    });
  }
-  mapWindow.navigateToAprsMap = function(lat, lon) {
-    T._activeTab = "map";
-    document.querySelectorAll(".tab-bar .tab").forEach((t) => {
-      t.classList.remove("active");
-    });
-    const mapTabBtn = document.querySelector(".tab-bar .tab[data-tab='map']");
-    if (mapTabBtn) mapTabBtn.classList.add("active");
-    document.querySelectorAll(".tab-panel").forEach((p) => p.style.display = "none");
-    const mapPanel = mapEl("tab-map");
-    if (mapPanel) mapPanel.style.display = "";
+  function focusMapPosition(lat, lon) {
    initAprsMap();
    sizeAprsMapToViewport();
    if (aprsMap) {
@@ -1690,19 +1681,10 @@ var mapWindow = window;
        });
      });
    }
-  };
-  mapWindow.navigateToMapLocator = function(grid, preferredType = null) {
+  }
+  function focusMapLocator(grid, preferredType = null) {
    const normalizedGrid = String(grid || "").trim().toUpperCase();
    if (!/^[A-R]{2}\d{2}(?:[A-X]{2})?$/.test(normalizedGrid)) return false;
-    T._activeTab = "map";
-    document.querySelectorAll(".tab-bar .tab").forEach((t) => {
-      t.classList.remove("active");
-    });
-    const mapTabBtn = document.querySelector(".tab-bar .tab[data-tab='map']");
-    if (mapTabBtn) mapTabBtn.classList.add("active");
-    document.querySelectorAll(".tab-panel").forEach((p) => p.style.display = "none");
-    const mapPanel = mapEl("tab-map");
-    if (mapPanel) mapPanel.style.display = "";
    initAprsMap();
    sizeAprsMapToViewport();
    if (!aprsMap) return false;
@@ -1747,7 +1729,7 @@ var mapWindow = window;
      requestAnimationFrame(focusMarker);
    });
    return true;
-  };
+  }
  function buildReceiverPopupHtml(rigIds) {
    const call = T.serverCallsign || T.ownerCallsign || "Receiver";
    let meta = "";
@@ -2332,7 +2314,7 @@ var mapWindow = window;
        selectedMapQsoKey = selectedMapQsoKey === entry.pathKey ? null : entry.pathKey ?? null;
        syncDecodeContactPathVisibility();
        if (selectedMapQsoKey && entry.sourceGrid) {
-          mapWindow.navigateToMapLocator?.(entry.sourceGrid, entry.sourceType);
+          focusMapLocator(entry.sourceGrid, entry.sourceType);
        }
      });
      const head = document.createElement("div");
@@ -2438,7 +2420,7 @@ var mapWindow = window;
      card.className = "map-qso-card";
      if (entry.grid) {
        card.addEventListener("click", () => {
-          mapWindow.navigateToMapLocator?.(entry.grid ?? "", entry.sourceType);
+          focusMapLocator(entry.grid ?? "", entry.sourceType);
        });
      }
      const head = document.createElement("div");
@@ -2544,7 +2526,7 @@ var mapWindow = window;
      card.className = "map-qso-card";
      if (entry.grid) {
        card.addEventListener("click", () => {
-          mapWindow.navigateToMapLocator?.(entry.grid ?? "", entry.sourceType);
+          focusMapLocator(entry.grid ?? "", entry.sourceType);
        });
      }
      const head = document.createElement("div");
@@ -3049,6 +3031,8 @@ var mapWindow = window;
  }
  modules.map = {
    initAprsMap,
+    focusMapPosition,
+    focusMapLocator,
    sizeAprsMapToViewport,
    syncAprsReceiverMarker,
    updateMapRigFilter,
@@ -286,7 +286,10 @@ function vchanSyncModeDisplay() {
  if (!modeEl) return;
  if (vchanIsOnVirtual()) {
    const ch = vchanActiveChannel();
-    if (ch && ch.mode) modeEl.value = ch.mode.toUpperCase();
+    if (ch && ch.mode) {
+      modeEl.value = ch.mode.toUpperCase();
+      hostCore.syncModePicker();
+    }
  }
  const modeUpper = (modeEl.value || "").toUpperCase();
  if (typeof hostState.lastModeName === "string") {
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
  <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" style="display:none">
    <symbol id="icon-home" viewBox="0 0 16 16" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.5" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><path d="M2.8 7 8 2.9 13.2 7"/><path d="M4.3 5.9V13h7.4V5.9"/><path d="M6.8 13V9.3h2.4V13"/></symbol>
    <symbol id="icon-bookmark" viewBox="0 0 16 16" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.5" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><path d="M4 2h8v12l-4-2.5L4 14V2z"/></symbol>
-    <symbol id="icon-signal" viewBox="0 0 16 16" fill="currentColor"><rect x="1" y="11" width="2.5" height="4" rx="0.5"/><rect x="4.75" y="8" width="2.5" height="7" rx="0.5"/><rect x="8.5" y="5" width="2.5" height="10" rx="0.5"/><rect x="12.25" y="2" width="2.5" height="13" rx="0.5"/></symbol>
+    <symbol id="icon-digital" viewBox="0 0 16 16" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.5" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><path d="M1 11.5h2.6V4.5h3.2v7h3.2v-7h3.2v7H15"/></symbol>
    <symbol id="icon-map" viewBox="0 0 16 16" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.5" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><path d="M8 2a4 4 0 0 1 4 4c0 3-4 8-4 8S4 9 4 6a4 4 0 0 1 4-4z"/><circle cx="8" cy="6" r="1.2" fill="currentColor" stroke="none"/></symbol>
    <symbol id="icon-stats" viewBox="0 0 16 16" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.4" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><path d="M2 14h12"/><rect x="3" y="8" width="2" height="6" rx="0.4" fill="currentColor" stroke="none" opacity="0.6"/><rect x="7" y="5" width="2" height="9" rx="0.4" fill="currentColor" stroke="none" opacity="0.75"/><rect x="11" y="2" width="2" height="12" rx="0.4" fill="currentColor" stroke="none" opacity="0.9"/></symbol>
    <symbol id="icon-record" viewBox="0 0 16 16" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.5" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><circle cx="8" cy="8" r="6"/><circle cx="8" cy="8" r="2.5" fill="currentColor" stroke="none"/></symbol>
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
            <span class="tab-label">Bookmarks</span>
          </button>
          <button class="tab" data-tab="digital-modes">
-            <svg class="tab-icon" aria-hidden="true"><use href="#icon-signal"/></svg>
+            <svg class="tab-icon" aria-hidden="true"><use href="#icon-digital"/></svg>
            <span class="tab-label">Digital modes</span>
          </button>
          <button class="tab" data-tab="map">
@@ -142,6 +142,10 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
          <div id="spectrum-bookmark-side-left" class="spectrum-bookmark-side spectrum-bookmark-side-left" aria-hidden="true"></div>
          <canvas id="spectrum-canvas" tabindex="0" role="img" aria-label="Spectrum display" aria-describedby="spectrum-text-summary"></canvas>
          <p id="spectrum-text-summary" class="visually-hidden">Spectrum data is waiting for the receiver.</p>
+          <div id="spectrum-squelch-line" class="spectrum-squelch-line" style="display:none;" data-state="closed">
+            <span class="spectrum-squelch-grip" id="spectrum-squelch-grip" role="slider" tabindex="0"
+                  aria-label="Squelch threshold" aria-valuemin="-120" aria-valuemax="-30" aria-valuenow="-95">SQL <span id="spectrum-squelch-label">-95</span> dB</span>
+          </div>
          <div id="spectrum-zoom-indicator" aria-hidden="true"></div>
          <div id="spectrum-minimap" aria-hidden="true"><div class="minimap-view"></div></div>
          <div id="spectrum-db-axis" aria-hidden="true"></div>
@@ -212,31 +216,20 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
            <input class="status-input" id="center-freq" type="text" value="--" aria-describedby="center-freq-label" aria-label="SDR center frequency" />
            <div class="label" id="center-freq-label"><span>Center Frequency</span></div>
          </div>
-          <div class="freq-field unit-col">
-            <div class="jog-step" id="jog-step">
-              <button type="button" data-step="1000000">MHz</button>
-              <button type="button" data-step="1000" class="active">kHz</button>
-              <button type="button" data-step="1">Hz</button>
-            </div>
-            <div class="label"><span>Unit</span></div>
-          </div>
-          <div class="freq-field mult-col">
-            <div class="jog-mult" id="jog-mult">
-              <button type="button" data-mult="1" class="active" aria-label="Use full tune step">1x</button>
-              <button type="button" data-mult="10" aria-label="Use one tenth tune step">0.1x</button>
-            </div>
-            <div class="label"><span>Step Scale</span></div>
-          </div>
        </div>
      </div>
      <div class="full-row controls-tray-shell">
        <div class="controls-tray-scroll">
          <div class="controls-tray">
            <div class="controls-row full-row">
-              <div class="controls-col label-below-col">
+              <div class="controls-col controls-col-mode label-below-col">
                <div class="label"><span>Mode</span></div>
                <div class="inline">
-                  <select class="status-input" id="mode" aria-label="Demodulation mode"></select>
+                  <!-- The select stays as the mode's value: a dozen call sites and
+                       several plugins read #mode.value. It is hidden from sight and
+                       from assistive tech; the buttons beside it are the control. -->
+                  <select class="visually-hidden" id="mode" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"></select>
+                  <div id="mode-picker" class="mode-picker" role="group" aria-label="Demodulation mode"></div>
                </div>
              </div>
              <div class="controls-col controls-col-center">
@@ -248,6 +241,35 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
                  <button id="jog-up" type="button" class="jog-btn">+</button>
                </div>
              </div>
+              <div class="controls-col controls-col-step">
+                <div class="inline step-controls-inline">
+                  <div class="freq-field unit-col">
+                    <div class="jog-step" id="jog-step">
+                      <button type="button" data-step="1000000">MHz</button>
+                      <button type="button" data-step="1000" class="active">kHz</button>
+                      <button type="button" data-step="1">Hz</button>
+                    </div>
+                    <div class="label"><span>Unit</span></div>
+                  </div>
+                  <div class="freq-field mult-col">
+                    <div class="jog-mult" id="jog-mult">
+                      <button type="button" data-mult="1" class="active" aria-label="Use full tune step">1x</button>
+                      <button type="button" data-mult="10" aria-label="Use one tenth tune step">0.1x</button>
+                    </div>
+                    <div class="label"><span>Step Scale</span></div>
+                  </div>
+                </div>
+              </div>
+              <div class="controls-col controls-col-power label-below-col" id="tx-power-col">
+                <div class="label"><span>Transmit / Power</span></div>
+                <div class="btn-grid">
+                  <button id="ptt-btn" type="button" aria-pressed="false">Start TX</button>
+                  <button id="power-btn" type="button" aria-pressed="false">Power On</button>
+                  <button id="lock-btn" type="button" aria-pressed="false">Lock Tuning</button>
+                </div>
+              </div>
+            </div>
+            <div class="controls-row controls-row-mode full-row" id="mode-controls-row" style="display:none">
              <div class="controls-col controls-col-wfm label-below-col" id="wfm-controls-col" style="display:none;">
                <div class="inline wfm-controls-inline">
                  <label class="wfm-control">
@@ -305,14 +327,6 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
                </div>
                <div class="label"><span>SAM</span></div>
              </div>
-              <div class="controls-col controls-col-power label-below-col" id="tx-power-col">
-                <div class="label"><span>Transmit / Power</span></div>
-                <div class="btn-grid">
-                  <button id="ptt-btn" type="button" aria-pressed="false">Start TX</button>
-                  <button id="power-btn" type="button" aria-pressed="false">Power On</button>
-                  <button id="lock-btn" type="button" aria-pressed="false">Lock Tuning</button>
-                </div>
-              </div>
            </div>
            <div class="full-row label-below-row" id="vfo-row">
              <div class="label"><span>VFO</span></div>
@@ -362,32 +376,6 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
                <div class="vchan-picker" id="vchan-picker"></div>
              </div>
            </div>
-            <details id="scheduler-controls" class="advanced-radio-controls scheduler-controls-section">
-              <summary>Scheduler controls</summary>
-              <div class="advanced-radio-body">
-                <div class="scheduler-control-row" style="display:none">
-                  <div class="scheduler-release-wrap">
-                    <button id="scheduler-release-btn" type="button">Release to Scheduler</button>
-                    <div class="scheduler-step-controls">
-                      <button id="scheduler-prev-btn" type="button">Previous Entry</button>
-                      <button id="scheduler-next-btn" type="button">Next Entry</button>
-                    </div>
-                    <div id="scheduler-release-status" class="scheduler-release-status">Scheduler is controlling the rig.</div>
-                    <div id="scheduler-cycle-status" class="interleave-ring-wrap" style="display:none;">
-                      <svg class="interleave-ring" viewBox="0 0 36 36">
-                        <circle class="interleave-ring-bg" cx="18" cy="18" r="15.915" />
-                        <circle class="interleave-ring-fill" id="interleave-ring-fill" cx="18" cy="18" r="15.915"
-                                stroke-dasharray="100" stroke-dashoffset="100" />
-                      </svg>
-                      <div class="interleave-ring-text">
-                        <div class="interleave-ring-label" id="interleave-active-name">--</div>
-                        <div class="interleave-ring-sub" id="interleave-countdown">--</div>
-                      </div>
-                    </div>
-                  </div>
-                </div>
-              </div>
-            </details>
            <div class="full-row label-below-row">
              <div class="label"><span>Signal</span></div>
              <div class="signal" style="gap: 1rem;">
@@ -425,13 +413,51 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
                  <div class="inline" style="gap: 0.6rem; flex-wrap: wrap; align-items: center;">
                    <button id="rx-audio-btn" type="button">Play Audio</button>
                    <button id="tx-audio-btn" type="button">Transmit Audio</button>
-                    <label class="vol-label">RX<input type="range" id="rx-vol" min="0" max="100" value="80" class="vol-slider" /><small class="vol-pct" id="rx-vol-pct">80%</small></label>
-                    <label class="vol-label">TX<input type="range" id="tx-vol" min="0" max="100" value="80" class="vol-slider" /><small class="vol-pct" id="tx-vol-pct">80%</small></label>
-                    <label class="vol-label" id="sdr-squelch-wrap" style="display:none;">SQL<input type="range" id="sdr-squelch" min="0" max="100" value="0" class="vol-slider" /><small class="vol-pct" id="sdr-squelch-pct">Open</small><button id="sdr-squelch-auto" type="button" class="sql-auto-btn" title="Set squelch to current noise level">Auto</button></label>
-                    <div id="audio-level">
-                      <div id="audio-level-fill"></div>
+                    <span class="audio-group audio-volume-group">
+                      <span class="audio-group-label">Volume</span>
+                      <label class="vol-label">RX<input type="range" id="rx-vol" min="0" max="100" value="80" class="vol-slider" /><small class="vol-pct" id="rx-vol-pct">80%</small></label>
+                      <label class="vol-label">TX<input type="range" id="tx-vol" min="0" max="100" value="80" class="vol-slider" /><small class="vol-pct" id="tx-vol-pct">80%</small></label>
+                    </span>
+                    <span class="sql-control" id="sdr-squelch-wrap" style="display:none;">
+                      <button id="sdr-squelch-toggle" type="button" class="sql-toggle" aria-pressed="false" title="Turn the squelch on or off"><span class="sql-state" id="sdr-squelch-state" data-state="off" aria-hidden="true"></span>SQL</button>
+                      <label class="sql-db"><input type="number" id="sdr-squelch-db" min="-120" max="-30" step="1" value="-95" inputmode="numeric" aria-label="Squelch threshold in dB" /><span class="sql-db-unit">dB</span></label>
+                      <button id="sdr-squelch-auto" type="button" class="sql-auto-btn" title="Set the threshold just above the noise floor">Auto</button>
+                    </span>
+                    <span class="audio-group audio-level-group">
+                      <span class="audio-group-label">Level</span>
+                      <div id="audio-level">
+                        <div id="audio-level-fill"></div>
+                      </div>
+                      <small id="audio-status">Off</small>
+                    </span>
+                  </div>
+                </div>
+              </div>
+            </details>
+            <details id="scheduler-controls" class="advanced-radio-controls scheduler-controls-section">
+              <summary>Scheduler controls</summary>
+              <div class="advanced-radio-body">
+                <div class="scheduler-control-row" style="display:none">
+                  <div class="scheduler-release-wrap">
+                    <div class="scheduler-action-row">
+                      <div class="scheduler-step-controls">
+                        <button id="scheduler-prev-btn" type="button">Previous Entry</button>
+                        <button id="scheduler-next-btn" type="button">Next Entry</button>
+                      </div>
+                      <button id="scheduler-release-btn" type="button">Release to Scheduler</button>
+                      <div id="scheduler-cycle-status" class="interleave-ring-wrap" style="display:none;">
+                        <svg class="interleave-ring" viewBox="0 0 36 36">
+                          <circle class="interleave-ring-bg" cx="18" cy="18" r="15.915" />
+                          <circle class="interleave-ring-fill" id="interleave-ring-fill" cx="18" cy="18" r="15.915"
+                                  stroke-dasharray="100" stroke-dashoffset="100" />
+                        </svg>
+                        <div class="interleave-ring-text">
+                          <div class="interleave-ring-label" id="interleave-active-name">--</div>
+                          <div class="interleave-ring-sub" id="interleave-countdown">--</div>
+                        </div>
+                      </div>
                    </div>
-                    <small id="audio-status" style="min-width: 60px;">Off</small>
+                    <div id="scheduler-release-status" class="scheduler-release-status">Scheduler is controlling the rig.</div>
                  </div>
                </div>
              </div>
@@ -1594,10 +1620,13 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
      </template>
    </div>
    <div class="footer">
-      <div class="copyright">
-        Built by <a href="https://www.qrzcq.com/call/SP2SJG" target="_blank" rel="noopener">SP2SJG</a> from <a href="https://haxx.space" target="_blank" rel="noopener">haxx.space</a> · <span class="gh-link-wrap"><a class="gh-link" href="https://git.haxx.space/sjg/trx-rs" target="_blank" rel="noopener" aria-label="Open trx-rs source repository"><svg class="gh-link-icon" viewBox="0 0 16 16" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M9.5 3.25a2.25 2.25 0 1 1 3 2.122V6A2.5 2.5 0 0 1 10 8.5H6a1 1 0 0 0-1 1v1.128a2.251 2.251 0 1 1-1.5 0V5.372a2.25 2.25 0 1 1 1.5 0v1.836A2.493 2.493 0 0 1 6 7h4a1 1 0 0 0 1-1v-.628A2.25 2.25 0 0 1 9.5 3.25Zm-6 0a.75.75 0 1 0 1.5 0 .75.75 0 0 0-1.5 0Zm8.25-.75a.75.75 0 1 0 0 1.5.75.75 0 0 0 0-1.5ZM4.25 12a.75.75 0 1 0 0 1.5.75.75 0 0 0 0-1.5Z"></path></svg><span>trx-rs source</span></a></span> — <span id="copyright-year"></span>
+      <div class="footer-meta">
+        <span class="copyright">
+          Built by <a href="https://www.qrzcq.com/call/SP2SJG" target="_blank" rel="noopener">SP2SJG</a> from <a href="https://haxx.space" target="_blank" rel="noopener">haxx.space</a> · &copy; <span id="copyright-year"></span>
+        </span>
+        <span class="gh-link-wrap"><a class="gh-link" href="https://git.haxx.space/sjg/trx-rs" target="_blank" rel="noopener" aria-label="Open trx-rs source repository"><svg class="gh-link-icon" viewBox="0 0 16 16" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M9.5 3.25a2.25 2.25 0 1 1 3 2.122V6A2.5 2.5 0 0 1 10 8.5H6a1 1 0 0 0-1 1v1.128a2.251 2.251 0 1 1-1.5 0V5.372a2.25 2.25 0 1 1 1.5 0v1.836A2.493 2.493 0 0 1 6 7h4a1 1 0 0 0 1-1v-.628A2.25 2.25 0 0 1 9.5 3.25Zm-6 0a.75.75 0 1 0 1.5 0 .75.75 0 0 0-1.5 0Zm8.25-.75a.75.75 0 1 0 0 1.5.75.75 0 0 0 0-1.5ZM4.25 12a.75.75 0 1 0 0 1.5.75.75 0 0 0 0-1.5Z"></path></svg><span>trx-rs source</span></a></span>
      </div>
-      <div class="hint" id="power-hint" aria-live="polite">Connecting…</div>
+      <div class="hint" id="power-hint" data-state="busy" aria-live="polite">Connecting…</div>
    </div>
    <div id="conn-lost-overlay" class="decode-history-overlay content-overlay is-hidden" aria-live="assertive" aria-atomic="true">
      <div class="decode-history-overlay-card">
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
  --accent-green: #c24b1a;
  --accent-yellow: #f0ad4e;
  --accent-red: #e55353;
+  /* Healthy/on indicator. Distinct from --accent-green, which this theme
+     family uses as the (orange) brand accent rather than a status colour. */
+  --status-ok: #00d17f;
  --vchan-color: #38bdf8;
  --control-height: 2.6rem;
  --jog-hi: #243a5b;
@@ -107,6 +110,8 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
  --accent-green: #b04317;
  --accent-yellow: #b57600;
  --accent-red: #cf3f3f;
+  /* Darker on light backgrounds: #00d17f as text/dots is barely legible there. */
+  --status-ok: #0a9d63;
  --jog-hi: #e6edf8;
  --jog-lo: #cdd9eb;
  --jog-shadow: rgba(58, 79, 110, 0.18);
@@ -267,11 +272,22 @@ input.status-input, select.status-input { width: 100%; padding: 0.45rem 0.5rem;
  -webkit-text-fill-color: currentColor;
 }
 #center-freq { color: var(--wavelength-fg); }
+/* Packs left. As a grid it held a track for every column, but the WFM, SAM and
+   transmit columns are hidden on most rigs, so the row ended in a hole of dead
+   space and the power buttons' label chip floated far from the buttons. */
 .controls-row {
-  display: grid;
-  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr) auto auto minmax(0, 1fr);
-  gap: 1rem;
-  align-items: start;
+  display: flex;
+  flex-wrap: wrap;
+  justify-content: center;
+  gap: 1rem 1.25rem;
+  align-items: flex-start;
+}
+/* Whatever the current mode adds — WFM's deemphasis and interference meters,
+   SAM's carrier sync — sits on its own line under the controls every rig has,
+   instead of stretching the row sideways when one mode happens to be active. */
+.controls-row-mode {
+  padding-top: 0.85rem;
+  border-top: 1px solid color-mix(in srgb, var(--border-light) 45%, transparent);
 }
 .controls-col {
  min-width: 0;
@@ -299,10 +315,74 @@ input.status-input, select.status-input { width: 100%; padding: 0.45rem 0.5rem;
  width: 100%;
  margin-top: calc((var(--jog-wheel-size) - var(--control-height)) / 2);
 }
+/* Mode: a segmented group sized by its content. As a full-width select it took
+   483px of the row to show "FM"; the modes are all three or four characters and
+   there are at most twelve of them, so they fit two rows in a third of that. */
+.controls-col-mode {
+  flex: 0 1 auto;
+  min-width: 0;
+}
+/* Specific enough to beat .controls-col.label-below-col .inline, whose offset
+   assumes a --control-height field: the picker and the step groups are both
+   3.35rem, so they line up with each other beside the wheel. */
+.controls-col-mode.label-below-col .inline {
+  width: auto;
+  margin-top: calc((var(--jog-wheel-size) - 3.35rem) / 2);
+}
+.mode-picker {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-wrap: wrap;
+  gap: 1px;
+  width: max-content;
+  max-width: 22rem;
+  border: 1px solid var(--border-light);
+  border-radius: 6px;
+  overflow: hidden;
+  background: var(--border-light);
+}
+.mode-picker button {
+  flex: 1 0 3.2rem;
+  border: none;
+  border-radius: 0;
+  min-height: 1.65rem;
+  height: auto;
+  padding: 0.32rem 0.55rem;
+  font-size: 0.82rem;
+  font-weight: 600;
+  background: var(--input-bg);
+  color: var(--text-muted);
+  cursor: pointer;
+}
+.mode-picker button:hover:not(:disabled):not(.active) {
+  color: var(--text);
+  background: var(--btn-hover-bg);
+}
+.mode-picker button.active {
+  background: var(--btn-bg);
+  color: var(--accent-green);
+}
+.mode-picker button:disabled {
+  opacity: 0.55;
+  cursor: default;
+}
+/* Tune step: the unit and the scale drive the wheel and the +/- beside it, so
+   they sit with it rather than up in the frequency row. */
+.controls-col-step {
+  flex: 0 0 auto;
+}
+.step-controls-inline {
+  display: flex;
+  gap: 0.75rem;
+  align-items: flex-start;
+  margin-top: calc((var(--jog-wheel-size) - 3.35rem) / 2);
+}
+.step-controls-inline .label {
+  justify-content: flex-start;
+}
 .controls-col-center {
-  justify-self: center;
  width: auto;
  align-items: center;
+  flex: 0 0 auto;
 }
 .controls-col-wfm.label-below-col .label {
  justify-content: flex-start;
@@ -444,12 +524,15 @@ input.status-input, select.status-input { width: 100%; padding: 0.45rem 0.5rem;
  align-self: stretch;
 }
 .controls-col .jog-container { align-self: center; }
+/* Sized by the buttons that are actually there. Three fixed tracks meant a rig
+   without transmit or lock kept two empty ones, leaving its label chip stranded
+   at the far edge of the group. */
 .btn-grid {
-  display: grid;
-  grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr);
+  display: flex;
+  flex-wrap: wrap;
  gap: 0.5rem;
 }
-.btn-grid button { width: 100%; height: var(--control-height); }
+.btn-grid button { flex: 0 1 auto; min-width: 6rem; height: var(--control-height); }
 .jog-container {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
@@ -570,6 +653,24 @@ input.status-input, select.status-input { width: 100%; padding: 0.45rem 0.5rem;
  border-color: var(--accent-yellow);
  color: var(--accent-yellow);
 }
+/* One row, read left to right: step through the entries, hand the rig back,
+   then — fenced off — the entry actually on air. */
+.scheduler-action-row {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-wrap: wrap;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 0.35rem;
+}
+/* The rule belongs to the current-entry block, so it leaves with it: the
+   block is display-toggled whenever fewer than two entries are active. */
+.scheduler-action-row #scheduler-cycle-status::before {
+  content: "";
+  align-self: stretch;
+  width: 1px;
+  min-height: 1.7rem;
+  margin-inline: 0.3rem;
+  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--border-light) 70%, transparent);
+}
 .scheduler-step-controls {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
@@ -1539,25 +1640,67 @@ small { color: var(--text-muted); }
 }
 .tab-bar-nav .tab { flex: 0 0 auto; }
 /* Icons before scrolling: every tab already carries one, and four icons plus
- * More always fit, so the strip never has to hide a destination. */
-@media (max-width: 1360px) and (min-width: 701px) {
-  .tab-bar-nav .tab .tab-label { display: none; }
-  .tab-bar-nav .tab .tab-icon, .tab-bar-nav .tab .tab-more-icon { display: block; }
-  .tab-bar-nav .tab { padding: 0.5rem 0.6rem; }
+ * More always fit, so the strip never has to hide a destination.  Applied by
+ * measurement (ui-core's reflowOverflow) rather than at a viewport width: how
+ * much fits depends on the rig name and on how wide the platform renders the
+ * labels, so the same width fits on one machine and clips on another.
+ * Bounded below 761px, where the strip becomes the bottom nav and keeps its
+ * labels under the icons. */
+@media (min-width: 761px) {
+  .tab-bar-nav.nav-icons-only .tab .tab-label { display: none; }
+  .tab-bar-nav.nav-icons-only .tab .tab-icon,
+  .tab-bar-nav.nav-icons-only .tab .tab-more-icon { display: block; }
+  .tab-bar-nav.nav-icons-only .tab { padding: 0.45rem 0.55rem; }
 }
+/* Last resort, past icons: something in the bar has to absorb the shortfall,
+   and by default that is the tab strip — it may shrink below its content, so
+   its tabs keep full width and run under the controls, unreachable. The
+   identity block takes it instead, ellipsised: a clipped station name is still
+   readable, a destination hidden under the controls is not. */
+.tab-bar.bar-tight .header-main {
+  flex-shrink: 1;
+  min-width: 0;
+}
+.tab-bar.bar-tight .header-text {
+  min-width: 0;
+}
+.tab-bar.bar-tight .title,
+.tab-bar.bar-tight .subtitle {
+  white-space: nowrap;
+  overflow: hidden;
+  text-overflow: ellipsis;
+}
+.tab-bar.bar-tight .tab-bar-nav {
+  flex-shrink: 0;
+}
+/* The selected destination is boxed, not underlined — the same treatment the
+   mobile bottom nav already used, so one navigation model reads the same at
+   every width. The transparent border is on the base so switching tabs moves
+   no neighbours. */
 .tab {
  background: transparent;
-  border: none;
-  border-bottom: 2px solid transparent;
-  border-radius: 0;
-  padding: 0.5rem 0.95rem;
+  border: 1px solid transparent;
+  border-radius: var(--radius-md);
+  padding: 0.45rem 0.9rem;
  color: var(--text-muted);
  cursor: pointer;
  font-size: 0.95rem;
  height: auto;
+  transition: color var(--dur-fast) var(--ease-standard),
+              background-color var(--dur-fast) var(--ease-standard),
+              border-color var(--dur-fast) var(--ease-standard);
+}
+.tab.active {
+  border-color: color-mix(in srgb, var(--accent-green) 50%, var(--border-light));
+  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--accent-green) 12%, transparent);
+  color: var(--accent-text);
+  font-weight: 600;
+}
+.tab:hover:not(.active) {
+  color: var(--text);
+  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--btn-bg) 55%, transparent);
+  border-color: color-mix(in srgb, var(--border-light) 40%, transparent);
 }
-.tab.active { border-bottom-color: var(--accent-green); color: var(--accent-text); font-weight: 600; }
-.tab:hover:not(.active) { color: var(--text); }
 /* Tab icons — hidden on desktop, shown on mobile bottom nav */
 .tab-icon {
  display: none;
@@ -1575,15 +1718,88 @@ small { color: var(--text-muted); }
 .about-table td { padding: 0.4rem 0.75rem; border-bottom: 1px solid color-mix(in srgb, var(--border) 50%, transparent); font-size: 0.85rem; }
 .about-table tr:last-child td { border-bottom: none; }
 .about-table td:first-child { color: var(--text-muted); width: 40%; }
-.about-status-on { color: #00d17f; }
+.about-status-on { color: var(--status-ok); }
 .about-status-off { color: var(--text-muted); }
 .plugin-item { padding: 0.5rem 0.6rem; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border); color: var(--text); }
 .plugin-item:last-child { border-bottom: none; }
-.footer { display: flex; justify-content: space-between; align-items: baseline; margin-top: auto; padding-top: 1rem; flex-shrink: 0; }
+/* ── Footer ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+   A hairline rule closes the page the way .tab-bar opens it; the two
+   clusters (attribution + source pill, live status chip) sit on one
+   baseline-free centre line so the pills don't hang off the text. */
+.footer {
+  display: flex;
+  justify-content: space-between;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: var(--space-4);
+  flex-wrap: wrap;
+  margin-top: auto;
+  padding: var(--space-3) 0 var(--space-1);
+  border-top: 1px solid color-mix(in srgb, var(--border-light) 45%, transparent);
+  flex-shrink: 0;
+}
+.footer-meta {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: var(--space-3);
+  flex-wrap: wrap;
+  min-width: 0;
+}
 .full-row { grid-column: 1 / -1; }
-.copyright { color: var(--text-muted); font-size: 0.75rem; opacity: 0.7; }
+/* No opacity: --text-muted is already the muted step, and stacking the
+   two put the attribution below a readable contrast ratio. */
+.copyright { color: var(--text-muted); font-size: var(--fs-xs); }
 .copyright a { color: var(--accent-text); text-decoration: none; }
 .copyright a:hover { text-decoration: underline; }
+/* Live status: dot + text, colour driven by the data-state app.ts sets. */
+.footer .hint {
+  display: inline-flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: var(--space-2);
+  font-size: var(--fs-xs);
+  color: var(--text-heading);
+  padding: 0.2rem 0.6rem;
+  border-radius: var(--radius-pill);
+  border: 1px solid color-mix(in srgb, var(--border-light) 60%, transparent);
+  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--btn-bg) 55%, transparent);
+  font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;
+}
+.footer .hint::before {
+  content: "";
+  width: 0.45rem;
+  height: 0.45rem;
+  flex-shrink: 0;
+  border-radius: 50%;
+  background: var(--text-muted);
+  box-shadow: 0 0 0 0.16rem color-mix(in srgb, var(--text-muted) 22%, transparent);
+  transition: background var(--dur-base) var(--ease-standard),
+              box-shadow var(--dur-base) var(--ease-standard);
+}
+.footer .hint[data-state="ok"]::before {
+  background: var(--status-ok);
+  box-shadow: 0 0 0 0.16rem color-mix(in srgb, var(--status-ok) 24%, transparent);
+}
+.footer .hint[data-state="busy"]::before {
+  background: var(--accent-yellow);
+  box-shadow: 0 0 0 0.16rem color-mix(in srgb, var(--accent-yellow) 24%, transparent);
+}
+.footer .hint[data-state="error"] {
+  color: var(--accent-red);
+  border-color: color-mix(in srgb, var(--accent-red) 45%, var(--border-light));
+}
+.footer .hint[data-state="error"]::before {
+  background: var(--accent-red);
+  box-shadow: 0 0 0 0.16rem color-mix(in srgb, var(--accent-red) 24%, transparent);
+}
+@media (prefers-reduced-motion: no-preference) {
+  .footer .hint[data-state="busy"]::before,
+  .footer .hint[data-state="error"]::before {
+    animation: trx-status-pulse 1.8s var(--ease-standard) infinite;
+  }
+}
+@keyframes trx-status-pulse {
+  0%, 100% { opacity: 1; }
+  50%      { opacity: 0.45; }
+}
 .gh-link-wrap {
  display: inline-flex;
  vertical-align: middle;
@@ -1592,6 +1808,8 @@ small { color: var(--text-muted); }
 .gh-link {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
+  text-decoration: none;
+  font-size: var(--fs-xs);
  gap: 0.34rem;
  padding: 0.18rem 0.5rem;
  border-radius: 999px;
@@ -1627,6 +1845,182 @@ small { color: var(--text-muted); }
  color: var(--text-muted);
  line-height: 1;
 }
+/* Squelch: a threshold in dB, the unit the spectrum's own axis is labelled in,
+   with a dot showing whether the gate is passing audio right now. The old
+   percentage was a number with nothing on screen to relate it to. */
+.sql-control {
+  display: inline-flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 0.35rem;
+  color: var(--text-muted);
+  font-size: 0.82rem;
+  white-space: nowrap;
+}
+/* The row carries three unrelated things — how loud, whether there is audio at
+   all, and how much is arriving — so each is named and fenced from the next.
+   Each rule belongs to the block that follows it, so it leaves when that block
+   does (the squelch is absent on rigs without one). */
+.audio-group {
+  display: inline-flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 0.5rem;
+  min-width: 0;
+}
+.audio-volume-group {
+  flex: 0 1 auto;
+}
+.audio-level-group {
+  flex: 1 1 12rem;
+  min-width: 8rem;
+}
+.audio-group-label {
+  font-size: 0.68rem;
+  font-weight: 700;
+  letter-spacing: 0.04em;
+  text-transform: uppercase;
+  color: var(--text-muted);
+  white-space: nowrap;
+}
+.audio-level-group #audio-status {
+  min-width: 3.4rem;
+}
+.audio-level-group::before,
+.sql-control::before {
+  content: "";
+  align-self: stretch;
+  width: 1px;
+  min-height: 1.5rem;
+  margin-inline: 0.5rem 0.6rem;
+  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--border-light) 65%, transparent);
+  display: none;
+}
+/* Only while the row is one line. A rule divides what sits either side of it,
+   so once a group wraps onto its own line the wrap is the division and the
+   rule would just be a mark at the start of a line. Measured against the row,
+   not the viewport: what fits depends on whether the rig transmits and whether
+   it has a squelch at all. */
+#audio-row .inline {
+  container-type: inline-size;
+  container-name: audio-row;
+}
+@container audio-row (min-width: 57rem) {
+  .audio-level-group::before,
+  .sql-control::before {
+    display: block;
+  }
+}
+/* The name is the switch: one target instead of a label and a button that
+   said the same thing twice, with the dot carrying the state. */
+.sql-toggle {
+  display: inline-flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 0.3rem;
+  height: 1.5rem;
+  min-height: 0;
+  padding: 0 0.4rem;
+  border: 1px solid transparent;
+  border-radius: 4px;
+  background: transparent;
+  color: var(--text-muted);
+  font-size: 0.82rem;
+  font-weight: 700;
+  letter-spacing: 0.02em;
+  cursor: pointer;
+}
+.sql-toggle:hover {
+  border-color: color-mix(in srgb, var(--border-light) 60%, transparent);
+  color: var(--text);
+}
+.sql-toggle[aria-pressed="true"] {
+  border-color: color-mix(in srgb, var(--accent-green) 50%, var(--border-light));
+  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--accent-green) 10%, transparent);
+  color: var(--accent-text);
+}
+.sql-state {
+  width: 0.5rem;
+  height: 0.5rem;
+  border-radius: 50%;
+  flex-shrink: 0;
+  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--text-muted) 45%, transparent);
+  transition: background var(--dur-fast) var(--ease-standard),
+              box-shadow var(--dur-fast) var(--ease-standard);
+}
+.sql-state[data-state="open"] {
+  background: var(--status-ok);
+  box-shadow: 0 0 0 0.14rem color-mix(in srgb, var(--status-ok) 25%, transparent);
+}
+.sql-state[data-state="closed"] {
+  background: var(--accent-yellow);
+  box-shadow: 0 0 0 0.14rem color-mix(in srgb, var(--accent-yellow) 22%, transparent);
+}
+.sql-db {
+  display: inline-flex;
+  align-items: baseline;
+  gap: 0.2rem;
+}
+.sql-db input {
+  width: 3.4rem;
+  height: 1.5rem;
+  min-height: 0;
+  padding: 0 0.3rem;
+  font-size: 0.78rem;
+  font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;
+  text-align: right;
+  border: 1px solid var(--border-light);
+  border-radius: 4px;
+  background: var(--input-bg);
+  color: var(--text);
+}
+.sql-db-unit {
+  font-size: 0.68rem;
+}
+.sql-control button[aria-pressed="true"] {
+  border-color: color-mix(in srgb, var(--accent-green) 55%, var(--border-light));
+  color: var(--accent-text);
+}
+/* The line is the control: it spans the plot at its threshold and carries its
+   own grip, so the level is set where the noise it has to clear is visible. */
+.spectrum-squelch-line {
+  position: absolute;
+  left: 0;
+  right: 0;
+  height: 0;
+  /* Above the overlays that share the plot: the split control sits at the
+     right edge on z-index 9 and would otherwise swallow the grip's pointer. */
+  z-index: 10;
+  border-top: 1px dashed color-mix(in srgb, var(--accent-yellow) 75%, transparent);
+  pointer-events: none;
+}
+.spectrum-squelch-line[data-state="open"] {
+  border-top-color: color-mix(in srgb, var(--status-ok) 80%, transparent);
+}
+.spectrum-squelch-grip {
+  position: absolute;
+  /* Clear of the split control's column so the two never sit on top of each
+     other, whatever height the threshold is at. */
+  right: 3.6rem;
+  top: -0.72rem;
+  padding: 0.05rem 0.35rem;
+  border-radius: 3px;
+  border: 1px solid color-mix(in srgb, var(--accent-yellow) 60%, var(--border-light));
+  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--card-bg) 88%, transparent);
+  color: var(--text);
+  font-size: 0.62rem;
+  font-weight: 700;
+  font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;
+  line-height: 1.3;
+  cursor: ns-resize;
+  pointer-events: auto;
+  user-select: none;
+  touch-action: none;
+}
+.spectrum-squelch-line[data-state="open"] .spectrum-squelch-grip {
+  border-color: color-mix(in srgb, var(--status-ok) 60%, var(--border-light));
+}
+.spectrum-squelch-grip:focus-visible {
+  outline: 2px solid var(--accent-text);
+  outline-offset: 1px;
+}
 .sql-auto-btn {
  font-size: 0.68rem;
  padding: 0 5px;
@@ -1682,6 +2076,61 @@ small { color: var(--text-muted); }
 }

