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FreeDV 1.9.5 Released!

Hi all,

FreeDV v1.9.5 has been released, which contains the following content:

1. Bugfixes:
    * Fix bug preventing frequency updates from being properly suppressed when frequency control is in focus. (PR #585)
    * Fix bug preventing 60 meter frequencies from using USB with DIGU/DIGL disabled. (PR #589)
    * Additional fix for PR #561 to parse/format frequencies using current locale. (PR #595)
    * Add entitlements to work around macOS Sonoma permissions bug. (PR #598)
    * Fix bug preventing FreeDV Reporter window from closing after resetting configuration to defaults. (PR #593)
    * Fix bug preventing reload of manually entered frequency on start. (PR #608)
2. Enhancements:
    * FreeDV Reporter: Add support for filtering the exact frequency. (PR #596)
    * Add confirmation dialog box before actually resetting configuration to defaults. (PR #593)
    * Add ability to double-click FreeDV Reporter entries to change the radio’s frequency. (PR #592)
    * FreeDV Reporter: Add ability to force RX Only reporting in Tools->Options. (PR #599)
    * Add new 160m/80m/40m calling frequencies for IARU R2. (PR #601)
    * Add Help button to allow users to get help more easily. (PR #607)
3. Build system:
    * Upgrade wxWidgets to 3.2.4. (PR #607)
4. Other:
    * Report OS usage to FreeDV Reporter. (PR #606)

More information and download links can be found at https://github.com/drowe67/freedv-gui/releases/tag/v1.9.5.

Thanks,

-Mooneer K6AQ

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