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# User Interface
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> 🇬🇧 You are reading the English version | 🇩🇪 [Deutsche Version](de-Benutzeroberflaeche)
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## Connecting to the Chat
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1. Select a **chat category** in the settings window (e.g. 144 MHz VHF, 432 MHz UHF, …).
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2. Click the **Connect** button.
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3. Wait for the connection to be established.
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> Disconnecting and reconnecting is only possible via the settings window. It is therefore recommended to keep the settings window open.
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## Main Window Overview
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The main window consists of several areas:
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### PM Window (top left)
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Shows all received **private messages** as well as intercepted public messages containing your own callsign. New messages appear in **red** and fade every 30 seconds from yellow to white.
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### User List (Chat Members)
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The central table of all currently active chat users. Columns (depending on configuration):
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| Column | Content |
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| Call | Station's callsign |
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| Name | Name from the chat name field |
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| Loc | Maidenhead locator |
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| QRB | Distance in km |
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| QTF | Direction in degrees |
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| QRG | Automatically detected frequency |
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| AP | AirScout aircraft data (when active) |
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| Band colours | Worked / NOT-QRV status per band |
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**Sorting**: Click column headers. QRB sorting is numerical (corrected in v1.22).
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### Send Field
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Text input for outgoing messages. After clicking a callsign in the user list, the send field automatically receives focus – start typing immediately without double-clicking (from v1.22).
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### MYQRG Field
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To the right of the send button. Shows the current own QRG, can also be entered manually.
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### MYQTF Field *(for v1.3)*
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Input field for the current antenna direction. Used for the planned `MYQTF` variable.
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## Filters
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The filter bar (from v1.21 as a flowpane for small screens):
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- **Show only QTF**: Activate direction filter (N/NE/E/… buttons or degree input)
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- **Show only QRB [km] <=**: Activate distance filter (toggle button)
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- **Hide Worked [Band]**: Hide worked stations per band (one toggle per band)
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- **Hide NOT-QRV [Band]**: Hide NOT-QRV-tagged stations per band
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## Station Info Panel (Further Info)
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Bottom right: Shows all messages of a selected station (CQ messages and PMs in one panel). A message filter can be pre-configured via the default filter in the Preferences.
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**Sked reminders** can also be activated here.
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## Priority List
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Shows the top candidates calculated by the Score Service. Updates automatically in the background based on direction, distance and AP availability.
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## Cluster & QSO of Others
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Separate window (can be minimised). Shows the communication flow between other stations – interesting during quieter contest periods.
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## Menu
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### Window
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- **Use Dark Mode** (from v1.26): Toggle dark colour scheme on/off.
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## Window Sizes and Dividers
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From **v1.21**, clicking **"Save Settings"** also saves window sizes and divider positions of all panels in the configuration file, which are restored on the next start.
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If you encounter display problems: delete the configuration file → KST4Contest creates new default values.
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## Operating Tips
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- **Keep the settings window open**: Quick access to enable/disable the beacon.
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- **Right-click in the user list**: Opens the snippet menu and further actions (QRZ.com profile, set NOT-QRV tags).
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- **Enter from anywhere**: When text is in the send field, Enter sends directly – even if the focus is elsewhere.
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- **Stop the beacon**: Switch off the beacon while scanning frequencies to avoid flooding the chat with messages.
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