When clicking a grid point with ducting, the panel now shows each
duct layer with base-top height in feet, thickness in meters, and
minimum trapped frequency. Data flows from Duct.analyze through
the scoring factors as a ducts array.
- Update all 9 hardcoded weights to match recalibrated values
- Add missing PWAT factor (11.3% weight) to FACTOR_META and FACTOR_ORDER
- Reorder factors by weight (highest first)
- Fix pressure explanation (low pressure is better, not rising)
- Add PWAT factor explanation (beneficial vs harmful by band)
- Show duct info panel when native data detects ducting layers
(count, thickness, minimum trapped frequency)
- Add CommaNumber JS hook for live comma formatting while typing
frequency MHz in the beacon form
- Strip commas server-side before changeset validation
- Order beacon list by most recently added (desc inserted_at)
- Round lat/lon to 6 decimal places in changeset and display
- Round height_ft to integer in changeset and display
- Display coords at 6 decimal places on show page
- Beacon map defaults to just the marker at zoom 11. A daisyUI toggle
switch shows/hides the estimated-coverage cell layer; the coverage
info line and tier legend are hidden unless the toggle is on.
- Beacon detail list replaced with a compact dl grid (2-4 columns).
Lat/lon rounded to 5 decimals, power/height/beamwidth formatted via
Beacon.format_mw/1 so no more "2.5e3" scientific notation or "280.0".
format_mw/1 hoisted onto the schema so index and show share it.
- About page no longer uses prose classes (this project doesn't load
@tailwindcss/typography). Headings, lists, and paragraphs now use
explicit utility classes so they render as intended.
- /map now centers on the visitor's Cloudflare geolocation when the
cf-iplatitude/cf-iplongitude headers are present, falling back to DFW.
Initial HRRR score bounds track the chosen center.
- Added /about link to the /map side navigation.
- Renamed "Propagation Map" label to "Propagation Prediction Map" in
the /map page title, sidebars, and the /weather back-link.
- Populated /about with mission, approach, stack, roadmap, and a live
stat grid fed from DB counts (estimates via pg_class.reltuples for
the multi-million-row tables).
- Anonymous users can submit beacons (held pending admin approval)
- Added notes field to beacons (textarea on form, shown on detail page)
- Added Beacons link to /map sidebar nav (mobile + desktop),
removed stale Rover Planner link
- Moved /backfill to /admin/backfill under the admin live_session
- Beacon detail map zooms in two extra levels after fitBounds
Replace the idealised concentric-circle range rings with a realistic
per-HRRR-grid-cell reception map. For every 0.125° grid point within
the band's exceptional range, the estimator computes great-circle
distance, FSPL + atmospheric loss, and applies a cell-specific score
adjustment of (50 - score) * 0.3 dB — score 100 gives a 15 dB ducting
boost, score 0 a 15 dB penalty. Cells below the -145 dBm detection
floor are dropped.
The beacon map hook now renders each surviving cell as a 0.125°
filled rectangle with a tooltip showing tier, Rx dBm, distance, and
HRRR score, so the coverage footprint bulges where ducting conditions
are good and cuts off where they aren't, instead of being a perfect
circle. Falls back to score 50 for cells that don't have HRRR data
yet, so the plot is always useful.
Also fixes the prior all-grey-tiles regression by restoring an
explicit setView() at map creation and adding a post-mount
invalidateSize() for when the map is placed inside a flex container.
- Add on_the_air boolean to beacons (default true); surfaced as a
checkbox on the form, a badge on the index, and in the detail list.
- Render a Leaflet map on the beacon show page with a marker at the
beacon's lat/lon tooltipped with callsign + frequency. Marker is
green when on air, gray when off.
- Compute and draw a reception-range estimate as concentric signal-
strength rings. New Microwaveprop.Beacons.RangeEstimate solves a
link budget (FSPL + O2/H2O absorption from BandConfig) at five RX
thresholds (-100 to -145 dBm), then scales by 0.5 + score/100 from
the latest Propagation.point_detail at the beacon's grid square, so
current HRRR conditions shift the rings in or out.
- Re-enable the hourly PropagationGridWorker cron and freshness
monitor in dev.exs so dev actually has HRRR-backed scores to feed
the new estimator.