 .sub-tab-bar { display: flex; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border); margin-bottom: 0.75rem; overflow-x: auto; -webkit-overflow-scrolling: touch; }
+/* ── Digital modes: sidebar + panel ───────────────────────────────────
+   Thirteen decoders in a horizontal strip meant a scroller on anything but a
+   wide window, and which one was open was a single underline in a row of
+   thirteen. As a list down the side every decoder is visible at once, each
+   with the state dot it already carried, and the panel gets the full width. */
+#tab-digital-modes {
+  display: grid;
+  grid-template-columns: minmax(8.5rem, 11rem) minmax(0, 1fr);
+  gap: 1rem;
+  align-items: start;
+}
+#tab-digital-modes > .sub-tab-bar {
+  flex-direction: column;
+  align-items: stretch;
+  gap: 0.12rem;
+  margin-bottom: 0;
+  padding-right: 0.85rem;
+  border-bottom: none;
+  border-right: 1px solid color-mix(in srgb, var(--border) 80%, transparent);
+  overflow-x: hidden;
+  /* Stays put while a long decode list scrolls past it. */
+  position: sticky;
+  top: 0.5rem;
+}
+#tab-digital-modes > .sub-tab-bar .sub-tab {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 0.4rem;
+  width: 100%;
+  padding: 0.42rem 0.6rem;
+  border: 1px solid transparent;
+  border-radius: var(--radius-md);
+  text-align: left;
+  font-size: 0.88rem;
+  transition: color var(--dur-fast) var(--ease-standard),
+              background-color var(--dur-fast) var(--ease-standard),
+              border-color var(--dur-fast) var(--ease-standard);
+}
+#tab-digital-modes > .sub-tab-bar .sub-tab .decoder-state-dot {
+  margin-left: auto;
+}
+#tab-digital-modes > .sub-tab-bar .sub-tab:hover:not(.active) {
+  color: var(--text);
+  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--btn-bg) 55%, transparent);
+}
+#tab-digital-modes > .sub-tab-bar .sub-tab.active {
+  border-color: color-mix(in srgb, var(--accent-green) 50%, var(--border-light));
+  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--accent-green) 12%, transparent);
+  color: var(--accent-text);
+}
+#tab-digital-modes > .sub-tab-panel {
+  grid-column: 2;
+  grid-row: 1;
+  min-width: 0;
+}
 .sub-tab { flex-shrink: 0; background: transparent; border: none; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; border-radius: 0; padding: 0.35rem 0.75rem; color: var(--text-muted); cursor: pointer; font-size: 0.85rem; height: auto; }
 .sub-tab.active { border-bottom-color: var(--accent-green); color: var(--accent-green); font-weight: 600; }
 .sub-tab:hover:not(.active) { color: var(--text); }
@@ -1839,11 +2288,17 @@ small { color: var(--text-muted); }
  font-size: 0.82rem;
  color: var(--text-muted);
 }
+/* Full-bleed: break the map panel out of the centred .card column so the
+   stage spans the whole viewport width. The negative inline margins cancel
+   the card's centring offset plus its side padding, whatever they are. */
 #tab-map {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  min-height: 0;
  gap: 0.85rem;
+  width: 100vw;
+  max-width: 100vw;
+  margin-inline: calc(50% - 50vw);
 }
 /* map-loading uses the shared .decode-history-overlay .content-overlay classes */
 #map-stage {
@@ -1851,8 +2306,9 @@ small { color: var(--text-muted); }
  flex: 0 1 auto;
  min-height: 0;
  overflow: hidden;
-  border-radius: 6px;
+  border-radius: 0;
  border: 1px solid color-mix(in srgb, var(--border-light) 78%, transparent);
+  border-inline: 0;
  background:
    linear-gradient(180deg, color-mix(in srgb, var(--card-bg) 86%, transparent), color-mix(in srgb, var(--card-bg) 64%, transparent)),
    color-mix(in srgb, var(--input-bg) 88%, transparent);
@@ -2533,7 +2989,21 @@ body.map-fake-fullscreen-active {
  font-size: 0.75rem;
  word-break: break-all;
 }
-.aprs-symbol { display: inline-block; width: 24px; height: 24px; background-size: 384px 192px; vertical-align: middle; margin-right: 0.3rem; }
+/* APRS symbols are drawn from the vendored hessu/aprs-symbols sprite sheets:
+   16x6 grids of 24px cells, indexed by `symbol code - 0x21`.  The cell offset
+   is set inline by the APRS/map bundles; the sheet URL stays here so retina
+   displays can swap in the @2x variants. */
+.aprs-symbol { display: inline-block; width: 24px; height: 24px; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 384px 144px; vertical-align: middle; margin-right: 0.3rem; }
+.aprs-symbol-marker { margin-right: 0; }
+.aprs-symbol-primary { background-image: url('/vendor/aprs-symbols-24-0.png'); }
+.aprs-symbol-alternate { background-image: url('/vendor/aprs-symbols-24-1.png'); }
+.aprs-symbol-overlaid { background-image: url('/vendor/aprs-symbols-24-2.png'), url('/vendor/aprs-symbols-24-1.png'); }
+@media (min-resolution: 2dppx) {
+  .aprs-symbol-primary { background-image: url('/vendor/aprs-symbols-24-0-2x.png'); }
+  .aprs-symbol-alternate { background-image: url('/vendor/aprs-symbols-24-1-2x.png'); }
+  .aprs-symbol-overlaid { background-image: url('/vendor/aprs-symbols-24-2-2x.png'), url('/vendor/aprs-symbols-24-1-2x.png'); }
+}
+/* Fallback for symbol codes outside the sprite sheets: show the raw character. */
 .aprs-symbol-local { border: 1px solid var(--border); border-radius: 4px; background: var(--surface-raised); color: var(--text); font: 700 0.8rem/22px ui-monospace, monospace; text-align: center; }
 .aprs-pos { color: var(--accent-green); text-decoration: none; margin-left: 0.3rem; font-size: 0.8rem; }
 .aprs-pos:hover { text-decoration: underline; }
@@ -3040,9 +3510,6 @@ body[data-operator-layout="broadcast"] #sam-controls-col,
 body[data-operator-layout="broadcast"] #advanced-radio-controls {
  display: none !important;
 }
-body[data-operator-layout="broadcast"] .controls-row {
-  grid-template-columns: minmax(8rem, 0.65fr) auto minmax(20rem, 2fr);
-}
 body[data-operator-layout="broadcast"] #wfm-controls-col,
 body[data-operator-layout="broadcast"] #audio-row,
 body[data-operator-layout="broadcast"] #spectrum-bw-row {
@@ -3073,8 +3540,7 @@ body[data-operator-layout="broadcast"] #cw-bar-overlay {
  display: none !important;
 }
@media (max-width: 760px) {
-  body[data-operator-layout="broadcast"] .controls-row { grid-template-columns: 1fr auto; }
-  body[data-operator-layout="broadcast"] #wfm-controls-col { grid-column: 1 / -1; }
+  body[data-operator-layout="broadcast"] #wfm-controls-col { flex-basis: 100%; }
 }
 /* One navigation model at every width.  Statistics, Recorder, Settings and
 * About are occasional destinations: they live behind More rather than
@@ -3199,9 +3665,8 @@ body[data-operator-layout="broadcast"] #cw-bar-overlay {
    height: 1rem;
    cursor: ew-resize;
  }
-  .controls-row { grid-template-columns: 1fr auto; }
-  .controls-col-wfm { grid-column: 1 / -1; }
-  .controls-col-power { grid-column: 1 / -1; }
+  .controls-col-wfm { flex-basis: 100%; }
+  .controls-col-power { flex-basis: 100%; }
  .controls-col.label-below-col .inline,
  .controls-col.label-below-col .btn-grid { margin-top: 0; }
  .wfm-controls-inline { flex-wrap: wrap; }
@@ -3260,7 +3725,6 @@ body[data-operator-layout="broadcast"] #cw-bar-overlay {
    min-height: 3.2rem;
    padding: 0.35rem 0.1rem 0.3rem;
    border: 1px solid transparent;
-    border-bottom: none;
    border-radius: 0.75rem;
    white-space: nowrap;
    text-align: center;
@@ -3313,7 +3777,15 @@ body[data-operator-layout="broadcast"] #cw-bar-overlay {
    font-weight: 600;
    box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 color-mix(in srgb, #fff 5%, transparent);
  }
+  /* The picker replaces the sidebar here, so the panel takes the full width.
+     align-content keeps the two rows at their own height: the panel fills the
+     tab, and stretching would otherwise hand the picker a third of it. */
+  #tab-digital-modes {
+    grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr);
+    align-content: start;
+  }
  #tab-digital-modes > .sub-tab-bar { display: none; }
+  #tab-digital-modes > .sub-tab-panel { grid-column: 1; grid-row: auto; }
  .toast-region { bottom: calc(5.7rem + env(safe-area-inset-bottom)); }
  .top-bar-actions {
    width: 100%;
@@ -3834,6 +4306,11 @@ body[data-operator-layout="broadcast"] #cw-bar-overlay {
  overflow: hidden;
  border-bottom-color: var(--border-light, rgba(255,255,255,0.06));
 }
+/* No allocations in range. The height stays reserved — collapsing it moved
+   every element below by 18px each time tuning left a band. */
+#spectrum-bandplan-strip.bp-empty {
+  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--border) 22%, transparent);
+}
 .bp-segment {
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
@@ -3924,6 +4401,12 @@ body[data-operator-layout="broadcast"] #cw-bar-overlay {
  height: 38px;
  overflow: visible;
 }
+/* The rail sits over the top of the overview plot, so it must not swallow
+   drags and clicks meant for it — only the chips themselves are targets. */
+#spectrum-bookmark-axis { pointer-events: none; }
+#spectrum-bookmark-axis .spectrum-bookmark-chip { pointer-events: auto; }
+/* Nothing bookmarked in range: the rail keeps its place but stays blank —
+   no caption over the plot. */
 .spectrum-bookmark-chip {
  position: absolute;
  top: 2px;
@@ -4172,11 +4655,12 @@ body[data-operator-layout="broadcast"] #cw-bar-overlay {
@media (max-width: 520px) {
  /* Single-column controls: jog first, then mode, then power */
  .controls-row {
-    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
+    flex-direction: column;
+    align-items: stretch;
  }
  .controls-col-center {
    order: -1;
-    justify-self: center;
+    align-self: center;
    width: auto;
  }
  .controls-col-center::after { display: none; }
@@ -4188,6 +4672,11 @@ body[data-operator-layout="broadcast"] #cw-bar-overlay {

