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This round tests v1.3.0-preview8, built 2026-09-18, the eighth tester build of Multi-Op Teams, for the multi-op tester group ahead of the October WES.
This preview is a candidate for the coming v1.3.0 release, offered here for testing ahead of it. MD5 checksums cover every build. The current release is available for download from GitHub.
What's new
Multi-Op Teams, shaped by seven previews of tester reports and hardened for the general release, plus fixes and small improvements from the September WES, the Teams feedback meeting, and the 1.2.8 feedback. The highlights since v1.2.8:
- Multi-Op Teams: one team, one station call, one shared log. Open Sprint > Multi Operator, press Manage, then New Team, on the Team window's toolbar, share the join code, and during an SKCC event every position logs into the same team log, with dupe checks and the scoreboard covering the whole team.
- A Team window for the whole crew, with messages the way the Sked page does them. Sprint > Multi Operator opens the Team window: who is online (Offline shows in the Status column), their band and frequency, Run or S&P, QSO count and rate from the team log, the exchange to send, and below the roster a Team tab for the whole team's chat plus a tab for each direct-message conversation (the x on a tab closes it); an amber dot marks any tab with something new, and when the window is not in front the View Team button counts what arrived and your notification sound plays (Mute on the Team toolbar silences it).
- Log for Brag with your team between sprints. Log QSOs for Brag until the next Sprint in the Team window opens a shared monthly Brag log, and the event banner always names the callsign you are logging under.
- A possible dupe is hard to miss. Working a station again on the same band shows Potential Dupe in red bold in the Log Entry status bar, in and out of events, and during a sprint a red notice pops up as well.
- US callsign lookups without a QRZ subscription. When QRZ lookups are not turned on, the Log Entry form fills Name, City, State, and Grid for US calls from the free callook.info service.
- Fewer green pop-up notices. Log It, saving notes, opening or closing a log, and other actions whose result is already on screen no longer show a notice; errors, warnings, and background results still do, and screen readers still hear each result.
The complete list, including nine smaller changes, is in the app under Help, What's New.
Installing
Windows
Unzip the download and run skcclogger-windows-amd64-v1.3.0-preview8.exe. There is no installer. The app is code signed, so Windows names Christopher Lawson White as the publisher instead of Unknown publisher. If SmartScreen still warns the first time, which happens while a new signature earns its reputation, choose More info, then Run anyway.
macOS
Open the tar.gz and drag the .app bundle to Applications. The app is signed and notarized by Apple. The first time you open it, macOS asks whether you are sure you want to open it; choose Open.
Linux
Install the package for your distribution, for example sudo dpkg -i skcclogger-linux-amd64-v1.3.0-preview8.deb, sudo dnf install ./skcclogger-linux-amd64-v1.3.0-preview8.rpm, or sudo pacman -U skcclogger-linux-amd64-arch-v1.3.0-preview8.pkg.tar.zst. The standalone binaries need no install: make the file executable with chmod +x skcclogger-linux-* and run it.
What to expect from a preview
- Each build replaces the last. When a new preview goes up, download it fresh rather than re-running an older one.
- Windows builds are code signed, and macOS builds are signed and notarized by Apple. SmartScreen may still warn on a new build until the signature earns its reputation: choose More info, then Run anyway.
- Debug logging is enabled by default. When testing, start by clicking on the Help Menu, Troubleshooting, Run Diagnostic Check.
- When testing, email your feedback along with the skcclogger.log file that's in your skcclogger-data/logs folder.
- Teams, the multi-operator feature, is what this round tests; the Teams design overview describes it as built.