RigPlane Pro 0.10.0-beta.14 is out. This is the first public beta since beta.10 — the builds in between were internal — so this post covers everything that changed since then. The headlines: in-app updates, self-reconnecting remote stations, and a safer transmit start.
Updates inside the app
RigPlane Pro can now check for and install updates from inside the app. Packages are signed, wrong-platform packages are refused, and beta builds are never offered as stable updates. One manual step: beta.10 and earlier have no updater, so install the beta.14 package from /downloads/ over your current version. After that, updates arrive inside the app. On Linux there is no in-app updater — update the way you installed it.
Lighter on CPU and bandwidth
Radio state now travels as small changes instead of full snapshots, and unchanged data is reused instead of rebuilt, so the web UI and the audio path cost less CPU and bandwidth. On macOS, receive audio no longer stutters when the RigPlane window sits in the background.
Remote stations reconnect
A paired remote client now reconnects by itself after the station restarts: the recovery banner and the Retry button stay up until control returns, and a stale login is renewed from the saved pairing first. Pauses of about two seconds no longer drop the connection, every failure gets its own message and next step, and an unreachable saved radio fails fast and offers another radio.
A safer transmit start
Audio captured before the key-down is now dropped, so a burst of received audio no longer goes out over the air. Received audio is ignored while your own transmitter is keyed, a transmit input failure no longer stops receive audio, and a radio-service crash mid-transmission releases the radio back to receive on restart.
Windows and radio fixes
On Windows, a cancelled shutdown returns the app to a usable state, tray Quit always exits, Preferences and Switch Radio no longer open blank windows, and USB audio capture starts in a mode microphone effects cannot silence. Serial radios are contacted at their profile's baud rate first, network control messages arrive in the order sent, quieter receivers get a better audio level, and a scope watchdog no longer drags the radio's own screen back to the scope.
Known limitations
- The first 0.3 seconds of transmit audio after key-down are dropped. If your program keys the radio and starts audio together, set its transmit delay to 0.3 s or more (WSJT-X: Settings > Advanced > Tx delay).
- A fixed-mode scope outside its edges shows “reconnecting” instead of out of range. Press CTR on the scope toolbar to follow your frequency.
- An empty Audio Scope panel fills in after one window resize.
How to get it
Head to /downloads/ — the new build is live now. If anything behaves differently from beta.10, email [email protected].
— Sergey Morozik KN4KYD, 2026-11-07
Program and radio names are referenced here only to describe compatibility.
Last reviewed 2026-11-07.