  /* Wider volume sliders for touch */
  .vol-slider { width: 100%; flex: 1 1 auto; }
+  .audio-group {
+    flex-wrap: wrap;
+    width: 100%;
+  }
+  .audio-group-label { width: 100%; }
  .vol-label {
    flex-direction: row;
    align-items: center;
@@ -4207,8 +4696,8 @@ body[data-operator-layout="broadcast"] #cw-bar-overlay {
  }
  #rx-audio-btn,
  #tx-audio-btn,
-  #audio-level,
-  #audio-status,
+  .audio-volume-group,
+  .audio-level-group,
  #sdr-squelch-wrap {
    grid-column: 1 / -1;
  }
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
    "typecheck": "tsc --project tsconfig.json && tsc --project tsconfig.worker.json",
    "lint": "eslint \"src/**/*.ts\" \"tests/**/*.mjs\" build.mjs --no-error-on-unmatched-pattern",
    "test": "node --test tests/*.test.mjs",
-    "test:browser": "node tests/browser-smoke.mjs",
+    "test:browser": "node tests/browser-smoke.mjs && node tests/spectrum-layout.mjs",
    "verify-generated": "npm run generate-types && npm run build && git diff --exit-code -- ../assets/web/generated src/api/generated.ts"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
@@ -172,6 +172,8 @@ interface TrxModules {
  map?: {
    aprsMap?: { invalidateSize(): void } | null;
    initAprsMap(): void;
+    focusMapPosition?(lat: number, lon: number): void;
+    focusMapLocator?(grid: string, preferredType?: string | null): boolean;
    sizeAprsMapToViewport(): void;
    pruneMapHistory(): void;
    updateMapBaseLayerForTheme(theme: string): void;
@@ -359,6 +361,10 @@ declare global {
    trx: { state: TrxState; core: Readonly<Record<string, unknown>>; modules: TrxModules };
    trxUi: TrxUi;
    trxPluginRuntime: TrxPluginRuntime;
+    // Owned here, not by the lazy map module: decode rows link to the map long
+    // before it has been loaded.
+    navigateToAprsMap(lat: number, lon: number): void;
+    navigateToMapLocator(grid: string, preferredType?: string | null): void;
    lastSpectrumData: SpectrumFrame | null;
    lastFreqHz: number | null;
    currentBandwidthHz: number;
@@ -477,6 +483,8 @@ function hideAuthGate() {
  });
  navigateToTab(tabFromPath(), { updateHistory: false, replaceHistory: true });
  syncTopBarAccess();
+  // The startup fetch may have run before there was a session to authorise it.
+  if (!bandplanData) void loadBandplanJson();
 }

 function showAuthError(msg: string) {
@@ -944,6 +952,8 @@ function formatSigStrength(dbm: number | null) {
 }

 function refreshSigStrengthDisplay() {
+  // The squelch indicator reads the same meter, so it follows it here.
+  renderSdrSquelch();
  if (!sigStrengthEl) return;
  sigStrengthEl.innerHTML = formatSigStrength(sigLastDbm);
 }
@@ -1003,6 +1013,7 @@ async function restorePreviousTuneState() {
  savePreviousTuneState(); // save current as previous so B toggles back
  if (saved.mode && modeEl && modeEl.value !== saved.mode) {
    modeEl.value = saved.mode;
+    syncModePicker();
    await postPath(`/set_mode?mode=${encodeURIComponent(saved.mode)}`);
    updateWfmControls();
  }
@@ -1332,6 +1343,22 @@ function readyText() {
  return lastClientCount !== null ? `Ready \u00b7 ${lastClientCount} user${lastClientCount !== 1 ? "s" : ""}` : "Ready";
 }

+// The footer hint is a status pill whose dot is coloured from data-state,
+// so the text has to be written through setPowerHint rather than assigned.
+const HINT_ERROR_RE = /failed|missing|unavailable|unknown|lost|required/i;
+const HINT_BUSY_RE = /initializ|connecting|retrying|scanning|shifting|waiting|sending|switching|toggling|setting|not fully/i;
+
+function hintState(msg: string): "ok" | "busy" | "error" {
+  if (HINT_ERROR_RE.test(msg)) return "error";
+  if (HINT_BUSY_RE.test(msg) || /[\u2026]$|\.\.\.$/.test(msg)) return "busy";
+  return "ok";
+}
+
+function setPowerHint(msg: string) {
+  powerHint.textContent = msg;
+  powerHint.dataset.state = hintState(msg);
+}
+
 function rigBadgeColor(rigId: string) {
  const text = (rigId || "rx").toString();
  let hash = 0;
@@ -1461,10 +1488,10 @@ function refreshOperatorLayoutCapabilities() {
 }

 function showHint(msg: string, duration?: number) {
-  powerHint.textContent = msg;
+  setPowerHint(msg);
  if (hintTimer) clearTimeout(hintTimer);
-  if (duration) hintTimer = setTimeout(() => { powerHint.textContent = readyText(); }, duration);
-  if (/failed|missing|unavailable|unknown|lost|required/i.test(msg)) {
+  if (duration) hintTimer = setTimeout(() => { setPowerHint(readyText()); }, duration);
+  if (HINT_ERROR_RE.test(msg)) {
    window.trxUi?.notify(msg, { kind: "error" });
  }
 }
@@ -2947,6 +2974,7 @@ function setDisabled(disabled: boolean) {
  [freqEl, centerFreqEl, modeEl, pttBtn, powerBtn, txLimitInput, txLimitBtn, lockBtn].forEach((el) => {
    if (el) el.disabled = disabled;
  });
+  syncModePicker();
 }

 let serverVersion: string | null = null;
@@ -3292,13 +3320,13 @@ function render(update: AppUpdate) {
      console.info("Rig initializing:", { manufacturer: manu, model, revision: rev });
      loadingEl.style.display = "";
      if (contentEl) contentEl.style.display = "none";
-      powerHint.textContent = "Initializing rig…";
+      setPowerHint("Initializing rig…");
      setDisabled(true);
      return;
    }
    loadingEl.style.display = "none";
    if (contentEl) contentEl.style.display = "";
-    powerHint.textContent = "Rig not fully initialized yet";
+    setPowerHint("Rig not fully initialized yet");
  } else {
    loadingEl.style.display = "none";
    if (contentEl) contentEl.style.display = "";
@@ -3336,6 +3364,7 @@ function render(update: AppUpdate) {
        opt.textContent = m;
        modeEl.appendChild(opt);
      });
+      renderModePicker();
    }
  }
  if (update.info && update.info.capabilities) {
@@ -3481,6 +3510,7 @@ function render(update: AppUpdate) {
    // vchan.js will apply the correct mode via vchanSyncModeDisplay().
    if (!onVirtual) {
      modeEl.value = modeUpper;
+      syncModePicker();
      if (modeUpper === "WFM" && lastModeName !== "WFM") {
        setJogDivisor(10);
        resetRdsDisplay();
@@ -3623,6 +3653,7 @@ function render(update: AppUpdate) {
      const sUnits = dbmToSUnits(update.status.rx.sig);
      sigLastSUnits = sUnits;
      sigLastDbm = update.status.rx.sig;
+      recordSquelchMeterSample(update.status.rx.sig);
      const pct = sUnits <= 9 ? Math.max(0, Math.min(100, (sUnits / 9) * 100)) : 100;
      signalBar.style.width = `${pct}%`;
      signalValue.innerHTML = formatSignal(sUnits);
@@ -3649,7 +3680,7 @@ function render(update: AppUpdate) {
    powerBtn.disabled = true;
    powerBtn.textContent = "Power unavailable";
    powerBtn.setAttribute("aria-pressed", "false");
-    powerHint.textContent = "State unknown";
+    setPowerHint("State unknown");
  }

  if (update.status && update.status.tx && typeof update.status.tx.limit === "number") {
@@ -3760,7 +3791,7 @@ function render(update: AppUpdate) {
  if (Array.isArray(update.remotes)) {
    applyRigList(typeof update.active_remote === "string" ? update.active_remote : null, update.remotes);
  }
-  powerHint.textContent = readyText();
+  setPowerHint(readyText());
  lastLocked = update.status?.lock === true;
  window.trxUi?.setButtonState(lockBtn, {
    active: lastLocked,
@@ -3847,11 +3878,11 @@ function connect() {
      render(data);
      lastEventAt = Date.now();
      if (data.server_connected === false) {
-        powerHint.textContent = "trx-server connection lost";
+        setPowerHint("trx-server connection lost");
        if (tabMainEl) tabMainEl.classList.add("server-disconnected");
      } else {
        if (tabMainEl) tabMainEl.classList.remove("server-disconnected");
-        if (data.initialized) powerHint.textContent = readyText();
+        if (data.initialized) setPowerHint(readyText());
      }
    } catch (e) {
      console.error("Bad event data", e);
@@ -3874,7 +3905,7 @@ function connect() {
  source.onerror = () => {
    // Check if this is an auth error by looking at readyState
    if (source.readyState === EventSource.CLOSED) {
-      powerHint.textContent = "trx-client connection lost, retrying\u2026";
+      setPowerHint("trx-client connection lost, retrying\u2026");
      setConnLostOverlay(true, "trx-client connection lost", "Retrying\u2026", true);
      source.close();
      void pollFreshSnapshot();
@@ -3885,7 +3916,7 @@ function connect() {
  esHeartbeat = setInterval(() => {
    const now = Date.now();
    if (now - lastEventAt > 15000) {
-      powerHint.textContent = "trx-client connection lost, retrying\u2026";
+      setPowerHint("trx-client connection lost, retrying\u2026");
      setConnLostOverlay(true, "trx-client connection lost", "Retrying\u2026", true);
      source.close();
      void pollFreshSnapshot();
@@ -4315,6 +4346,39 @@ if (jogMultEl) {
  jogStep = Math.max(Math.round(jogUnit / jogMult), minFreqStepHz);
 }

+// The mode buttons are a view of the <select>, which stays the value everything
+// else reads. Rebuilt when the rig's mode list changes, re-synced whenever
+// anything writes to the select — including the plugins, via trxCore.
+const modePickerEl = requiredElement("mode-picker");
+
+function renderModePicker() {
+  modePickerEl.replaceChildren();
+  for (const option of Array.from(modeEl.options)) {
+    const btn = document.createElement("button");
+    btn.type = "button";
+    btn.dataset.mode = option.value;
+    btn.textContent = option.textContent;
+    btn.addEventListener("click", () => {
+      if (btn.disabled || modeEl.value === option.value) return;
+      modeEl.value = option.value;
+      syncModePicker();
+      void applyModeFromPicker();
+    });
+    modePickerEl.appendChild(btn);
+  }
+  syncModePicker();
+}
+
+function syncModePicker() {
+  const active = (modeEl.value || "").toUpperCase();
+  modePickerEl.querySelectorAll<HTMLButtonElement>("button").forEach((btn) => {
+    const selected = (btn.dataset.mode || "").toUpperCase() === active;
+    btn.classList.toggle("active", selected);
+    btn.disabled = modeEl.disabled;
+    btn.setAttribute("aria-pressed", String(selected));
+  });
+}
+
 async function applyModeFromPicker() {
  const mode = modeEl.value || "";
  if (!mode) {
@@ -4323,6 +4387,7 @@ async function applyModeFromPicker() {
  }
  updateWfmControls();
  setControlPending(modeEl, true);
+  syncModePicker();
  showHint("Setting mode…");
  try {
    if (await window.trx.modules.vchan?.interceptMode(mode)) {
@@ -4341,6 +4406,7 @@ async function applyModeFromPicker() {
    console.error(err);
  } finally {
    setControlPending(modeEl, false);
+    syncModePicker();
  }
 }

@@ -4551,6 +4617,54 @@ function tabFromPath(pathname = window.location.pathname) {
  return tabFromPathname(pathname);
 }

