RigPlane Pro 0.10.0-beta.5 is out. This is a stability-focused release: no new features, just the fixes that make the app behave the way you expect when the radio is on and the band is busy. If beta.4 ever left you staring at a spinner, read on.
Connections stop lying to you
The biggest theme of this beta is honest connection states. If another station is using the radio, you now see a clear waiting / radio busy state instead of a hang. If a different radio answers than the one you asked for, the app says so — wrong radio — instead of failing silently. Duplicate network endpoints no longer trigger repeat connection attempts, and if the engine exits during start-up, you get one automatic retry followed by the actual exit code and reason. No more guessing what went wrong.
Audio behaves
Receive-only streaming now ends cleanly when you hit stop. The command line respects an explicit RX-only intent. Audio diagnostics moved off the startup path, so PortAudio initialization can no longer block the app from launching. Windows ARM64 gets native PortAudio binaries, and every platform pins the correct sounddevice version — fewer mystery audio failures on install.
Readiness you can trust
The readiness indicator refreshes after the radio catalog loads, tells you which radio it is waiting for, and gives a straight update-or-reinstall path when the app and engine versions disagree. Statuses mean what they say now.
Available for all five platforms
macOS, Windows x64 and ARM64, Linux AMD64 and ARM64. Same build, same tests, one consistent operator console on every machine you own.
How to get it
Head to /downloads/ — the new build is live now. Current beta users update in place; the installer preserves your profiles, radio definitions, and audio routing. If anything behaves differently from beta.4, email [email protected] — it is read by the person who wrote the code, and bug reports with radio model + OS version get answered first.
What is next
The next cycle turns back to features: expanded digital-modes plumbing and the next radio backends on the roadmap. But the rule stays the same — if it does not help the operator at the desk, it does not ship. Beta.5 is the foundation that work builds on.
— Sergey Morozik KN4KYD, 2026-10-17
Icom and Yaesu are trademarks of their respective owners and are referenced here only to describe compatibility.
Last reviewed 2026-10-17.