+// Map links fire from decode rows — an AIS position, an APRS frame, an FT8
+// grid — that exist long before the Map tab has ever been opened, and the map
+// module is lazy. It used to install these two globals itself, so until
+// something had opened the tab the AIS links threw ("not a function") and the
+// APRS ones silently did nothing. The app owns them instead: it is the only
+// place that can materialise the panel, load the module and update history,
+// and the target waits here until the module is up.
+type PendingMapTarget =
+  | { kind: "position"; lat: number; lon: number }
+  | { kind: "locator"; grid: string; preferredType: string | null };
+let pendingMapTarget: PendingMapTarget | null = null;
+
+function applyMapTarget(target: PendingMapTarget): boolean {
+  const map = window.trx.modules.map;
+  if (!map) return false;
+  if (target.kind === "position") {
+    map.focusMapPosition?.(target.lat, target.lon);
+  } else {
+    map.focusMapLocator?.(target.grid, target.preferredType);
+  }
+  return true;
+}
+
+function requestMapTarget(target: PendingMapTarget) {
+  pendingMapTarget = target;
+  navigateToTab("map");
+  // Already loaded: the tab switch has shown the panel, so focus can happen
+  // now. Otherwise _initMapWhenReady drains it once the module arrives.
+  if (window.trx.modules.map) {
+    requestAnimationFrame(() => { drainPendingMapTarget(); });
+  }
+}
+
+function drainPendingMapTarget() {
+  const target = pendingMapTarget;
+  if (!target) return;
+  if (applyMapTarget(target)) pendingMapTarget = null;
+}
+
+window.navigateToAprsMap = (lat: number, lon: number) => {
+  if (!isFiniteNumber(lat) || !isFiniteNumber(lon)) return;
+  requestMapTarget({ kind: "position", lat, lon });
+};
+window.navigateToMapLocator = (grid: string, preferredType: string | null = null) => {
+  if (!grid) return;
+  requestMapTarget({ kind: "locator", grid, preferredType });
+};
+
 // Initialise the Leaflet map, waiting for both Leaflet (L) and map-core.js
 // (window.trx.modules.map) if they haven't loaded yet.
 let _mapInitTimer: ReturnType<typeof setInterval> | null = null;
@@ -4570,6 +4684,7 @@ function _initMapWhenReady() {
      requestAnimationFrame(() => {
        map.sizeAprsMapToViewport();
        map.aprsMap?.invalidateSize();
+        drainPendingMapTarget();
      });
    });
    return;
@@ -4600,6 +4715,19 @@ function navigateToTab(name: TabName, options: { updateHistory?: boolean; replac
  _activeTab = name;
  document.querySelectorAll(".tab-bar .tab").forEach((t) => t.classList.remove("active"));
  btn.classList.add("active");
+  // A destination the strip hides is reached through Tools, so mark that
+  // button instead — otherwise the strip looks identical on all four of them.
+  // Membership of the Tools menu is the test: it still reads from the grouping
+  // ui-core installs rather than a second copy of it, but unlike the tab's
+  // computed display it does not depend on anything being laid out. The first
+  // route navigation runs while the card is still behind the loading state,
+  // where every tab computes to display:none — which lit Tools up on every
+  // refresh of every page.
+  const toolsBtn = document.getElementById("mobile-more-btn");
+  if (toolsBtn) {
+    const inToolsMenu = !!document.querySelector(`#mobile-more-menu [data-navigate-tab="${name}"]`);
+    toolsBtn.classList.toggle("active", inToolsMenu);
+  }
  window.trxUi?.syncSelectedTab(document.querySelector(".tab-bar-nav"), btn);
  document.querySelectorAll<HTMLElement>(".tab-panel").forEach((p) => p.style.display = "none");
  const panel = document.getElementById(`tab-${name}`);
@@ -4866,7 +4994,7 @@ const trxCore = Object.freeze({
  formatWavelength, formatBwLabel, formatUptime, formatSigStrength, formatSignal,
  postPath, scheduleUiFrameJob, navigateToTab, rigBadgeColor,
  setRigFrequency, applyLocalTunedFrequency, armOptimisticFrequency,
-  syncBandwidthInput, scheduleSpectrumDraw, onDecoderRegistryReady,
+  syncBandwidthInput, scheduleSpectrumDraw, onDecoderRegistryReady, syncModePicker,
  formatFreqForStep, refreshFreqDisplay, setJogDivisor, mwDefaultsForMode,
  resetRdsDisplay, positionRdsPsOverlay, updateWfmControls,
  updateSdrSquelchControlVisibility, startRxAudio, stopRxAudio,
@@ -5077,14 +5205,18 @@ const wfmCciValEl = document.getElementById("wfm-cci-val");
 const wfmAciFillEl = document.getElementById("wfm-aci-fill");
 const wfmAciValEl = document.getElementById("wfm-aci-val");
 const samControlsCol = document.getElementById("sam-controls-col");
+const modeControlsRow = document.getElementById("mode-controls-row");
 const samStereoWidthEl = document.getElementById("sam-stereo-width") as HTMLInputElement | null;
 const samCarrierSyncEl = document.getElementById("sam-carrier-sync") as HTMLSelectElement | null;
 const sdrSquelchWrapEl = document.getElementById("sdr-squelch-wrap");
-const sdrSquelchEl = document.getElementById("sdr-squelch") as HTMLInputElement | null;
-const sdrSquelchPctEl = document.getElementById("sdr-squelch-pct");
+const sdrSquelchDbEl = document.getElementById("sdr-squelch-db") as HTMLInputElement | null;
+const sdrSquelchStateEl = document.getElementById("sdr-squelch-state");
+const sdrSquelchToggleBtn = document.getElementById("sdr-squelch-toggle") as HTMLButtonElement | null;
+const squelchLineEl = document.getElementById("spectrum-squelch-line");
+const squelchGripEl = document.getElementById("spectrum-squelch-grip");
+const squelchLabelEl = document.getElementById("spectrum-squelch-label");
 const SDR_SQUELCH_MIN_DB = -120;
 const SDR_SQUELCH_MAX_DB = -30;
-let syncFromServerSdrSquelch = false;
 const sdrNbWrapEl = document.getElementById("sdr-nb-wrap");
 const sdrNbEnabledEl = document.getElementById("sdr-nb-enabled") as HTMLInputElement | null;
 const sdrNbThresholdControlsEl = document.getElementById("sdr-nb-threshold-controls");
@@ -5184,97 +5316,240 @@ function normalizeWfmDenoiseLevel(value: unknown) {
  return "auto";
 }

-function clampSdrSquelchPercent(value: number) {
-  if (!isFiniteNumber(value)) return 0;
-  return Math.max(0, Math.min(100, Math.round(value)));
+// The threshold is held in dB, the scale the spectrum axis and the S-meter are
+// labelled in and the one the server compares against. It used to be a
+// percentage over that range, which left the operator no way to relate the
+// control to anything on screen — and 0% doubled as "disabled", so turning the
+// squelch off to listen threw the setting away.
+let sdrSquelchEnabled: boolean = loadSetting("sdrSquelchEnabled", false);
+let sdrSquelchThresholdDb = clampSdrSquelchDb(Number(loadSetting("sdrSquelchThresholdDb", -95)));
+
+function clampSdrSquelchDb(value: number) {
+  if (!isFiniteNumber(value)) return SDR_SQUELCH_MIN_DB;
+  return Math.max(SDR_SQUELCH_MIN_DB, Math.min(SDR_SQUELCH_MAX_DB, Math.round(value)));
 }

-function sdrSquelchPercentToServer(percent: number) {
-  const pct = clampSdrSquelchPercent(percent);
-  if (pct <= 0) {
-    return { enabled: false, thresholdDb: SDR_SQUELCH_MIN_DB };
+/** Passing right now, as far as the meter can tell: the same comparison the
+ *  DSP makes, against the same number it reports. */
+function sdrSquelchIsPassing() {
+  if (!sdrSquelchEnabled) return true;
+  if (!isFiniteNumber(sigLastDbm)) return false;
+  return sigLastDbm >= sdrSquelchThresholdDb;
+}
+
+function renderSdrSquelch() {
+  if (sdrSquelchDbEl && document.activeElement !== sdrSquelchDbEl) {
+    sdrSquelchDbEl.value = String(sdrSquelchThresholdDb);
  }
-  const ratio = pct / 100;
-  const thresholdDb = SDR_SQUELCH_MIN_DB + ratio * (SDR_SQUELCH_MAX_DB - SDR_SQUELCH_MIN_DB);
-  return { enabled: true, thresholdDb };
+  if (sdrSquelchDbEl) sdrSquelchDbEl.disabled = !sdrSquelchSupported;
+  if (sdrSquelchToggleBtn) {
+    sdrSquelchToggleBtn.setAttribute("aria-pressed", String(sdrSquelchEnabled));
+    sdrSquelchToggleBtn.title = sdrSquelchEnabled ? "Turn the squelch off" : "Turn the squelch on";
+  }
+  const state = !sdrSquelchEnabled ? "off" : (sdrSquelchIsPassing() ? "open" : "closed");
+  if (sdrSquelchStateEl) {
+    sdrSquelchStateEl.dataset.state = state;
+    sdrSquelchStateEl.parentElement?.setAttribute(
+      "aria-label",
+      state === "off" ? "Squelch off" : (state === "open" ? "Squelch on, open" : "Squelch on, closed"),
+    );
+  }
+  if (squelchLabelEl) squelchLabelEl.textContent = String(sdrSquelchThresholdDb);
+  if (squelchGripEl) squelchGripEl.setAttribute("aria-valuenow", String(sdrSquelchThresholdDb));
+  if (squelchLineEl) squelchLineEl.dataset.state = state === "open" ? "open" : "closed";
+  positionSquelchLine();
 }

-function sdrSquelchServerToPercent(enabled: boolean, thresholdDb: number | null) {
-  if (!enabled) return 0;
-  if (!isFiniteNumber(thresholdDb)) return 0;
-  const ratio = (thresholdDb - SDR_SQUELCH_MIN_DB) / (SDR_SQUELCH_MAX_DB - SDR_SQUELCH_MIN_DB);
-  return clampSdrSquelchPercent(ratio * 100);
+/** Places the line at its threshold on the spectrum's dB axis. */
+function positionSquelchLine() {
+  if (!squelchLineEl) return;
+  const mode = (modeEl && modeEl.value ? modeEl.value : "").toUpperCase();
+  const canvas = document.getElementById("spectrum-canvas");
+  const visible = sdrSquelchSupported && sdrSquelchEnabled && mode !== "WFM"
+    && !!canvas && canvas.clientHeight > 0
+    && getComputedStyle(requiredElement("spectrum-panel")).display !== "none";
+  if (!visible) {
+    squelchLineEl.style.display = "none";
+    return;
+  }
+  const dbMin = spectrumFloor;
+  const dbMax = spectrumFloor + spectrumRange;
+  // Pinned to the plot edge when the threshold sits outside the visible dB
+  // window rather than hidden: the grip is how it gets dragged back, and the
+  // label still reads the real value.
+  const frac = Math.max(0, Math.min(1, (sdrSquelchThresholdDb - dbMin) / Math.max(1, dbMax - dbMin)));
+  squelchLineEl.style.display = "";
+  squelchLineEl.style.top = `${canvas.offsetTop + canvas.clientHeight * (1 - frac)}px`;
 }

-function updateSdrSquelchPctLabel() {
-  if (!sdrSquelchEl || !sdrSquelchPctEl) return;
-  const pct = clampSdrSquelchPercent(Number(sdrSquelchEl.value));
-  sdrSquelchPctEl.textContent = pct <= 0 ? "Open" : `${pct}%`;
+function submitSdrSquelch() {
+  if (!sdrSquelchSupported) return;
+  saveSetting("sdrSquelchEnabled", sdrSquelchEnabled);
+  saveSetting("sdrSquelchThresholdDb", sdrSquelchThresholdDb);
+  postPath(
+    `/set_sdr_squelch?enabled=${sdrSquelchEnabled ? "true" : "false"}`
+    + `&threshold_db=${encodeURIComponent(sdrSquelchThresholdDb.toFixed(2))}`,
+  ).catch(() => {});
+}
+
+function setSdrSquelch(thresholdDb: number, enabled: boolean, options: { submit?: boolean } = {}) {
+  sdrSquelchThresholdDb = clampSdrSquelchDb(thresholdDb);
+  sdrSquelchEnabled = enabled;
+  renderSdrSquelch();
+  if (options.submit !== false) submitSdrSquelch();
+}
+
+// Auto reads the meter, not the spectrum. The threshold is compared against
+// the channel level the meter reports, and that sits a long way from the
+// spectrum's per-bin noise floor — the gap is set by the FFT size and window,
+// the channel bandwidth, the decimation and peak-versus-mean statistics.
+// Measured across ordinary configurations it ranges from -1 dB to +22 dB, so
+// the old "noise floor + 6 dB" left the gate 16-22 dB below the noise on a
+// narrow span and it simply never closed. Reading the same number the DSP
+// compares needs no conversion at all.
+const SQUELCH_NOISE_WINDOW_MS = 10_000;
+const SQUELCH_NOISE_MARGIN_DB = 5;
+const SQUELCH_MEASURE_MS = 1_500;
+const squelchMeterSamples: SignalSample[] = [];
+
+function recordSquelchMeterSample(db: number) {
+  if (!isFiniteNumber(db)) return;
+  const now = Date.now();
+  squelchMeterSamples.push({ t: now, v: db });
+  while (squelchMeterSamples[0] && now - squelchMeterSamples[0].t > SQUELCH_NOISE_WINDOW_MS) {
+    squelchMeterSamples.shift();
+  }
+}
+
+/** The level the channel rests at, taken low enough down the distribution that
+ *  a burst of traffic inside the window cannot drag it up. */
+function squelchNoiseFloorDb(): number | null {
+  const now = Date.now();
+  const values = squelchMeterSamples
+    .filter((sample) => now - sample.t <= SQUELCH_NOISE_WINDOW_MS)
+    .map((sample) => sample.v)
+    .sort((a, b) => a - b);
+  if (values.length < 4) return null;
+  return values[Math.floor((values.length - 1) * 0.2)] ?? null;
+}
+
+/** Just clear of the noise the meter is actually reading. */
+function autoSquelchThresholdDb(): number | null {
+  const noiseDb = squelchNoiseFloorDb();
+  if (noiseDb == null) return null;
+  return clampSdrSquelchDb(noiseDb + SQUELCH_NOISE_MARGIN_DB);
 }

 function updateSdrSquelchControlVisibility() {
  if (!sdrSquelchWrapEl) return;
  const mode = (modeEl && modeEl.value ? modeEl.value : "").toUpperCase();
  sdrSquelchWrapEl.style.display = sdrSquelchSupported && mode !== "WFM" ? "" : "none";
+  renderSdrSquelch();
 }

 function syncSdrSquelchFromServer(enabled: boolean, thresholdDb: number | null) {
-  if (!sdrSquelchEl) return;
-  if (document.activeElement === sdrSquelchEl) return;
-  const pct = sdrSquelchServerToPercent(enabled, thresholdDb);
-  syncFromServerSdrSquelch = true;
-  sdrSquelchEl.value = String(pct);
-  updateSdrSquelchPctLabel();
-  syncFromServerSdrSquelch = false;
-  saveSetting("sdrSquelchPct", pct);
+  // Not while the operator is on the control: dragging the line or typing a
+  // level would fight the echo of the value the server last confirmed.
+  if (squelchDragPointerId !== null) return;
+  if (sdrSquelchDbEl && document.activeElement === sdrSquelchDbEl) return;
+  sdrSquelchEnabled = enabled;
+  if (isFiniteNumber(thresholdDb)) sdrSquelchThresholdDb = clampSdrSquelchDb(thresholdDb);
+  saveSetting("sdrSquelchEnabled", sdrSquelchEnabled);
+  saveSetting("sdrSquelchThresholdDb", sdrSquelchThresholdDb);
+  renderSdrSquelch();
 }

-function submitSdrSquelchPercent(percent: number) {
-  if (!sdrSquelchSupported) return;
-  const { enabled, thresholdDb } = sdrSquelchPercentToServer(percent);
-  postPath(
-    `/set_sdr_squelch?enabled=${enabled ? "true" : "false"}&threshold_db=${encodeURIComponent(thresholdDb.toFixed(2))}`,
-  ).catch(() => {});
-}
+let squelchDragPointerId: number | null = null;
+let squelchDragSubmitAt = 0;

-if (sdrSquelchEl) {
-  const savedPct = clampSdrSquelchPercent(Number(loadSetting("sdrSquelchPct", 0)));
-  sdrSquelchEl.value = String(savedPct);
-  updateSdrSquelchPctLabel();
-  sdrSquelchEl.addEventListener("input", () => {
-    const pct = clampSdrSquelchPercent(Number(sdrSquelchEl.value));
-    sdrSquelchEl.value = String(pct);
-    updateSdrSquelchPctLabel();
-    saveSetting("sdrSquelchPct", pct);
-    if (!syncFromServerSdrSquelch) {
-      submitSdrSquelchPercent(pct);
-    }
+if (sdrSquelchDbEl) {
+  sdrSquelchDbEl.addEventListener("change", () => {
+    setSdrSquelch(Number(sdrSquelchDbEl.value), sdrSquelchEnabled);
  });
+  sdrSquelchDbEl.addEventListener("blur", () => { renderSdrSquelch(); });
+}
+
+if (sdrSquelchToggleBtn) {
+  sdrSquelchToggleBtn.addEventListener("click", () => {
+    if (!sdrSquelchSupported) return;
+    setSdrSquelch(sdrSquelchThresholdDb, !sdrSquelchEnabled);
+  });
+}
+
+function applyAutoSquelch(threshold: number) {
+  setSdrSquelch(threshold, true);
+  showHint(`Squelch ${threshold} dB`, 1500);
 }

 const sdrSquelchAutoBtn = document.getElementById("sdr-squelch-auto") as HTMLButtonElement | null;
 if (sdrSquelchAutoBtn) {
  sdrSquelchAutoBtn.addEventListener("click", () => {
    if (!sdrSquelchSupported) return;
-    let pct = 0; // default: Off
-    const data = lastSpectrumData || window.lastSpectrumData;
-    if (data && isBinsArray(data.bins) && data.bins.length > 0) {
-      const noiseDb = estimateNoiseFloorDb(data.bins);
-      if (noiseDb != null && isFiniteNumber(noiseDb)) {
-        // Set threshold slightly above noise floor so squelch closes on noise
-        const thresholdDb = noiseDb + 6;
-        const clamped = Math.max(SDR_SQUELCH_MIN_DB, Math.min(SDR_SQUELCH_MAX_DB, thresholdDb));
-        pct = clampSdrSquelchPercent(
-          ((clamped - SDR_SQUELCH_MIN_DB) / (SDR_SQUELCH_MAX_DB - SDR_SQUELCH_MIN_DB)) * 100,
-        );
+    const threshold = autoSquelchThresholdDb();
+    if (threshold != null) {
+      applyAutoSquelch(threshold);
+      return;
+    }
+    // Nothing recorded yet — right after a connection or a rig switch. Listen
+    // for a moment rather than refusing, which is what a radio does.
+    sdrSquelchAutoBtn.disabled = true;
+    showHint("Measuring the noise…");
+    setTimeout(() => {
+      sdrSquelchAutoBtn.disabled = false;
+      const measured = autoSquelchThresholdDb();
+      if (measured == null) {
+        showHint("No meter to measure the noise from", 1800);
+        return;
      }
+      applyAutoSquelch(measured);
+    }, SQUELCH_MEASURE_MS);
+  });
+}
+
+// Dragging the line, the same gesture as the bandwidth edges. Submits are
+// throttled so the gate follows the drag by ear without a request per pixel.
+if (squelchGripEl) {
+  const dbFromClientY = (clientY: number) => {
+    const canvas = document.getElementById("spectrum-canvas");
+    if (!canvas || !canvas.clientHeight) return sdrSquelchThresholdDb;
+    const rect = canvas.getBoundingClientRect();
+    const frac = 1 - (clientY - rect.top) / rect.height;
+    return clampSdrSquelchDb(spectrumFloor + frac * spectrumRange);
+  };
+  squelchGripEl.addEventListener("pointerdown", (event) => {
+    if (!sdrSquelchSupported) return;
+    squelchDragPointerId = event.pointerId;
+    squelchGripEl.setPointerCapture(event.pointerId);
+    event.preventDefault();
+    event.stopPropagation();
+  });
+  squelchGripEl.addEventListener("pointermove", (event) => {
+    if (squelchDragPointerId !== event.pointerId) return;
+    sdrSquelchThresholdDb = dbFromClientY(event.clientY);
+    renderSdrSquelch();
+    const now = Date.now();
+    if (now - squelchDragSubmitAt > 200) {
+      squelchDragSubmitAt = now;
+      submitSdrSquelch();
    }
-    if (sdrSquelchEl) {
-      sdrSquelchEl.value = String(pct);
-      updateSdrSquelchPctLabel();
-      saveSetting("sdrSquelchPct", pct);
+  });
+  const endDrag = (event: PointerEvent) => {
+    if (squelchDragPointerId !== event.pointerId) return;
+    squelchDragPointerId = null;
+    submitSdrSquelch();
+  };
+  squelchGripEl.addEventListener("pointerup", endDrag);
+  squelchGripEl.addEventListener("pointercancel", endDrag);
+  squelchGripEl.addEventListener("keydown", (event) => {
+    const step = event.shiftKey ? 10 : 1;
+    if (event.key === "ArrowUp" || event.key === "ArrowRight") {
+      setSdrSquelch(sdrSquelchThresholdDb + step, sdrSquelchEnabled);
+    } else if (event.key === "ArrowDown" || event.key === "ArrowLeft") {
+      setSdrSquelch(sdrSquelchThresholdDb - step, sdrSquelchEnabled);
+    } else {
+      return;
    }
-    submitSdrSquelchPercent(pct);
+    event.preventDefault();
  });
 }

@@ -5395,6 +5670,9 @@ function updateWfmControls() {
  const mode = (modeEl && modeEl.value ? modeEl.value : "").toUpperCase();
  if (wfmControlsCol) wfmControlsCol.style.display = mode === "WFM" ? "" : "none";
  if (samControlsCol) samControlsCol.style.display = mode === "SAM" ? "" : "none";
+  // The row holds only these two, so it goes with them — an empty one would
+  // still take a track and a gap in the tray, and draw its divider.
+  if (modeControlsRow) modeControlsRow.style.display = (mode === "WFM" || mode === "SAM") ? "" : "none";
 }

 // Show compatibility warning for non-Chromium browsers
@@ -6102,15 +6380,10 @@ function volWheel(slider: HTMLInputElement, pctEl: HTMLElement, getGain: () => G
 }
 volWheel(rxVolSlider, rxVolPct, () => rxGainNode, "rxVol");
 volWheel(txVolSlider, txVolPct, () => txGainNode, "txVol");
-if (sdrSquelchEl) {
-  sdrSquelchEl.addEventListener("wheel", (e) => {
-    e.preventDefault();
-    const step = e.deltaY < 0 ? 2 : -2;
-    const next = clampSdrSquelchPercent(Number(sdrSquelchEl.value) + step);
-    sdrSquelchEl.value = String(next);
-    updateSdrSquelchPctLabel();
-    saveSetting("sdrSquelchPct", next);
-    submitSdrSquelchPercent(next);
+if (sdrSquelchDbEl) {
+  sdrSquelchDbEl.addEventListener("wheel", (event) => {
+    event.preventDefault();
+    setSdrSquelch(sdrSquelchThresholdDb + (event.deltaY < 0 ? 1 : -1), sdrSquelchEnabled);
  }, { passive: false });
 }

@@ -6360,7 +6633,12 @@ function connectDecode() {
      }
      if (data.type === "group") {
        const messages = Array.isArray(data.messages)
-          ? data.messages.filter((message): message is DecodeMessage => isRecord(message) && typeof message.type === "string")
+          // Stored records carry only decoder fields — an AIS entry has mmsi,
+          // lat, lon and so on, and no `type`.  That field identifies live SSE
+          // frames; history is already grouped, and the group's kind is
+          // delivered alongside these messages, so requiring it here discarded
+          // every restored record silently.
+          ? data.messages.filter((message): message is DecodeMessage => isRecord(message))
          : [];
        enqueueDecodeHistoryGroup(typeof data.kind === "string" ? data.kind : "", messages);
        return;
@@ -6973,6 +7251,7 @@ function flushMeterDom() {
  const sUnits = dbmToSUnits(dbm);
  sigLastSUnits = sUnits;
  sigLastDbm = dbm;
+  recordSquelchMeterSample(dbm);
  const pct = sUnits <= 9 ? Math.max(0, Math.min(100, (sUnits / 9) * 100)) : 100;
  if (signalBar) signalBar.style.width = `${pct}%`;
  if (signalValue) signalValue.innerHTML = formatSignal(sUnits);
@@ -7319,6 +7598,9 @@ function drawSpectrum(data: SpectrumFrame) {
  }
  spectrumGl.drawSegments(spectrumTmpGridSegments, cssColorToRgba(pal.spectrumGrid), 1);
  updateSpectrumDbAxis(DB_MIN, DB_MAX, gridStep, H, dpr);
+  // The squelch line rides the same axis: reposition it whenever the axis or
+  // the plot geometry moves under it.
+  positionSquelchLine();

  function hzToX(hz: number) {
    return ((hz - range.visLoHz) / range.visSpanHz) * W;
@@ -7727,7 +8009,12 @@ function updateBookmarkAxis(range: SpectrumRange) {
  updateSideBookmarkStack(rightSideEl, rightBookmarks, colorMap);

  const hasVisible = visBookmarks.length > 0;
-  axisEl.classList.toggle("bm-axis-visible", hasVisible);
+  // The rail is kept up with nothing in range — blank, no caption — so tuning
+  // across bands only swaps its contents rather than taking the strip itself
+  // away. This function only runs with a spectrum range in hand, so rigs
+  // without a spectrum never get it.
+  axisEl.classList.add("bm-axis-visible");
+  axisEl.classList.toggle("bm-axis-empty", !hasVisible);

  if (!hasVisible) {
    if (axisEl.dataset.bmKey) { axisEl.replaceChildren(); axisEl.dataset.bmKey = ""; }
@@ -8041,35 +8328,21 @@ window.addEventListener("keydown", (event) => {
    return;
  }

-  // Q — toggle squelch (cycle 0 → auto → 0)
+  // Q — gate on or off, keeping the threshold. Picks one off the noise floor
+  // the first time, when there is nothing to keep.
  if (key === "q") {
    event.preventDefault();
-    if (sdrSquelchSupported && sdrSquelchEl) {
-      const current = clampSdrSquelchPercent(Number(sdrSquelchEl.value));
-      let nextPct;
-      if (current > 0) {
-        nextPct = 0; // turn off
+    if (sdrSquelchSupported) {
+      if (sdrSquelchEnabled) {
+        setSdrSquelch(sdrSquelchThresholdDb, false);
+        showHint("Squelch off", 1200);
      } else {
-        // Auto: estimate from noise floor
-        let auto = 30;
-        const data = lastSpectrumData || window.lastSpectrumData;
-        if (data && isBinsArray(data.bins) && data.bins.length > 0) {
-          const noiseDb = estimateNoiseFloorDb(data.bins);
-          if (noiseDb != null && isFiniteNumber(noiseDb)) {
-            const thresholdDb = noiseDb + 6;
-            const clamped = Math.max(SDR_SQUELCH_MIN_DB, Math.min(SDR_SQUELCH_MAX_DB, thresholdDb));
-            auto = clampSdrSquelchPercent(
-              ((clamped - SDR_SQUELCH_MIN_DB) / (SDR_SQUELCH_MAX_DB - SDR_SQUELCH_MIN_DB)) * 100,
-            );
-          }
-        }
-        nextPct = auto;
+        const threshold = sdrSquelchThresholdDb > SDR_SQUELCH_MIN_DB
+          ? sdrSquelchThresholdDb
+          : (autoSquelchThresholdDb() ?? SDR_SQUELCH_MIN_DB + 25);
+        setSdrSquelch(threshold, true);
+        showHint(`Squelch ${clampSdrSquelchDb(threshold)} dB`, 1200);
      }
-      sdrSquelchEl.value = String(nextPct);
-      updateSdrSquelchPctLabel();
-      saveSetting("sdrSquelchPct", nextPct);
-      submitSdrSquelchPercent(nextPct);
-      showHint(nextPct > 0 ? `Squelch ${nextPct}%` : "Squelch Off", 1200);
    } else {
      showHint("Squelch N/A", 1200);
    }
@@ -8521,8 +8794,13 @@ const bandplanStripEl = document.getElementById("spectrum-bandplan-strip");
 const bandplanRegionSelect = document.getElementById("bandplan-region-select") as HTMLSelectElement | null;
 const bandplanLabelsCheck = document.getElementById("bandplan-labels-check") as HTMLInputElement | null;

-(function loadBandplanJson() {
-  fetch("/bandplan.json")
+// Fired at startup, and again once the session exists. The first attempt can
+// land before the user is authenticated, and it used to fail silently and
+// never retry, which is why the band plan sometimes only appeared after a
+// manual reload. Redraws on arrival: the strip is painted from the spectrum
+// draw, and a rig sitting between frames would otherwise stay blank.
+function loadBandplanJson(): Promise<void> {
+  return fetch("/bandplan.json")
    .then(async (response) => {
      if (!response.ok) throw new Error(String(response.status));
      return await responseJsonUnknown(response);
@@ -8532,9 +8810,13 @@ const bandplanLabelsCheck = document.getElementById("bandplan-labels-check") as
      bandplanData = data as BandplanData;
      bandplanSegmentsCache = null;
      bandplanCacheKey = "";
+      if (lastSpectrumData) scheduleSpectrumDraw();
    })
-    .catch(() => {});
-})();
+    .catch((err) => {
+      console.warn("Band plan unavailable", err);
+    });
+}
+void loadBandplanJson();

 if (bandplanRegionSelect) {
  bandplanRegionSelect.value = bandplanRegion;
@@ -8606,27 +8888,36 @@ function bandplanVisibleSegments(region: string, loHz: number, hiHz: number): Vi
  return result;
 }

-function _hideBandplanStrip() {
+// Empties the strip. `reserveSpace` keeps its height: the strip is in flow, so
+// collapsing it on a range with no allocations shifted the whole page down by
+// its height every time tuning crossed out of a band. Space stays reserved
+// whenever a band plan could be drawn at all, and is only given back when the
+// feature is off, has no data, or there is no spectrum to annotate.
+function _clearBandplanStrip(reserveSpace: boolean) {
  if (!bandplanStripEl) return;
-  bandplanStripEl.classList.remove("bp-visible");
-  bandplanStripEl.replaceChildren();
-  bandplanCacheKey = "";
+  if (bandplanCacheKey) {
+    bandplanStripEl.replaceChildren();
+    bandplanCacheKey = "";
+  }
+  bandplanStripEl.classList.toggle("bp-visible", reserveSpace);
+  bandplanStripEl.classList.toggle("bp-empty", reserveSpace);
 }

 function updateBandplanStrip(range: SpectrumRange | null) {
  if (!bandplanStripEl) return;
  if (!range || bandplanRegion === "off" || !bandplanData) {
-    if (bandplanStripEl.classList.contains("bp-visible")) _hideBandplanStrip();
+    _clearBandplanStrip(false);
    return;
  }

  const segments = bandplanVisibleSegments(bandplanRegion, range.visLoHz, range.visHiHz);
  if (segments.length === 0) {
-    if (bandplanStripEl.classList.contains("bp-visible")) _hideBandplanStrip();
+    _clearBandplanStrip(true);
    return;
  }

  bandplanStripEl.classList.add("bp-visible");
+  bandplanStripEl.classList.remove("bp-empty");

  const newKey = bandplanRegion + ":" + (bandplanShowLabels ? "L" : "N") + ":" +
    segments.map((s) => s.low_hz + "-" + s.high_hz).join(",");
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later

 import type * as Leaflet from "leaflet";
+import { aprsSymbolSprite } from "./plugins/aprs-shared";

 export {};

@@ -1979,48 +1980,43 @@ const mapWindow = window as unknown as MapWindow;
      if (aprsMap) aprsMap.invalidateSize();
      return;
    }
+    // Everything below is the windowed path — the fullscreen branch returned.
+    // The map tab is a whole page, so the stage fills the column down to the
+    // footer.  Capping it at a fraction of the viewport, or at a width-derived
+    // aspect ratio, left a dead band under the map that grew with the window
+    // (and on narrow screens made the map barely a third of the page).
    const mapRect = mapContainer.getBoundingClientRect();
-    const width = mapContainer.clientWidth || mapRect.width;
    const footer = document.querySelector(".footer");
-    let bottom = mapIsFullscreen() && stage
-      ? stage.getBoundingClientRect().bottom
-      : window.innerHeight;
-    if (!mapIsFullscreen() && footer) {
+    let bottom = window.innerHeight;
+    if (footer) {
      const fr = footer.getBoundingClientRect();
-      if (fr.top > mapRect.top + 50) bottom = fr.top;
+      // Clamped to the viewport: once the column is tall enough to push the
+      // footer below the fold, growing into it would push it further still.
+      if (fr.top > mapRect.top + 50) bottom = Math.min(fr.top, bottom);
    }
-    const available = Math.max(0, Math.floor(bottom - mapRect.top - 8));
-    const widthDriven = width > 0 ? Math.floor(width / 1.55) : available;
-    const viewportCap = mapIsFullscreen()
-      ? Math.floor(window.innerHeight * 0.9)
-      : Math.floor(window.innerHeight * 0.75);
-    const minHeight = Math.min(260, available);
-    const target = Math.max(minHeight, Math.min(available, viewportCap, widthDriven));
+    const target = Math.max(0, Math.floor(bottom - mapRect.top - 8));
    mapContainer.style.height = `${target}px`;
    if (aprsMap) aprsMap.invalidateSize();
  }

  function aprsSymbolIcon(symbolTable: string, symbolCode: string): Leaflet.DivIcon | null {
    if (!symbolTable || !symbolCode) return null;
-    const table = symbolTable === "/" ? "primary" : "alternate";
+    const sprite = aprsSymbolSprite(symbolTable, symbolCode);
+    const html = sprite
+      ? `<div class="aprs-symbol aprs-symbol-marker ${sprite.className}" role="img"` +
+        ` style="background-position:${sprite.backgroundPosition}"` +
+        ` title="${escapeMapHtml(sprite.label)}" aria-label="${escapeMapHtml(sprite.label)}"></div>`
+      : `<div class="aprs-symbol aprs-symbol-marker aprs-symbol-local" title="${symbolTable === "/" ? "primary" : "alternate"} APRS symbol ${escapeMapHtml(symbolCode)}">${escapeMapHtml(symbolCode)}</div>`;
    return L.divIcon({
      className: "",
-      html: `<div class="aprs-symbol-local" title="${table} APRS symbol ${escapeMapHtml(symbolCode)}">${escapeMapHtml(symbolCode)}</div>`,
+      html,
      iconSize: [24, 24],
      iconAnchor: [12, 12],
      popupAnchor: [0, -12]
    });
  }

-  mapWindow.navigateToAprsMap = function(lat, lon) {
-    // Activate the map tab
-    T._activeTab = "map";
-    document.querySelectorAll(".tab-bar .tab").forEach((t) => { t.classList.remove("active"); });
-    const mapTabBtn = document.querySelector(".tab-bar .tab[data-tab='map']");
-    if (mapTabBtn) mapTabBtn.classList.add("active");
-    document.querySelectorAll<HTMLElement>(".tab-panel").forEach((p) => (p.style.display = "none"));
-    const mapPanel = mapEl("tab-map");
-    if (mapPanel) mapPanel.style.display = "";
+  function focusMapPosition(lat: number, lon: number) {
    initAprsMap();
    sizeAprsMapToViewport();
    if (aprsMap) {
@@ -2032,20 +2028,12 @@ const mapWindow = window as unknown as MapWindow;
        });
      });
    }
-  };
+  }

-  mapWindow.navigateToMapLocator = function(grid, preferredType = null) {
+  function focusMapLocator(grid: string, preferredType: string | null = null) {
    const normalizedGrid = String(grid || "").trim().toUpperCase();
    if (!/^[A-R]{2}\d{2}(?:[A-X]{2})?$/.test(normalizedGrid)) return false;

-    T._activeTab = "map";
-    document.querySelectorAll(".tab-bar .tab").forEach((t) => { t.classList.remove("active"); });
-    const mapTabBtn = document.querySelector(".tab-bar .tab[data-tab='map']");
-    if (mapTabBtn) mapTabBtn.classList.add("active");
-    document.querySelectorAll<HTMLElement>(".tab-panel").forEach((p) => (p.style.display = "none"));
-    const mapPanel = mapEl("tab-map");
-    if (mapPanel) mapPanel.style.display = "";
-
    initAprsMap();
    sizeAprsMapToViewport();
    if (!aprsMap) return false;
@@ -2095,7 +2083,7 @@ const mapWindow = window as unknown as MapWindow;
      requestAnimationFrame(focusMarker);
    });
    return true;
-  };
+  }



@@ -2806,7 +2794,7 @@ const mapWindow = window as unknown as MapWindow;
        selectedMapQsoKey = selectedMapQsoKey === entry.pathKey ? null : entry.pathKey ?? null;
        syncDecodeContactPathVisibility();
        if (selectedMapQsoKey && entry.sourceGrid) {
-          mapWindow.navigateToMapLocator?.(entry.sourceGrid, entry.sourceType);
+          focusMapLocator(entry.sourceGrid, entry.sourceType);
        }
      });

@@ -2933,7 +2921,7 @@ const mapWindow = window as unknown as MapWindow;
      card.className = "map-qso-card";
      if (entry.grid) {
        card.addEventListener("click", () => {
-          mapWindow.navigateToMapLocator?.(entry.grid ?? "", entry.sourceType);
+          focusMapLocator(entry.grid ?? "", entry.sourceType);
        });
      }

@@ -3059,7 +3047,7 @@ const mapWindow = window as unknown as MapWindow;
      card.className = "map-qso-card";
      if (entry.grid) {
        card.addEventListener("click", () => {
-          mapWindow.navigateToMapLocator?.(entry.grid ?? "", entry.sourceType);
+          focusMapLocator(entry.grid ?? "", entry.sourceType);
        });
      }

@@ -3623,6 +3611,8 @@ const mapWindow = window as unknown as MapWindow;
  // Register module API for core to call
  modules.map = {
    initAprsMap,
+    focusMapPosition,
+    focusMapLocator,
    sizeAprsMapToViewport,
    syncAprsReceiverMarker,
    updateMapRigFilter,
@@ -108,8 +108,80 @@ function escapeAprsCharacter(character: string): string {
  return character;
 }

+// The vendored sprite sheets (assets/web/vendor/aprs-symbols-24-*.png) are
+// 16x6 grids of 24px cells covering the printable codes 0x21..0x7E, so a
+// symbol's cell index is simply `code - 0x21`.  The sheet URLs live in CSS so
+// the retina variants can be picked up by a media query; only the cell offsets
+// are computed here.
+const APRS_SPRITE_COLUMNS = 16;
+const APRS_SPRITE_CELL_PX = 24;
+const APRS_SPRITE_FIRST_CODE = 0x21;
+const APRS_SPRITE_LAST_CODE = 0x7e;
+
+export interface AprsSymbolSprite {
+  /** Sheet modifier class appended to `.aprs-symbol`. */
+  className: string;
+  /** `background-position` covering the overlay layer first, if any. */
+  backgroundPosition: string;
+  /** Human-readable description for the tooltip. */
+  label: string;
+}
+
+function aprsSpriteOffset(code: string): string | null {
+  if (code.length !== 1) return null;
+  const point = code.charCodeAt(0);
+  if (point < APRS_SPRITE_FIRST_CODE || point > APRS_SPRITE_LAST_CODE) return null;
+  const index = point - APRS_SPRITE_FIRST_CODE;
+  const column = index % APRS_SPRITE_COLUMNS;
+  const row = Math.floor(index / APRS_SPRITE_COLUMNS);
+  return `${String(-column * APRS_SPRITE_CELL_PX)}px ${String(-row * APRS_SPRITE_CELL_PX)}px`;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Resolve an APRS table/code pair to a sprite cell.  A table identifier of `/`
+ * selects the primary sheet and `\` the alternate one; any other character is
+ * an overlay, which draws that character from the overlay sheet on top of the
+ * alternate symbol.  Returns null when the pair is outside the sprite sheets,
+ * leaving callers to fall back to the raw character.
+ */
+export function aprsSymbolSprite(
+  symbolTable: string | null | undefined,
+  symbolCode: string | null | undefined,
+): AprsSymbolSprite | null {
+  if (!symbolTable || !symbolCode) return null;
+  const symbolOffset = aprsSpriteOffset(symbolCode);
+  if (!symbolOffset) return null;
+  if (symbolTable === "/") {
+    return {
+      className: "aprs-symbol-primary",
+      backgroundPosition: symbolOffset,
+      label: `Primary APRS symbol ${symbolTable}${symbolCode}`,
+    };
+  }
+  if (symbolTable === "\\") {
+    return {
+      className: "aprs-symbol-alternate",
+      backgroundPosition: symbolOffset,
+      label: `Alternate APRS symbol ${symbolTable}${symbolCode}`,
+    };
+  }
+  const overlayOffset = aprsSpriteOffset(symbolTable);
+  if (!overlayOffset) return null;
+  return {
+    className: "aprs-symbol-overlaid",
+    backgroundPosition: `${overlayOffset}, ${symbolOffset}`,
+    label: `Alternate APRS symbol \\${symbolCode} with overlay ${symbolTable}`,
+  };
+}
+
 export function renderLocalAprsSymbol(packet: AprsPacket, escapeHtml: (value: string) => string): string {
  if (!packet.symbolTable || !packet.symbolCode) return "";
+  const sprite = aprsSymbolSprite(packet.symbolTable, packet.symbolCode);
+  if (sprite) {
+    return `<span class="aprs-symbol ${sprite.className}" role="img"` +
+      ` style="background-position:${sprite.backgroundPosition}"` +
+      ` title="${escapeHtml(sprite.label)}" aria-label="${escapeHtml(sprite.label)}"></span>`;
+  }
  const symbol = escapeHtml(packet.symbolCode);
  const table = packet.symbolTable === "/" ? "Primary" : "Alternate";
  return `<span class="aprs-symbol aprs-symbol-local" title="${table} APRS symbol ${symbol}">${symbol}</span>`;
@@ -456,6 +456,7 @@ function bmApply(bm: Bookmark): void {
    const modeEl = document.getElementById("mode") as HTMLSelectElement | null;
    if (modeEl) {
      modeEl.value = (bm.mode || "").toUpperCase();
+      hostCore.syncModePicker();
    }
    if (bm.bandwidth_hz) {
      hostState.currentBandwidthHz = bm.bandwidth_hz;
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ export interface HostCore {
  setRigFrequency(frequencyHz: number): void;
  syncBandwidthInput(bandwidthHz: number): void;
  scheduleSpectrumDraw(): void;
+  /** Repaints the mode buttons from #mode after writing to it. */
+  syncModePicker(): void;
  onDecoderRegistryReady(callback: () => void): void;
 }

@@ -403,7 +403,10 @@ function vchanSyncModeDisplay() {
  if (!modeEl) return;
  if (vchanIsOnVirtual()) {
    const ch = vchanActiveChannel();
-    if (ch && ch.mode) modeEl.value = ch.mode.toUpperCase();
+    if (ch && ch.mode) {
+      modeEl.value = ch.mode.toUpperCase();
+      hostCore.syncModePicker();
+    }
  }
  // When on primary channel, app.js rig-state updates handle the picker.
  const modeUpper = (modeEl.value || "").toUpperCase();
@@ -317,7 +317,10 @@ function elementById<T extends HTMLElement>(id: string): T {
        const element = document.getElementById(id);
        if (element) body.appendChild(element);
      });
-      tray.appendChild(details);
+      // Ahead of the collapsibles the markup ships: the radio's own settings
+      // come before audio and the scheduler, and appending would put the
+      // section built here last whatever the markup says.
+      tray.insertBefore(details, document.getElementById("audio-controls"));
      api.applyLayout(savedLayoutName(), { persist: false });
    }
  }
@@ -397,31 +400,40 @@ function elementById<T extends HTMLElement>(id: string): T {
    });
    document.addEventListener("keydown", (event) => { if (event.key === "Escape") closeMenu(); });

-    // Measured against the bar, not the actions container: the actions are
-    // sized by their content, so their own scrollWidth never exceeds their
-    // clientWidth.  A viewport-width threshold is not enough either — how much
-    // fits depends on the rig name and the translated labels, so a bar that is
-    // wide enough on one rig clips a control on another.
-    // `bar.scrollWidth > bar.clientWidth` is true even when nothing is clipped,
-    // so it cannot be the test.  What actually matters is that the controls stay
-    // inside the bar and the page tabs are not squeezed into a scroller: seeing
-    // every tab beats keeping the style picker inline.
-    // Compare natural widths against the space available.  Rendered widths
-    // cannot answer this: the nav has min-width 0 and scrolls, so it always
-    // shrinks to the leftover space and always reports "scrolling", while the
-    // bar reports overflow even when nothing is clipped.  scrollWidth on a
-    // scroll container is its unconstrained content width, which is what a fit
-    // test needs.
+    // What "fits" means, measured rather than predicted.  Two things have to
+    // hold: the controls stay inside the bar, and no tab reaches them.  The
+    // tabs are the test rather than the nav's own box because the nav may
+    // shrink below its content — its box gets smaller while the tabs inside
+    // keep their width and slide under the controls, so the container reports
+    // nothing wrong while destinations become unclickable.
+    //
+    // This was an arithmetic estimate — identity + nav.scrollWidth +
+    // actions.scrollWidth + a 48px allowance for the gaps — which under-counts
+    // whatever the allowance does not cover.  On a platform whose fonts run
+    // wider than this machine's it declared a fit that overlapped by 9px, and
+    // nothing degraded because nothing thought anything was wrong.  Reading
+    // the geometry costs a synchronous layout per step, at most five per pass,
+    // and cannot disagree with what the operator sees.
    const barFits = () => {
      const bar = actions.closest<HTMLElement>(".tab-bar");
-      if (!bar) return true;
-      const identity = bar.querySelector<HTMLElement>(".header-main");
-      const nav = bar.querySelector<HTMLElement>(".tab-bar-nav");
-      const gutters = 48;
-      const needed = (identity?.offsetWidth ?? 0) + (nav?.scrollWidth ?? 0) + actions.scrollWidth + gutters;
-      return needed <= bar.clientWidth;
+      const nav = bar?.querySelector<HTMLElement>(".tab-bar-nav");
+      if (!bar || !nav) return true;
+      const barRect = bar.getBoundingClientRect();
+      const actionsRect = actions.getBoundingClientRect();
+      if (actionsRect.right > barRect.right + 1) return false;
+      const tabs = Array.from(nav.querySelectorAll<HTMLElement>(".tab"))
+        .filter((tab) => tab.offsetParent !== null);
+      if (!tabs.length) return true;
+      const tabsRight = Math.max(...tabs.map((tab) => tab.getBoundingClientRect().right));
+      return tabsRight <= actionsRect.left - 1;
    };
    const reflowOverflow = () => {
+      const nav = document.querySelector<HTMLElement>(".tab-bar-nav");
+      const bar = actions.closest<HTMLElement>(".tab-bar");
+      // Measure from the roomiest state every time, so the decision is a
+      // function of the current widths alone and cannot ratchet.
+      nav?.classList.remove("nav-icons-only");
+      bar?.classList.remove("bar-tight");
      overflowOrder.forEach((selector) => {
        const element = menu.querySelector<HTMLElement>(selector);
        if (element) actions.insertBefore(element, wrap);
@@ -434,11 +446,32 @@ function elementById<T extends HTMLElement>(id: string): T {
        wrap.hidden = false;
        menu.appendChild(element);
      }
+      // Last resort, once every movable control is already in the menu: drop
+      // the tabs to their icons.  Without it the nav — which may shrink below
+      // its content — keeps its tabs at full width and runs them under the
+      // controls, so the destinations nearest the controls become unclickable.
+      // Icon widths are fixed, so this always buys back the labels' width.
+      if (nav && !barFits()) nav.classList.add("nav-icons-only");
+      // Still short with the tabs down to icons: hand the squeeze to the
+      // identity block, which can ellipsise, rather than to the strip, which
+      // can only clip destinations out of reach.
+      if (bar && !barFits()) bar.classList.add("bar-tight");
      wrap.hidden = menu.children.length === 0;
      if (wrap.hidden) closeMenu();
    };
    reflowOverflow();
    window.addEventListener("resize", reflowOverflow);
+    // A resize is not the only thing that changes what fits: the rig name
+    // arrives from the server, the style picker fills in, a web font swaps in
+    // wider metrics. Each changes the bar's content without touching the
+    // window, and the strip stayed as it was through all of them.
+    if (typeof ResizeObserver !== "undefined") {
+      const bar = actions.closest<HTMLElement>(".tab-bar");
+      const observer = new ResizeObserver(() => { reflowOverflow(); });
+      if (bar) observer.observe(bar);
+      observer.observe(actions);
+    }
+    document.fonts?.ready.then(() => { reflowOverflow(); }).catch(() => {});
  }

  function installMobileMore() {
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Stan Grams <sjg@haxx.space>
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import test from "node:test";
+import vm from "node:vm";
+import { readFile } from "node:fs/promises";
+import { bundleEntry } from "./bundle-entry.mjs";
+
+const sharedUrl = new URL("../src/plugins/aprs-shared.ts", import.meta.url);
+const stylePath = new URL("../../assets/web/style.css", import.meta.url);
+
+async function loadShared() {
+  const source = await bundleEntry(sharedUrl, "trxAprsShared");
+  const context = vm.createContext({ Math, String, Number, Array, Date, Set, console });
+  new vm.Script(source).runInContext(context);
+  return context.trxAprsShared;
+}
+
+// The sheets are 16x6 grids of 24px cells covering 0x21..0x7E, so cell index
+// is `code - 0x21`.  Getting this wrong shifts every station to a neighbouring
+// icon, which is invisible in a screenshot but wrong on every packet.
+test("sprite cells are indexed from the first printable symbol code", async () => {
+  const { aprsSymbolSprite } = await loadShared();
+
+  const first = aprsSymbolSprite("/", "!");
+  assert.equal(first.className, "aprs-symbol-primary");
+  assert.equal(first.backgroundPosition, "0px 0px");
+  assert.equal(first.label, "Primary APRS symbol /!");
+  // '>' is 0x3E -> index 29 -> column 13, row 1.
+  assert.equal(aprsSymbolSprite("/", ">").backgroundPosition, "-312px -24px");
+  // '~' is 0x7E -> index 93 -> the last cell of the last row.
+  assert.equal(aprsSymbolSprite("/", "~").backgroundPosition, "-312px -120px");
+});
+
+test("the table identifier selects the primary, alternate, or overlay sheet", async () => {
+  const { aprsSymbolSprite } = await loadShared();
+
+  assert.equal(aprsSymbolSprite("/", "_").className, "aprs-symbol-primary");
+  assert.equal(aprsSymbolSprite("\\", "_").className, "aprs-symbol-alternate");
+
+  // An alphanumeric table identifier is an overlay character drawn on top of
+  // the alternate symbol: overlay cell first, then the symbol cell.
+  const overlaid = aprsSymbolSprite("S", ">");
+  assert.equal(overlaid.className, "aprs-symbol-overlaid");
+  assert.equal(overlaid.backgroundPosition, "-48px -72px, -312px -24px");
+  assert.equal(overlaid.label, "Alternate APRS symbol \\> with overlay S");
+});
+
+test("codes outside the sprite sheets fall back to the raw character", async () => {
+  const { aprsSymbolSprite, renderLocalAprsSymbol } = await loadShared();
+  const escape = (value) => value;
+
+  assert.equal(aprsSymbolSprite("/", " "), null);
+  assert.equal(aprsSymbolSprite("/", ""), null);
+  assert.equal(aprsSymbolSprite("/", "ab"), null);
+  assert.equal(aprsSymbolSprite(null, ">"), null);
+
+  assert.equal(renderLocalAprsSymbol({ symbolTable: "/", symbolCode: " " }, escape),
+    '<span class="aprs-symbol aprs-symbol-local" title="Primary APRS symbol  "> </span>');
+  assert.equal(renderLocalAprsSymbol({}, escape), "");
+});
+
+test("rendered symbols carry a sprite class and an inline cell offset", async () => {
+  const { renderLocalAprsSymbol } = await loadShared();
+  const html = renderLocalAprsSymbol({ symbolTable: "/", symbolCode: ">" }, (value) => value);
+
+  assert.match(html, /class="aprs-symbol aprs-symbol-primary"/);
+  assert.match(html, /style="background-position:-312px -24px"/);
+  assert.match(html, /aria-label="Primary APRS symbol \/>"/);
+  assert.equal(html.includes("http"), false);
+});
+
+// The cell offsets are computed in the bundles, so the sheet URLs and the grid
+// geometry have to stay in lockstep with them here.
+test("the stylesheet serves every sheet locally at the sprite geometry", async () => {
+  const css = await readFile(stylePath, "utf8");
+
+  assert.match(css, /\.aprs-symbol\s*\{[^}]*background-size:\s*384px 144px/);
+  for (const sheet of ["24-0", "24-1", "24-2", "24-0-2x", "24-1-2x", "24-2-2x"]) {
+    assert.ok(css.includes(`url('/vendor/aprs-symbols-${sheet}.png')`), `missing sheet ${sheet}`);
+  }
+  assert.match(css, /\.aprs-symbol-overlaid\s*\{[^}]*aprs-symbols-24-2\.png'\), url\('\/vendor\/aprs-symbols-24-1\.png'\)/);
+});
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class ElementFixture {
 // Mirrors the `window.trx` host contract published by app.ts.  The plugin is a
 // separate bundle, so every application service it uses arrives this way.
 function hostFixture(overrides = {}) {
-  const calls = { postPath: [], setRigFrequency: [], armOptimisticFrequency: [], applyLocalTunedFrequency: [], syncBandwidthInput: [], scheduleSpectrumDraw: 0 };
+  const calls = { postPath: [], setRigFrequency: [], armOptimisticFrequency: [], applyLocalTunedFrequency: [], syncBandwidthInput: [], scheduleSpectrumDraw: 0, syncModePicker: 0 };
  const state = {
    authEnabled: false,
    authRole: "control",
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ function hostFixture(overrides = {}) {
    armOptimisticFrequency: (hz) => { calls.armOptimisticFrequency.push(hz); },
    syncBandwidthInput: (hz) => { calls.syncBandwidthInput.push(hz); },
    scheduleSpectrumDraw: () => { calls.scheduleSpectrumDraw += 1; },
+    syncModePicker: () => { calls.syncModePicker += 1; },
    onDecoderRegistryReady: () => {},
  };
  return { window: { trx: { state, core, modules: {} }, trxUi: { confirm: async () => true } }, calls };
@@ -3,170 +3,18 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later

 import assert from "node:assert/strict";
-import { readFile } from "node:fs/promises";
-import http from "node:http";
-import path from "node:path";
-import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
 import { chromium } from "playwright-core";
+import { startBrowser, startWebFixture } from "./web-fixture.mjs";

 // page.evaluate callbacks run in the browser, not in this Node process.
-/* global document */
+/* global document, getComputedStyle, window, location */

-const frontendDir = path.dirname(path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)));
-const webDir = path.resolve(frontendDir, "../assets/web");
-const generatedDir = path.join(webDir, "generated");
-const rigItems = ["rig-a", "rig-b"].map((remote) => ({
-  remote,
-  display_name: remote === "rig-a" ? "Primary fixture" : "Secondary fixture",
-  manufacturer: "Smoke",
-  model: "Fixture",
-  supported_modes: ["FM"],
-  tx: false,
-  filter_controls: false,
-  initialized: true,
-  latitude: null,
-  longitude: null,
-}));
-const rigsResponse = { rigs: rigItems, active_remote: "rig-a" };
-const selectedRigs = [];
-
-const jsonRoutes = new Map([
-  ["/auth/session", { authenticated: true, role: "control", auth_disabled: true }],
-  ["/decoders", []],
-  ["/rigs", rigsResponse],
-  ["/status", {
-    info: {
-      manufacturer: "Smoke",
-      model: "Fixture",
-      revision: "1",
-      access: { Tcp: { addr: "127.0.0.1:0" } },
-      capabilities: {
-        min_freq_step_hz: 1,
-        supported_bands: [],
-        supported_modes: ["FM"],
-        num_vfos: 1,
-        lock: false,
-        lockable: false,
-        attenuator: false,
-        preamp: false,
-        rit: false,
-        rpt: false,
-        split: false,
-        tx: false,
-        tx_limit: false,
-        vfo_switch: false,
-        filter_controls: false,
-        signal_meter: false,
-      },
-    },
-    status: { freq: { hz: 100_000_000 }, mode: "FM", tx_en: false, vfo: null, tx: null, rx: null, lock: null },
-    band: null,
-    enabled: true,
-    initialized: true,
-    cw_auto: false,
-    cw_wpm: 20,
-    cw_tone_hz: 700,
-    aprs_decode_enabled: false,
-    hf_aprs_decode_enabled: false,
-    cw_decode_enabled: false,
-    ft8_decode_enabled: false,
-    ft4_decode_enabled: false,
-    ft2_decode_enabled: false,
-    wspr_decode_enabled: false,
-    lrpt_decode_enabled: false,
-    wefax_decode_enabled: false,
-    recorder_enabled: false,
-    clients: 1,
-    rigctl_clients: 0,
-    audio_clients: 0,
-    active_remote: "rig-a",
-    remotes: ["rig-a", "rig-b"],
-    show_sdr_gain_control: false,
-    initial_map_zoom: 10,
-    spectrum_coverage_margin_hz: 50_000,
-    spectrum_usable_span_ratio: 0.92,
-    bandplan_enabled: false,
-    bandplan_region: "iaru1",
-    decode_history_retention_min: 1440,
-    server_connected: true,
-  }],
-  ["/bandplan.json", {}],
-  ["/api/recorder/status", []],
-  ["/api/recorder/files", []],
-]);
-
-const contentTypes = new Map([
-  [".css", "text/css; charset=utf-8"],
-  [".html", "text/html; charset=utf-8"],
-  [".js", "application/javascript; charset=utf-8"],
-  [".json", "application/json; charset=utf-8"],
-  [".png", "image/png"],
-  [".woff2", "font/woff2"],
-]);
-
-function assetPath(urlPath) {
-  if (urlPath === "/") return path.join(webDir, "index.html");
-  if (urlPath.startsWith("/vendor/")) return path.join(webDir, urlPath);
-  const generated = path.join(generatedDir, path.basename(urlPath));
-  if (urlPath.endsWith(".js")) return generated;
-  return path.join(webDir, urlPath);
-}
-
-const server = http.createServer(async (request, response) => {
-  const url = new URL(request.url ?? "/", "http://127.0.0.1");
-  if (url.pathname === "/select_rig" && request.method === "POST") {
-    const remote = url.searchParams.get("remote");
-    if (remote) {
-      rigsResponse.active_remote = remote;
-      jsonRoutes.get("/status").active_remote = remote;
-      selectedRigs.push(remote);
-    }
-    response.writeHead(200).end();
-    return;
-  }
-  if (jsonRoutes.has(url.pathname)) {
-    response.writeHead(200, { "content-type": "application/json" });
-    response.end(JSON.stringify(jsonRoutes.get(url.pathname)));
-    return;
-  }
-  if (url.pathname === "/audio") {
-    response.writeHead(404).end();
-    return;
-  }
-  if (["/events", "/decode", "/spectrum", "/meter"].includes(url.pathname)) {
-    response.writeHead(200, {
-      "cache-control": "no-cache",
-      connection: "keep-alive",
-      "content-type": "text/event-stream",
-    });
-    response.write(": browser smoke stream\n\n");
-    return;
-  }
-  try {
-    const file = assetPath(url.pathname);
-    const bytes = await readFile(file);
-    response.writeHead(200, {
-      "content-type": contentTypes.get(path.extname(file)) ?? "application/octet-stream",
-    });
-    response.end(bytes);
-  } catch {
-    response.writeHead(404).end();
-  }
-});
-
-await new Promise((resolve) => server.listen(0, "127.0.0.1", resolve));
-const address = server.address();
-assert(address && typeof address === "object");
-
-const executablePath = process.env.PLAYWRIGHT_CHROMIUM_EXECUTABLE_PATH
-  ?? "/usr/bin/chromium";
-const browser = await chromium.launch({ executablePath, headless: true, args: ["--no-sandbox"] });
-const page = await browser.newPage();
-const runtimeErrors = [];
-page.on("pageerror", (error) => runtimeErrors.push(error.stack ?? error.message));
+const fixture = await startWebFixture();
+const { selectedRigs } = fixture;
+const { browser, page, runtimeErrors } = await startBrowser(chromium);

 try {
-  await page.goto(`http://127.0.0.1:${address.port}/`, { waitUntil: "domcontentloaded" });
+  await page.goto(`${fixture.origin}/`, { waitUntil: "domcontentloaded" });
  await page.waitForTimeout(500);
  assert.deepEqual(runtimeErrors, []);
  await page.locator("#content").waitFor({ state: "visible" });
@@ -175,6 +23,130 @@ try {
  await page.locator("summary", { hasText: "Audio controls" }).click();
  assert.equal(await page.locator("#rx-audio-btn").count(), 1);

+  // Digital modes: the decoders are a list down the side, and the panel for the
+  // selected one sits beside it. A horizontal strip put thirteen decoders in a
+  // scroller and marked the open one with a single underline among them.
+  await page.locator('.tab[data-tab="digital-modes"]').click();
+  await page.locator("#tab-digital-modes").waitFor({ state: "visible" });
+  await page.locator('.sub-tab[data-subtab="ft8"]').click();
+  await page.waitForTimeout(250);
+  const digital = await page.evaluate(() => {
+    const bar = document.querySelector("#tab-digital-modes > .sub-tab-bar").getBoundingClientRect();
+    const panel = document.getElementById("subtab-ft8").getBoundingClientRect();
+    const shown = [...document.querySelectorAll("#tab-digital-modes > .sub-tab-panel")]
+      .filter((element) => getComputedStyle(element).display !== "none")
+      .map((element) => element.id);
+    return {
+      sidebarIsColumn: bar.height > bar.width,
+      panelBesideSidebar: Math.round(panel.left) >= Math.round(bar.right),
+      panelsShown: shown,
+      decoders: document.querySelectorAll("#tab-digital-modes > .sub-tab-bar .sub-tab").length,
+    };
+  });
+  assert.ok(digital.sidebarIsColumn, "the decoder list is not a sidebar");
+  assert.ok(digital.panelBesideSidebar, "the decoder panel does not sit beside the sidebar");
+  assert.deepEqual(digital.panelsShown, ["subtab-ft8"], `panels shown: ${JSON.stringify(digital.panelsShown)}`);
+  assert.ok(digital.decoders >= 10, `only ${digital.decoders} decoders in the sidebar`);
+  await page.locator('.tab[data-tab="main"]').click();
+  await page.waitForTimeout(200);
+
+  // Map links from decode rows, before anything has opened the Map tab. The
+  // lazy map module used to install these globals itself, so an AIS pin threw
+  // "not a function" and an APRS link silently did nothing until the tab had
+  // been visited once.
+  const mapLinkReady = await page.evaluate(() => ({
+    position: typeof window.navigateToAprsMap,
+    locator: typeof window.navigateToMapLocator,
+    mapModuleLoaded: !!window.trx.modules.map,
+  }));
+  assert.equal(mapLinkReady.position, "function", "navigateToAprsMap is missing before the map loads");
+  assert.equal(mapLinkReady.locator, "function", "navigateToMapLocator is missing before the map loads");
+  assert.equal(mapLinkReady.mapModuleLoaded, false, "the map module was already loaded, so this proves nothing");
+
+  await page.evaluate(() => { window.navigateToAprsMap(52.2, 21.0); });
+  await page.locator("#aprs-map .leaflet-pane").first().waitFor({ state: "attached" });
+  await page.waitForTimeout(500);
+  const followed = await page.evaluate(() => ({
+    path: location.pathname,
+    active: [...document.querySelectorAll(".tab-bar .tab.active")].map((tab) => tab.dataset.tab || tab.id),
+    mapHeight: Math.round(document.getElementById("aprs-map").getBoundingClientRect().height),
+  }));
+  assert.equal(followed.path, "/map", `the map link left the page on ${followed.path}`);
+  assert.ok(followed.active.includes("map"), `the strip marks ${JSON.stringify(followed.active)}`);
+  assert.ok(followed.mapHeight > 100, `the map came up ${followed.mapHeight}px tall`);
+  await page.locator('.tab[data-tab="main"]').click();
+  await page.waitForTimeout(200);
+
+  // Section order in the tray. "Advanced radio controls" is built at runtime,
+  // so it lands wherever ui-core puts it rather than where the markup says —
+  // appending, as it once did, always left it last.
+  const sections = await page.evaluate(() =>
+    [...document.querySelectorAll(".controls-tray > details")].map((section) =>
+      section.querySelector("summary").textContent.trim()));
+  assert.deepEqual(sections, ["Advanced radio controls", "Audio controls", "Scheduler controls"],
+    `tray sections are ${JSON.stringify(sections)}`);
+
+  // Mode is a button group over a hidden <select>, which stays the value a
+  // dozen call sites and several plugins read. The click has to reach it, and
+  // the select must not take part in layout while it does.
+  const modeBefore = await page.evaluate(() => ({
+    buttons: document.querySelectorAll("#mode-picker button").length,
+    value: document.getElementById("mode").value,
+    active: document.querySelector("#mode-picker button.active")?.dataset.mode,
+  }));
+  assert.ok(modeBefore.buttons > 1, `mode picker rendered ${modeBefore.buttons} buttons`);
+  assert.equal(modeBefore.active, modeBefore.value, "mode picker disagrees with the select");
+  const target = await page.evaluate(() => {
+    const other = [...document.querySelectorAll("#mode-picker button")]
+      .find((btn) => btn.dataset.mode !== document.getElementById("mode").value);
+    return other?.dataset.mode;
+  });
+  await page.locator(`#mode-picker button[data-mode="${target}"]`).click();
+  await page.waitForTimeout(200);
+  const modeAfter = await page.evaluate(() => ({
+    value: document.getElementById("mode").value,
+    active: document.querySelector("#mode-picker button.active")?.dataset.mode,
+    selectWidth: Math.round(document.getElementById("mode").getBoundingClientRect().width),
+  }));
+  assert.equal(modeAfter.value, target, `clicking ${target} left the select at ${modeAfter.value}`);
+  assert.equal(modeAfter.active, target, "the clicked mode is not the marked one");
+  assert.ok(modeAfter.selectWidth <= 2, `the hidden select still occupies ${modeAfter.selectWidth}px`);
+
+  // Mode-specific controls live on their own row, which has to leave with them:
+  // an empty one would still take a track and a gap in the tray and draw its
+  // divider under the controls every rig has.
+  const modeRowState = async () => page.evaluate(() => {
+    const row = document.getElementById("mode-controls-row");
+    return { display: getComputedStyle(row).display, height: Math.round(row.getBoundingClientRect().height) };
+  });
+  await page.locator('#mode-picker button[data-mode="WFM"]').click();
+  await page.waitForTimeout(250);
+  const withWfm = await modeRowState();
+  assert.notEqual(withWfm.display, "none", "WFM controls did not bring their row up");
+  assert.ok(withWfm.height > 0, `WFM row has no height (${withWfm.height}px)`);
+  await page.locator('#mode-picker button[data-mode="FM"]').click();
+  await page.waitForTimeout(250);
+  const withoutWfm = await modeRowState();
+  assert.equal(withoutWfm.display, "none", "the mode row stayed behind with nothing in it");
+
+  // Scheduler controls read left to right: step, hand back, then the entry on
+  // air. The separator is drawn by the current-entry block, so it can only sit
+  // in the right place if that block is last.
+  const schedulerRow = await page.evaluate(() => [...document.querySelectorAll(".scheduler-action-row > *")]
+    .map((el) => el.id || [...el.children].map((c) => c.id).join("+")));
+  assert.deepEqual(schedulerRow,
+    ["scheduler-prev-btn+scheduler-next-btn", "scheduler-release-btn", "scheduler-cycle-status"],
+    `scheduler control order is ${JSON.stringify(schedulerRow)}`);
+
+  // The footer status pill colours its dot from data-state, so a hint written
+  // straight to textContent would leave the dot stuck on the previous state.
+  const hint = await page.evaluate(() => {
+    const element = document.getElementById("power-hint");
+    return { state: element.dataset.state, text: element.textContent.trim() };
+  });
+  assert.ok(["ok", "busy", "error"].includes(hint.state), `status pill state is ${hint.state}`);
+  assert.equal(hint.state, "ok", `fixture reports "${hint.text}" but the pill is ${hint.state}`);
+
  const rigPicker = page.locator("#header-rig-switch-select");
  await rigPicker.locator("option").nth(1).waitFor({ state: "attached" });
  await rigPicker.selectOption("rig-b");
@@ -184,6 +156,44 @@ try {
  await page.locator('.tab[data-tab="map"]').click();
  await page.locator("#aprs-map .leaflet-pane").first().waitFor({ state: "attached" });
  assert.equal(new URL(page.url()).pathname, "/map");
+
+  // The selected destination is marked by a box on all four sides, so a rule
+  // that drops one edge (the mobile nav used to lose its bottom border) is a
+  // regression even though the tab still reads as "active".
+  const activeTab = await page.evaluate(() => {
+    const style = getComputedStyle(document.querySelector(".tab-bar-nav .tab.active"));
+    return ["Top", "Right", "Bottom", "Left"].map((side) => ({
+      width: style.getPropertyValue(`border-${side.toLowerCase()}-width`),
+      color: style.getPropertyValue(`border-${side.toLowerCase()}-color`),
+    }));
+  });
+  for (const edge of activeTab) {
+    assert.notEqual(edge.width, "0px", `active tab border: ${JSON.stringify(activeTab)}`);
+    assert.ok(!/rgba\(0, 0, 0, 0\)|transparent/.test(edge.color), `active tab border: ${JSON.stringify(activeTab)}`);
+  }
+
+  // The map is full-bleed: it breaks out of the centred .card column and
+  // reaches both viewport edges, without pushing the page sideways.
+  const stage = await page.evaluate(() => {
+    const rect = document.getElementById("map-stage").getBoundingClientRect();
+    return {
+      left: Math.round(rect.left),
+      right: Math.round(rect.right),
+      viewport: document.documentElement.clientWidth,
+      sideways: document.documentElement.scrollWidth > document.documentElement.clientWidth + 1,
+      gapToFooter: Math.round(document.querySelector(".footer").getBoundingClientRect().top - rect.bottom),
+      pageScrolls: document.documentElement.scrollHeight > document.documentElement.clientHeight + 1,
+    };
+  });
+  assert.equal(stage.left, 0, `map stage starts at ${stage.left}px, not the viewport edge`);
+  assert.equal(stage.right, stage.viewport, `map stage ends at ${stage.right}px, not ${stage.viewport}px`);
+  assert.equal(stage.sideways, false, "full-bleed map makes the page scroll sideways");
+  // ...and fills the column down to the footer. Capping the height at a
+  // fraction of the viewport left a dead band that grew with the window.
+  assert.ok(stage.gapToFooter <= 16,
+    `${stage.gapToFooter}px of dead space between the map and the footer`);
+  assert.equal(stage.pageScrolls, false, "the map grew past the viewport");
+
  await page.locator('.tab[data-tab="main"]').click();
  assert.equal(new URL(page.url()).pathname, "/");

@@ -199,6 +209,24 @@ try {
  assert.equal(new URL(page.url()).pathname, "/");
  assert.deepEqual(runtimeErrors, []);

+  // Refreshing or deep-linking must mark the destination, not Tools. The first
+  // route navigation runs while the card is still behind the loading state, so
+  // a test that asked whether the tab was displayed saw "none" for every tab
+  // and lit Tools up on every refresh of every page.
+  for (const [route, tab, toolsLit] of [["/map", "map", false], ["/about", "about", true]]) {
+    await page.goto(`${fixture.origin}${route}`, { waitUntil: "domcontentloaded" });
+    await page.locator(`#tab-${tab}`).waitFor({ state: "visible" });
+    const marked = await page.evaluate(() => ({
+      actives: [...document.querySelectorAll(".tab-bar .tab.active")].map((t) => t.dataset.tab || t.id),
+      tools: document.getElementById("mobile-more-btn").classList.contains("active"),
+    }));
+    assert.ok(marked.actives.includes(tab), `${route} marks ${JSON.stringify(marked.actives)}`);
+    assert.equal(marked.tools, toolsLit, `${route}: Tools active is ${marked.tools}`);
+  }
+  await page.goto(`${fixture.origin}/`, { waitUntil: "domcontentloaded" });
+  await page.locator("#tab-main").waitFor({ state: "visible" });
+  assert.deepEqual(runtimeErrors, []);
+
  // --- Layout regressions -------------------------------------------------
  // Every fault below shipped at some point while the rest of this file
  // passed, because nothing here looked at geometry: a header whose height
@@ -247,7 +275,71 @@ try {
  assert.ok(menu.height > 40 && menu.width > 80, `menu rendered ${menu.width}x${menu.height}`);
  assert.ok(menu.onTop, "menu is painted underneath the page");

+  // Wider text than this machine renders. This suite passed on macOS twice
+  // while CI, whose system font is wider, put the tab strip into the controls —
+  // the second time by 9px at 1440px with no scaling at all, because the fit
+  // test was an arithmetic estimate whose fixed allowance for the gaps did not
+  // cover them at those metrics. A single scale factor cannot stand in for
+  // another platform's fonts, so sweep: somewhere in this range is whatever CI
+  // renders, and the strip has to hold at every step of it.
+  const applyTextScale = (scale) => page.addStyleTag({ content: `
+    .tab-bar .title { font-size: ${1.05 * scale}rem !important; }
+    .tab-bar .subtitle { font-size: ${0.78 * scale}rem !important; }
+    .tab-bar .tab { font-size: ${0.95 * scale}rem !important; }
+    .tab-bar select, .tab-bar button { font-size: ${0.95 * scale}rem !important; }
+  ` });
+  const measureBar = () => page.evaluate(() => {
+    const nav = document.querySelector(".tab-bar-nav");
+    const actions = document.querySelector(".top-bar-actions");
+    const tabs = [...nav.querySelectorAll(".tab")].filter((tab) => tab.offsetParent !== null);
+    return {
+      overlap: Math.round(Math.max(...tabs.map((tab) => tab.getBoundingClientRect().right))
+        - actions.getBoundingClientRect().left),
+      iconsOnly: nav.classList.contains("nav-icons-only"),
+    };
+  });
+
+  for (const scale of [1.0, 1.15, 1.3, 1.5, 1.75, 2.0]) {
+    await applyTextScale(scale);
+    // 1100px is the narrowest bar in the app: the bookmark gutters take 9.5rem
+    // a side above that width, leaving less room than 900px has.
+    for (const width of [1440, 1280, 1100, 900]) {
+      await page.setViewportSize({ width, height: 900 });
+      await page.waitForTimeout(120);
+      const crowded = await measureBar();
+      assert.ok(crowded.overlap <= 0,
+        `at ${scale}x text the tab strip overlaps the controls by ${crowded.overlap}px at ${width}px`);
+    }
+  }
+
+  // A station name long enough that the bar cannot hold it, which is the rung
+  // below icons: the identity has to give, not the strip.
+  await page.evaluate(() => {
+    document.getElementById("rig-subtitle").textContent =
+      "Rig: Shack SDR — RTL-SDR v4 on the attic dipole, north-west";
+  });
+  await applyTextScale(1.6);
+  for (const width of [1440, 1100]) {
+    await page.setViewportSize({ width, height: 900 });
+    await page.waitForTimeout(200);
+    const crowded = await measureBar();
+    assert.ok(crowded.overlap <= 0,
+      `with a long station name the tab strip overlaps the controls by ${crowded.overlap}px at ${width}px`);
+  }
+
+  // ...and when the text changes under a bar that is not resized. The rig name
+  // arrives from the server, a web font swaps in: neither is a window resize,
+  // and the strip used to sit there as it was.
+  await page.setViewportSize({ width: 1440, height: 900 });
+  await page.waitForTimeout(200);
+  await applyTextScale(2.4);
+  await page.waitForTimeout(400);
+  const unresized = await measureBar();
+  assert.ok(unresized.overlap <= 0,
+    `text grew without a resize and the strip overlaps by ${unresized.overlap}px`);
+  assert.equal(unresized.iconsOnly, true, "the strip kept its labels with no room for them");
+
 } finally {
  await browser.close();
-  await new Promise((resolve, reject) => server.close((error) => error ? reject(error) : resolve()));
+  await fixture.close();
 }
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@

 import { build } from "esbuild";

-export async function bundleEntry(entryUrl) {
+export async function bundleEntry(entryUrl, globalName) {
  const result = await build({
    entryPoints: [entryUrl.pathname],
    bundle: true,
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ export async function bundleEntry(entryUrl) {
    platform: "browser",
    target: "es2022",
    write: false,
+    ...(globalName ? { globalName } : {}),
  });
  const output = result.outputFiles[0];
  if (!output) throw new Error(`No bundle output for ${entryUrl.pathname}`);
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ export function createHost({ state = {}, core = {}, modules = {} } = {}) {
        setRigFrequency: record("setRigFrequency"),
        syncBandwidthInput: record("syncBandwidthInput"),
        scheduleSpectrumDraw: record("scheduleSpectrumDraw"),
+        syncModePicker: record("syncModePicker"),
        onDecoderRegistryReady: record("onDecoderRegistryReady"),
        ...core,
      },
@@ -0,0 +1,224 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Stan Grams <sjg@haxx.space>
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+// Geometry of the spectrum area while tuning. Everything above the spectrum is
+// driven by what happens to be in the visible range — band plan allocations,
+// bookmarks — and the strips that show them used to appear and disappear with
+// it, so tuning across a band edge moved the whole page under the operator's
+// cursor. Nothing else in the suite serves a rig with a spectrum.
+
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import { chromium } from "playwright-core";
+import { startBrowser, startWebFixture } from "./web-fixture.mjs";
+
+/* global document, getComputedStyle */
+
+const BOOKMARKS = [
+  { id: "b1", name: "40m FT8", freq_hz: 7074000, mode: "DIG", category: "Digital", comment: "", locator: "" },
+  { id: "b2", name: "40m CW", freq_hz: 7030000, mode: "CW", category: "", comment: "", locator: "" },
+];
+const BANDPLAN = {
+  iaru1: {
+    bands: [{
+      name: "40m",
+      low_hz: 7000000,
+      high_hz: 7200000,
+      segments: [
+        { low_hz: 7000000, high_hz: 7040000, mode: "CW", label: "CW" },
+        { low_hz: 7040000, high_hz: 7200000, mode: "All", label: "All modes" },
+      ],
+    }],
+  },
+};
+// 40m has both bookmarks and allocations; 20m has neither.
+const BAND_WITH_CONTENT = 7074000;
+const BAND_WITHOUT_CONTENT = 14074000;
+
+// The meter sits well away from the spectrum's noise floor, so a squelch that
+// took its level from the plot would land somewhere else entirely.
+const METER_DB = -70;
+
+const fixture = await startWebFixture({
+  spectrum: true,
+  bookmarks: BOOKMARKS,
+  bandplan: BANDPLAN,
+  bandplanEnabled: true,
+  meterDb: METER_DB,
+});
+const { browser, page, runtimeErrors } = await startBrowser(chromium);
+
+function readGeometry() {
+  const top = (selector) => {
+    const el = document.querySelector(selector);
+    return el ? Math.round(el.getBoundingClientRect().top) : null;
+  };
+  const axis = document.getElementById("spectrum-bookmark-axis");
+  const strip = document.getElementById("spectrum-bandplan-strip");
+  return {
+    chips: axis.querySelectorAll(".spectrum-bookmark-chip").length,
+    axisEmpty: axis.classList.contains("bm-axis-empty"),
+    stripReserved: strip.classList.contains("bp-visible"),
+    stripEmpty: strip.classList.contains("bp-empty"),
+    overviewTop: top(".overview-strip"),
+    spectrumTop: top("#spectrum-panel"),
+    controlsTop: top(".controls-row"),
+    footerTop: top(".footer"),
+    docHeight: document.documentElement.scrollHeight,
+  };
+}
+
+const layoutOf = (geometry) => ({
+  overviewTop: geometry.overviewTop,
+  spectrumTop: geometry.spectrumTop,
+  controlsTop: geometry.controlsTop,
+  footerTop: geometry.footerTop,
+  docHeight: geometry.docHeight,
+});
+
+async function tuneTo(hz) {
+  fixture.setCenterHz(hz);
+  await page.waitForTimeout(900);
+  return page.evaluate(readGeometry);
+}
+
+try {
+  await page.setViewportSize({ width: 1600, height: 950 });
+  await page.goto(fixture.origin, { waitUntil: "domcontentloaded" });
+  await page.locator("#content").waitFor({ state: "visible" });
+  await page.locator("#spectrum-panel").waitFor({ state: "visible" });
+  await page.waitForTimeout(1500);
+
+  const populated = await tuneTo(BAND_WITH_CONTENT);
+  assert.equal(populated.chips, BOOKMARKS.length, `expected both bookmarks, saw ${populated.chips}`);
+  assert.equal(populated.axisEmpty, false, "bookmark rail claims to be empty with chips in it");
+  assert.equal(populated.stripReserved, true, "band plan strip is missing on a band with allocations");
+  assert.equal(populated.stripEmpty, false, "band plan strip claims to be empty with segments in it");
+
+  const bare = await tuneTo(BAND_WITHOUT_CONTENT);
+  assert.equal(bare.chips, 0, `expected no bookmarks on ${BAND_WITHOUT_CONTENT}Hz, saw ${bare.chips}`);
+  assert.equal(bare.axisEmpty, true, "bookmark rail should show its placeholder");
+  assert.equal(bare.stripReserved, true, "band plan strip gave its height back");
+  assert.equal(bare.stripEmpty, true, "band plan strip should be marked empty");
+
+  // The point of both placeholders: tuning must not move anything.
+  assert.deepEqual(layoutOf(bare), layoutOf(populated),
+    `tuning off the band moved the page: ${JSON.stringify(populated)} -> ${JSON.stringify(bare)}`);
+
+  const back = await tuneTo(BAND_WITH_CONTENT);
+  assert.equal(back.chips, BOOKMARKS.length, "bookmarks did not come back");
+  assert.deepEqual(layoutOf(back), layoutOf(populated), "tuning back moved the page");
+
+  // The rail covers the top of the overview, so only the chips may take
+  // pointer events — the rest has to fall through to the plot behind it.
+  const hits = await page.evaluate(() => {
+    const chip = document.querySelector("#spectrum-bookmark-axis .spectrum-bookmark-chip");
+    const chipRect = chip.getBoundingClientRect();
+    const axisRect = document.getElementById("spectrum-bookmark-axis").getBoundingClientRect();
+    const onChip = document.elementFromPoint(chipRect.left + chipRect.width / 2, chipRect.top + chipRect.height / 2);
+    const besideChip = document.elementFromPoint(axisRect.right - 30, axisRect.top + 10);
+    return {
+      chip: onChip?.closest(".spectrum-bookmark-chip") ? "chip" : (onChip?.id || onChip?.tagName),
+      besideChip: besideChip?.id || besideChip?.tagName,
+    };
+  });
+  assert.equal(hits.chip, "chip", `chip is not clickable, hit ${hits.chip}`);
+  assert.equal(hits.besideChip, "overview-canvas", `rail swallows events, hit ${hits.besideChip}`);
+
+  // Squelch: the threshold is in the dB the spectrum axis is labelled in, so the
+  // line is the control. It used to be a percentage on a slider in the audio
+  // row, with nothing on screen to relate the number to.
+  await page.locator("summary", { hasText: "Audio controls" }).click();
+  await page.locator("#sdr-squelch-toggle").click();
+  // Auto parks it just above the noise the meter reports — not above the
+  // spectrum's noise floor, which sits anywhere from 1 dB below to 22 dB above
+  // the meter depending on span, bandwidth and decimation.
+  await page.locator("#sdr-squelch-auto").click();
+  await page.waitForTimeout(400);
+  const auto = await page.evaluate(() => Number(document.getElementById("sdr-squelch-db").value));
+  assert.ok(Math.abs(auto - (METER_DB + 5)) <= 1,
+    `auto put the threshold at ${auto} dB with the meter at ${METER_DB} dB`);
+  const squelchOn = await page.evaluate(() => {
+    const line = document.getElementById("spectrum-squelch-line");
+    return {
+      shown: getComputedStyle(line).display !== "none",
+      db: Number(document.getElementById("sdr-squelch-db").value),
+      label: Number(document.getElementById("spectrum-squelch-label").textContent),
+      toggle: document.getElementById("sdr-squelch-toggle").getAttribute("aria-pressed"),
+      top: Math.round(line.getBoundingClientRect().top),
+    };
+  });
+  assert.equal(squelchOn.shown, true, "the threshold line did not appear with the squelch on");
+  assert.equal(squelchOn.toggle, "true", "the SQL switch did not follow the squelch state");
+  assert.equal(squelchOn.label, squelchOn.db, "the line and the readout disagree on the threshold");
+
+  // Dragging the line down lowers the threshold and tells the server.
+  const submitted = [];
+  page.on("request", (request) => {
+    if (request.url().includes("/set_sdr_squelch")) {
+      submitted.push(Number(new URL(request.url()).searchParams.get("threshold_db")));
+    }
+  });
+  const grip = await page.locator("#spectrum-squelch-grip").boundingBox();
+  await page.mouse.move(grip.x + grip.width / 2, grip.y + grip.height / 2);
+  await page.mouse.down();
+  await page.mouse.move(grip.x + grip.width / 2, grip.y + grip.height / 2 + 60, { steps: 8 });
+  await page.mouse.up();
+  await page.waitForTimeout(400);
+  const dragged = await page.evaluate(() => ({
+    db: Number(document.getElementById("sdr-squelch-db").value),
+    label: Number(document.getElementById("spectrum-squelch-label").textContent),
+    top: Math.round(document.getElementById("spectrum-squelch-line").getBoundingClientRect().top),
+  }));
+  assert.ok(dragged.db < squelchOn.db,
+    `dragging down left the threshold at ${dragged.db} dB (was ${squelchOn.db})`);
+  assert.equal(dragged.label, dragged.db, "the line label did not follow the drag");
+  assert.ok(dragged.top > squelchOn.top, "the line did not move with the drag");
+  assert.ok(submitted.includes(dragged.db),
+    `the server was never told about ${dragged.db} dB (saw ${JSON.stringify(submitted)})`);
+
+  // Turning it off leaves the threshold alone — the old control conflated the
+  // two, so dropping to zero to listen threw the setting away.
+  await page.locator("#sdr-squelch-toggle").click();
+  await page.waitForTimeout(300);
+  const squelchOff = await page.evaluate(() => ({
+    db: Number(document.getElementById("sdr-squelch-db").value),
+    shown: getComputedStyle(document.getElementById("spectrum-squelch-line")).display !== "none",
+    dot: document.getElementById("sdr-squelch-state").dataset.state,
+  }));
+  assert.equal(squelchOff.db, dragged.db, "turning the squelch off discarded the threshold");
+  assert.equal(squelchOff.shown, false, "the line stayed up with the squelch off");
+  assert.equal(squelchOff.dot, "off", "the indicator did not follow the squelch off");
+
+  assert.deepEqual(runtimeErrors, []);
+} finally {
+  await browser.close();
+  await fixture.close();
+}
+
+// The band plan is fetched once at startup, which can land before the session
+// exists. It used to fail silently and never retry, so the allocations only
+// turned up if the operator reloaded the page by hand.
+const retryFixture = await startWebFixture({
+  spectrum: true,
+  bandplan: BANDPLAN,
+  bandplanEnabled: true,
+  bandplanUnauthorizedFirst: true,
+});
+const retry = await startBrowser(chromium);
+try {
+  await retry.page.setViewportSize({ width: 1600, height: 950 });
+  await retry.page.goto(retryFixture.origin, { waitUntil: "domcontentloaded" });
+  await retry.page.locator("#spectrum-panel").waitFor({ state: "visible" });
+  await retry.page.waitForTimeout(2000);
+  const strip = await retry.page.evaluate(() => {
+    const element = document.getElementById("spectrum-bandplan-strip");
+    return { segments: element.children.length, empty: element.classList.contains("bp-empty") };
+  });
+  assert.ok(strip.segments > 0,
+    "the band plan never arrived after its first request was refused");
+  assert.equal(strip.empty, false, "the strip is still showing its placeholder");
+} finally {
+  await retry.browser.close();
+  await retryFixture.close();
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,277 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Stan Grams <sjg@haxx.space>
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+// The static server the browser tests load the real web assets from. It was
+// inline in browser-smoke.mjs until a second browser test needed a rig with a
+// spectrum: the interesting layout lives in the spectrum area, and none of it
+// could be exercised while the only fixture served a CAT-only rig.
+
+import { readFile } from "node:fs/promises";
+import http from "node:http";
+import path from "node:path";
+import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
+
+const frontendDir = path.dirname(path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)));
+const webDir = path.resolve(frontendDir, "../assets/web");
+const generatedDir = path.join(webDir, "generated");
+
+// A realistic decoder registry.  Serving an empty one hid most of the
+// application from this test: the decoder sub-tabs, their panels, the decode
+// toggles and the bookmark decoder checkboxes are all built from it, so with
+// no decoders only three of thirteen sub-tabs existed and none of the decoder
+// UI was ever constructed.
+const DECODER_REGISTRY = [
+  { id: "ft8", label: "FT8", activation: "toggle", active_modes: ["USB"] },
+  { id: "ft4", label: "FT4", activation: "toggle", active_modes: ["USB"] },
+  { id: "ft2", label: "FT2", activation: "toggle", active_modes: ["USB"] },
+  { id: "wspr", label: "WSPR", activation: "toggle", active_modes: ["USB"] },
+  { id: "cw", label: "CW", activation: "toggle", active_modes: ["CW", "CWR"] },
+  { id: "sat", label: "SAT", activation: "toggle", active_modes: ["FM"] },
+  { id: "wefax", label: "WEFAX", activation: "toggle", active_modes: ["USB"] },
+  { id: "ais", label: "AIS", activation: "toggle", active_modes: ["FM"] },
+  { id: "aprs", label: "APRS", activation: "toggle", active_modes: ["FM"] },
+  { id: "hf-aprs", label: "HF APRS", activation: "toggle", active_modes: ["USB"] },
+  { id: "vdes", label: "VDES", activation: "toggle", active_modes: ["FM"] },
+].map((decoder) => ({ ...decoder, background_decode: false, bookmark_selectable: true }));
+
+const CONTENT_TYPES = new Map([
+  [".css", "text/css; charset=utf-8"],
+  [".html", "text/html; charset=utf-8"],
+  [".js", "application/javascript; charset=utf-8"],
+  [".json", "application/json; charset=utf-8"],
+  [".png", "image/png"],
+  [".woff2", "font/woff2"],
+]);
+
+function assetPath(urlPath) {
+  // Every tab route has its own index handler on the server (see api/assets.rs),
+  // so a deep link or a refresh serves the SPA shell, not a 404.
+  if (!path.extname(urlPath)) return path.join(webDir, "index.html");
+  if (urlPath.startsWith("/vendor/")) return path.join(webDir, urlPath);
+  const generated = path.join(generatedDir, path.basename(urlPath));
+  if (urlPath.endsWith(".js")) return generated;
+  return path.join(webDir, urlPath);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Starts the fixture server.
+ *
+ * `spectrum` turns the rig into an SDR: `filter_controls` is what gates the
+ * spectrum panel, and frames are pushed on the /spectrum stream from a centre
+ * frequency the test moves with `setCenterHz` to simulate tuning across bands.
+ */
+export async function startWebFixture({
+  spectrum = false,
+  tx = false,
+  meterDb = -70,
+  bookmarks = [],
+  bandplan = {},
+  bandplanEnabled = false,
+  bandplanUnauthorizedFirst = false,
+} = {}) {
+  const rigItems = ["rig-a", "rig-b"].map((remote) => ({
+    remote,
+    display_name: remote === "rig-a" ? "Primary fixture" : "Secondary fixture",
+    manufacturer: "Smoke",
+    model: "Fixture",
+    supported_modes: ["FM"],
+    tx,
+    filter_controls: spectrum,
+    initialized: true,
+    latitude: null,
+    longitude: null,
+  }));
+  const rigsResponse = { rigs: rigItems, active_remote: "rig-a" };
+  const selectedRigs = [];
+  const state = { centerHz: 7074000 };
+  let bandplanServed = false;
+
+  const status = {
+    info: {
+      manufacturer: "Smoke",
+      model: "Fixture",
+      revision: "1",
+      access: { Tcp: { addr: "127.0.0.1:0" } },
+      capabilities: {
+        min_freq_step_hz: 1,
+        supported_bands: [],
+        supported_modes: ["LSB", "USB", "CW", "CWR", "AM", "SAM", "WFM", "FM", "AIS", "VDES", "DIG", "PKT"],
+        num_vfos: 1,
+        lock: false,
+        lockable: tx,
+        attenuator: false,
+        preamp: false,
+        rit: false,
+        rpt: false,
+        split: false,
+        tx,
+        tx_limit: tx,
+        vfo_switch: false,
+        filter_controls: spectrum,
+        signal_meter: spectrum,
+      },
+    },
+    status: { freq: { hz: 100_000_000 }, mode: "FM", tx_en: false, vfo: null, tx: null, rx: { sig: meterDb }, lock: null },
+    // Reported only by SDR backends, and what makes the client show the
+    // squelch control at all.
+    filter: spectrum
+      ? {
+        bandwidth_hz: 12_000,
+        sdr_squelch_enabled: false,
+        sdr_squelch_threshold_db: -95,
+        sdr_agc_enabled: false,
+      }
+      : null,
+    band: null,
+    enabled: true,
+    initialized: true,
+    cw_auto: false,
+    cw_wpm: 20,
+    cw_tone_hz: 700,
+    aprs_decode_enabled: false,
+    hf_aprs_decode_enabled: false,
+    cw_decode_enabled: false,
+    ft8_decode_enabled: false,
+    ft4_decode_enabled: false,
+    ft2_decode_enabled: false,
+    wspr_decode_enabled: false,
+    lrpt_decode_enabled: false,
+    wefax_decode_enabled: false,
+    recorder_enabled: false,
+    clients: 1,
+    rigctl_clients: 0,
+    audio_clients: 0,
+    active_remote: "rig-a",
+    remotes: ["rig-a", "rig-b"],
+    show_sdr_gain_control: false,
+    initial_map_zoom: 10,
+    spectrum_coverage_margin_hz: 50_000,
+    spectrum_usable_span_ratio: 0.92,
+    bandplan_enabled: bandplanEnabled,
+    bandplan_region: "iaru1",
+    decode_history_retention_min: 1440,
+    server_connected: true,
+  };
+
+  const jsonRoutes = new Map([
+    ["/auth/session", { authenticated: true, role: "control", auth_disabled: true }],
+    ["/decoders", DECODER_REGISTRY],
+    ["/rigs", rigsResponse],
+    ["/status", status],
+    ["/bookmarks", bookmarks],
+    ["/bandplan.json", bandplan],
+    ["/api/recorder/status", []],
+    ["/api/recorder/files", []],
+  ]);
+
+  // Flat i8 bins: the shape does not matter, only that frames arrive so the
+  // page has a spectrum range to place bookmarks and allocations against.
+  const spectrumBins = Buffer.alloc(512, 200);
+  const spectrumB64 = spectrumBins.toString("base64");
+
+  const server = http.createServer(async (request, response) => {
+    const url = new URL(request.url ?? "/", "http://127.0.0.1");
+    if (url.pathname === "/select_rig" && request.method === "POST") {
+      const remote = url.searchParams.get("remote");
+      if (remote) {
+        rigsResponse.active_remote = remote;
+        status.active_remote = remote;
+        selectedRigs.push(remote);
+      }
+      response.writeHead(200).end();
+      return;
+    }
+    // Rejects the first band plan request the way the server did before it was
+    // classified as a public asset: the page asks for it at startup, which can
+    // land before the session exists.
+    if (bandplanUnauthorizedFirst && url.pathname === "/bandplan.json" && !bandplanServed) {
+      bandplanServed = true;
+      response.writeHead(401).end();
+      return;
+    }
+    if (jsonRoutes.has(url.pathname)) {
+      response.writeHead(200, { "content-type": "application/json" });
+      response.end(JSON.stringify(jsonRoutes.get(url.pathname)));
+      return;
+    }
+    // 200 means "audio is configured": the client hides the whole audio row —
+    // and the squelch control with it — when this 404s.
+    if (url.pathname === "/audio") {
+      response.writeHead(200, { "content-type": "application/json" });
+      response.end(JSON.stringify({ sample_rate: 48_000, channels: 1 }));
+      return;
+    }
+    if (spectrum && url.pathname === "/spectrum") {
+      response.writeHead(200, {
+        "cache-control": "no-cache",
+        connection: "keep-alive",
+        "content-type": "text/event-stream",
+      });
+      const timer = setInterval(() => {
+        response.write(`event: b\ndata: ${state.centerHz},192000,${spectrumB64}\n\n`);
+      }, 100);
+      request.on("close", () => clearInterval(timer));
+      return;
+    }
+    // The meter streams like the server's does: the squelch reads its noise
+    // level from here, so a static snapshot would leave it nothing to measure.
+    if (url.pathname === "/meter") {
+      response.writeHead(200, {
+        "cache-control": "no-cache",
+        connection: "keep-alive",
+        "content-type": "text/event-stream",
+      });
+      const timer = setInterval(() => {
+        response.write(`data: ${JSON.stringify({ sig: meterDb })}\n\n`);
+      }, 120);
+      request.on("close", () => clearInterval(timer));
+      return;
+    }
+    if (["/events", "/decode", "/spectrum", "/meter"].includes(url.pathname)) {
+      response.writeHead(200, {
+        "cache-control": "no-cache",
+        connection: "keep-alive",
+        "content-type": "text/event-stream",
+      });
+      response.write(": browser smoke stream\n\n");
+      return;
+    }
+    try {
+      const file = assetPath(url.pathname);
+      const bytes = await readFile(file);
+      response.writeHead(200, {
+        "content-type": CONTENT_TYPES.get(path.extname(file)) ?? "application/octet-stream",
+      });
+      response.end(bytes);
+    } catch {
+      response.writeHead(404).end();
+    }
+  });
+
+  await new Promise((resolve) => server.listen(0, "127.0.0.1", resolve));
+  const address = server.address();
+  if (!address || typeof address !== "object") throw new Error("fixture server has no port");
+
+  return {
+    origin: `http://127.0.0.1:${address.port}`,
+    selectedRigs,
+    rigsResponse,
+    /** Moves the spectrum centre, i.e. tunes the fixture rig to another band. */
+    setCenterHz(hz) { state.centerHz = hz; },
+    close() {
+      return new Promise((resolve, reject) => server.close((error) => error ? reject(error) : resolve()));
+    },
+  };
+}
+
+/** Launches headless Chromium and records any uncaught page error. */
+export async function startBrowser(chromium) {
+  const executablePath = process.env.PLAYWRIGHT_CHROMIUM_EXECUTABLE_PATH
+    ?? "/usr/bin/chromium";
+  const browser = await chromium.launch({ executablePath, headless: true, args: ["--no-sandbox"] });
+  const page = await browser.newPage();
+  const runtimeErrors = [];
+  page.on("pageerror", (error) => runtimeErrors.push(error.stack ?? error.message));
+  return { browser, page, runtimeErrors };
+}
@@ -279,6 +279,47 @@ pub(crate) async fn leaflet_layers_2x() -> impl Responder {
        .body(status::LEAFLET_LAYERS_2X)
 }

+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Vendored APRS symbol sprites
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+fn embedded_png(bytes: &'static [u8]) -> HttpResponse {
+    HttpResponse::Ok()
+        .insert_header((header::CONTENT_TYPE, "image/png"))
+        .insert_header((header::CACHE_CONTROL, "public, max-age=604800, immutable"))
+        .body(bytes)
+}
+
+#[get("/vendor/aprs-symbols-24-0.png")]
+pub(crate) async fn aprs_symbols_primary() -> impl Responder {
+    embedded_png(status::APRS_SYMBOLS_PRIMARY)
+}
+
+#[get("/vendor/aprs-symbols-24-0-2x.png")]
+pub(crate) async fn aprs_symbols_primary_2x() -> impl Responder {
+    embedded_png(status::APRS_SYMBOLS_PRIMARY_2X)
+}
+
+#[get("/vendor/aprs-symbols-24-1.png")]
+pub(crate) async fn aprs_symbols_alternate() -> impl Responder {
+    embedded_png(status::APRS_SYMBOLS_ALTERNATE)
+}
+
+#[get("/vendor/aprs-symbols-24-1-2x.png")]
+pub(crate) async fn aprs_symbols_alternate_2x() -> impl Responder {
+    embedded_png(status::APRS_SYMBOLS_ALTERNATE_2X)
+}
+
+#[get("/vendor/aprs-symbols-24-2.png")]
+pub(crate) async fn aprs_symbols_overlay() -> impl Responder {
+    embedded_png(status::APRS_SYMBOLS_OVERLAY)
+}
+
+#[get("/vendor/aprs-symbols-24-2-2x.png")]
+pub(crate) async fn aprs_symbols_overlay_2x() -> impl Responder {
+    embedded_png(status::APRS_SYMBOLS_OVERLAY_2X)
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
    use super::*;
@@ -307,4 +348,41 @@ mod tests {
        );
        assert_eq!(generated_content_type("secret.txt"), None);
    }
+
+    /// Reads the width and height out of a PNG IHDR chunk.
+    fn png_dimensions(bytes: &[u8]) -> (u32, u32) {
+        assert_eq!(&bytes[..8], b"\x89PNG\r\n\x1a\n", "not a PNG");
+        assert_eq!(&bytes[12..16], b"IHDR", "first chunk is not IHDR");
+        let width = u32::from_be_bytes(bytes[16..20].try_into().expect("IHDR width"));
+        let height = u32::from_be_bytes(bytes[20..24].try_into().expect("IHDR height"));
+        (width, height)
+    }
+
+    /// The browser computes sprite cell offsets from a 16x6 grid of 24px cells,
+    /// so a sheet at any other size would silently shift every APRS symbol.
+    #[test]
+    fn aprs_symbol_sheets_match_the_sprite_grid_the_frontend_assumes() {
+        for (name, bytes) in [
+            ("aprs-symbols-24-0", status::APRS_SYMBOLS_PRIMARY),
+            ("aprs-symbols-24-1", status::APRS_SYMBOLS_ALTERNATE),
+            ("aprs-symbols-24-2", status::APRS_SYMBOLS_OVERLAY),
+        ] {
+            assert_eq!(
+                png_dimensions(bytes),
+                (384, 144),
+                "{name} is not a 16x6 grid"
+            );
+        }
+        for (name, bytes) in [
+            ("aprs-symbols-24-0-2x", status::APRS_SYMBOLS_PRIMARY_2X),
+            ("aprs-symbols-24-1-2x", status::APRS_SYMBOLS_ALTERNATE_2X),
+            ("aprs-symbols-24-2-2x", status::APRS_SYMBOLS_OVERLAY_2X),
+        ] {
+            assert_eq!(
+                png_dimensions(bytes),
+                (768, 288),
+                "{name} is not a 2x sheet"
+            );
+        }
+    }
 }
@@ -658,6 +658,13 @@ pub fn configure(cfg: &mut web::ServiceConfig) {
        .service(assets::leaflet_marker_shadow)
        .service(assets::leaflet_layers)
        .service(assets::leaflet_layers_2x)
+        // Vendored APRS symbol sprites
+        .service(assets::aprs_symbols_primary)
+        .service(assets::aprs_symbols_primary_2x)
+        .service(assets::aprs_symbols_alternate)
+        .service(assets::aprs_symbols_alternate_2x)
+        .service(assets::aprs_symbols_overlay)
+        .service(assets::aprs_symbols_overlay_2x)
        .service(assets::generated_asset)
        // Virtual channels
        .service(vchan::list_channels)
@@ -504,7 +504,14 @@ impl RouteAccess {
            return Self::Public;
        }

-        // Static assets
+        // Static assets.  The band plan is one of them: it is compiled into the
+        // binary and identical for every user, but ".json" is not an asset
+        // suffix, so it used to fall through to Control — leaving read-only
+        // users without a band plan, and everyone else without one whenever the
+        // page requested it before the session was established.
+        if path == "/bandplan.json" {
+            return Self::Public;
+        }
        if path.starts_with("/style.css")
            || path.starts_with("/app.js")
            || path.ends_with(".js")
@@ -696,6 +703,12 @@ mod tests {
        assert_eq!(RouteAccess::from_path("/auth/logout"), RouteAccess::Public);
        assert_eq!(RouteAccess::from_path("/style.css"), RouteAccess::Public);
        assert_eq!(RouteAccess::from_path("/app.js"), RouteAccess::Public);
+        // Static reference data, served to every role: ".json" is not in the
+        // asset suffix list, so this one has to be named.
+        assert_eq!(
+            RouteAccess::from_path("/bandplan.json"),
+            RouteAccess::Public
+        );
    }

    #[test]
@@ -37,6 +37,23 @@ pub const LEAFLET_MARKER_SHADOW: &[u8] = include_bytes!("../assets/web/vendor/ma
 pub const LEAFLET_LAYERS: &[u8] = include_bytes!("../assets/web/vendor/layers.png");
 pub const LEAFLET_LAYERS_2X: &[u8] = include_bytes!("../assets/web/vendor/layers-2x.png");

+// Vendored APRS symbol sprites (https://github.com/hessu/aprs-symbols).
+// Each sheet is a 16x6 grid of 24px cells indexed by `symbol code - 0x21`:
+// table 0 is the primary ('/') set, table 1 the alternate ('\') set, and
+// table 2 the overlay characters drawn on top of an alternate symbol.
+pub const APRS_SYMBOLS_PRIMARY: &[u8] =
+    include_bytes!("../assets/web/vendor/aprs-symbols-24-0.png");
+pub const APRS_SYMBOLS_PRIMARY_2X: &[u8] =
+    include_bytes!("../assets/web/vendor/aprs-symbols-24-0-2x.png");
+pub const APRS_SYMBOLS_ALTERNATE: &[u8] =
+    include_bytes!("../assets/web/vendor/aprs-symbols-24-1.png");
+pub const APRS_SYMBOLS_ALTERNATE_2X: &[u8] =
+    include_bytes!("../assets/web/vendor/aprs-symbols-24-1-2x.png");
+pub const APRS_SYMBOLS_OVERLAY: &[u8] =
+    include_bytes!("../assets/web/vendor/aprs-symbols-24-2.png");
+pub const APRS_SYMBOLS_OVERLAY_2X: &[u8] =
+    include_bytes!("../assets/web/vendor/aprs-symbols-24-2-2x.png");
+
 /// Build version tag used for cache-busting asset URLs and ETag headers.
 /// Computed once from `PKG_VERSION` + `CLIENT_BUILD_DATE`.
 pub fn build_version_tag() -> &'static str {
@@ -837,12 +837,6 @@ impl ChannelDsp {
            }
        }

-        let signal_power = decimated
-            .iter()
-            .map(|s| s.re * s.re + s.im * s.im)
-            .sum::<f32>()
-            / decimated.len() as f32;
-        let signal_db = 10.0 * signal_power.max(1e-12).log10();
        const WFM_OUTPUT_GAIN: f32 = 0.50;
        let mut audio = if let Some(decoder) = self.wfm_decoder.as_mut() {
            let mut out = decoder.process_iq(decimated);
@@ -884,7 +878,14 @@ impl ChannelDsp {
                raw
            }
        };
-        if !self.squelch.update(&self.mode, signal_db) {
+        // Against the meter reading, not the block level after the IQ AGC.
+        // The threshold arrives in the scale the operator sets it from — the
+        // S-meter and the spectrum — while the level measured here had been
+        // through the AGC, whose whole job is to hold it at a setpoint. For
+        // every mode that has one (FM, PKT, AIS, AM, SAM) the squelch was
+        // therefore comparing against a near-constant, and for the rest it was
+        // still off by the decimation correction the meter applies.
+        if !self.squelch.update(&self.mode, self.last_signal_db) {
            audio.fill(0.0);
        }

@@ -933,6 +934,93 @@ mod tests {
        dsp.process_block(&block);
    }

+    /// Feeds one signal twice, with the squelch threshold set from the channel's
+    /// own meter reading: 6 dB above it must gate the audio, 6 dB below it must
+    /// pass. FM runs an IQ AGC, so a squelch measured after that stage compares
+    /// against a level pinned near the AGC setpoint — some 20 dB adrift of the
+    /// scale the operator reads the threshold off, and open on plain noise.
+    #[test]
+    fn squelch_follows_the_meter_the_threshold_is_set_from() {
+        const AMPLITUDE: f32 = 0.0025;
+
+        let (pcm_tx, mut pcm_rx) = broadcast::channel::<Vec<f32>>(4096);
+        let (iq_tx, _iq_rx) = broadcast::channel::<Vec<Complex<f32>>>(8);
+        let mut dsp = ChannelDsp::new(
+            0.0,
+            &RigMode::FM,
+            48_000,
+            8_000,
+            1,
+            20,
+            12_000,
+            75,
+            true,
+            false,
+            VirtualSquelchConfig::default(),
+            NoiseBlankerConfig::default(),
+            pcm_tx,
+            iq_tx,
+        );
+
+        // A 1 kHz tone on the carrier, so an open gate is audibly non-zero and
+        // a closed one is unambiguously silent.
+        let mut phase = 0.0_f32;
+        let mut mod_phase = 0.0_f32;
+        let mut feed = |dsp: &mut ChannelDsp, blocks: usize| {
+            for _ in 0..blocks {
+                let mut block = Vec::with_capacity(4096);
+                for _ in 0..4096 {
+                    mod_phase += std::f32::consts::TAU * 1_000.0 / 48_000.0;
+                    phase += std::f32::consts::TAU * (3_000.0 * mod_phase.sin()) / 48_000.0;
+                    block.push(Complex::new(
+                        AMPLITUDE * phase.cos(),
+                        AMPLITUDE * phase.sin(),
+                    ));
+                }
+                dsp.process_block(&block);
+            }
+        };
+        let drain = |rx: &mut broadcast::Receiver<Vec<f32>>| {
+            let mut audio = Vec::new();
+            while let Ok(frame) = rx.try_recv() {
+                audio.extend_from_slice(&frame);
+            }
+            audio
+        };
+        let peak = |audio: &[f32]| audio.iter().fold(0.0_f32, |acc, s| acc.max(s.abs()));
+
+        // Settle the meter on this signal, then read what the operator would.
+        feed(&mut dsp, 24);
+        let meter_db = dsp.signal_db();
+        assert!(
+            meter_db > -120.0,
+            "the meter never moved off its floor ({meter_db} dB)"
+        );
+
+        dsp.set_squelch(true, meter_db + 6.0);
+        let _ = drain(&mut pcm_rx);
+        feed(&mut dsp, 24);
+        let gated = drain(&mut pcm_rx);
+        assert!(!gated.is_empty(), "no audio frames were produced at all");
+        // From the second half on: the first frame out still carries the audio
+        // that was already buffered when the threshold changed.
+        assert_eq!(
+            peak(&gated[gated.len() / 2..]),
+            0.0,
+            "squelch set 6 dB above the meter ({meter_db} dB) still passed audio"
+        );
+
+        dsp.set_squelch(true, meter_db - 6.0);
+        let _ = drain(&mut pcm_rx);
+        feed(&mut dsp, 24);
+        let passed = drain(&mut pcm_rx);
+        assert!(!passed.is_empty(), "no audio frames were produced at all");
+        assert!(
+            peak(&passed[passed.len() / 2..]) > 0.0,
+            "squelch set 6 dB below the meter ({meter_db} dB) gated the audio"
+        );
+    }
+
    #[test]
    fn channel_dsp_set_mode() {
        let (pcm_tx, _) = broadcast::channel::<Vec<f32>>(8);