- Move controls (band selector, grid toggle, nav links) to a docked
right sidebar on desktop, keep floating overlay on mobile
- Point detail panel floats over the map bottom-left instead of inside
the narrow sidebar
- Add collapse/expand toggle for the sidebar
- Add auth links (login/logout/settings) to sidebar
- Wrap public live routes in live_session with UserAuth on_mount
- Use daisyUI menu lists for sidebar navigation
Extract shared Maidenhead grid overlay into maidenhead_grid.js so both
the main map and rover planner use the same implementation. Wire up the
toggle_grid event and checkbox on the rover page matching the main map.
Subtle hint appears in top-right corner (desktop only) when the
detail panel is open. Fades in when panel shows, fades out on ESC.
Hidden on mobile where the X button is more appropriate.
Extract GridSquare class and updateGridOverlay from propagation_map_hook
into shared maidenhead_grid.js module. Rover map now shows the same
zoom-adaptive Maidenhead grid overlay as the main /map page — red
rectangles with labels that switch between field (2-char) and square
(4-char) based on zoom level. Updates on pan/zoom.
Toggle button hides/shows the grid overlay.
- Toggle button for Maidenhead grid overlay (on by default)
- Coverage candidates now at 0.25° resolution (~28 km) instead of
2°×1° Maidenhead grids, matching HRRR propagation grid density
- Coverage rectangles render as 0.25° cells for finer detail
- Grid overlay is separate from coverage coloring
Rewrites rover planner to automatically color the map after stations
are entered. No manual stop selection needed — the system evaluates
every Maidenhead grid in range and scores them by:
- SRTM terrain analysis to each station (diffraction loss, LOS verdict)
- HRRR propagation forecast (ducting, refractivity, atmospheric conditions)
- Distance to stations vs band range limits
- Propagation boost: good conditions (score 80+) make blocked paths
viable through ducting, matching the app's core beyond-LOS prediction
Coverage score formula: boosted path quality 30% + propagation 30%
+ distance 20% + station count 20%. Colored grid squares on the map
show best (green) to worst (red) operating positions.
Sidebar shows top 10 grids ranked with: workable station count,
propagation score, best operating hour, 18-hour forecast sparkline.
Click a grid for per-station detail: distance, terrain verdict,
diffraction loss.
URL stores stations + band for sharing: /rover?stations=W5ISP,K5TR&band=10000
Switch from getCurrentPosition (which looped via push_patch) to
watchPosition with a 60-second throttle. Break the server-side
request_gps loop by skipping re-request when coords already exist.
Interactive map-based tool for planning rover operating positions.
Rovers enter stationary stations they want to work, then click the
map to evaluate candidate operating grids.
Features:
- Add stationary stations by callsign or grid square
- Click map to add operating positions (snaps to Maidenhead grid)
- Async SRTM terrain analysis: each stop computes terrain profile
to every station, shows CLEAR/BLOCKED verdict + diffraction loss
- Terrain lines on map: green=workable, red=blocked, dashed=marginal
- Propagation score and 18-hour forecast sparkline per stop
- Route summary: driving distance, unique grid-station pairs
- Band selector affects range limits and propagation scores
- Numbered waypoint markers with score-colored backgrounds
New files:
- Geo module (shared haversine/bearing, used by PathLive too)
- RoverLive with fullscreen map + sidebar
- RoverMap JS hook with grid overlay, station/stop markers, route line
- Nav links in header and map control panel
- "My Location" button with text label (was just an icon)
- Two share buttons after results:
- "Copy Link" — fixed coordinates, exact result
- "Copy Link (use viewer's GPS)" — source=gps, dynamic per viewer
- CopyLink JS hook copies full URL to clipboard with "Copied!" feedback
Bookmarking /path?source=gps&destination=K5TR&band=10000 will use
the viewer's device GPS to resolve the source location on load.
The LocateMe hook handles both button clicks and server-pushed
request_gps events. Once coords are resolved, the URL is updated
with actual lat,lon and calculation runs automatically.
- TX/RX height in feet (converted to meters for terrain analysis)
- TX power in dBm with mW equivalent display
- TX gain and RX gain (dBi) inputs
- Power budget: TX power + TX gain - feed loss = EIRP - path loss
+ RX gain = RX power vs CW sensitivity = margin
- Loss budget: FSPL + gaseous (O2+H2O) + diffraction + rain
with per-km gas rate detail
- GPS "Locate Me" button using browser geolocation API
- Lat,lon coordinate pairs accepted as input
- Weather displayed in F with C below
- LiveStash preserves form inputs across page reloads
- Terrain cross-section with beam line and Fresnel zone
Collapsible control panel with hamburger toggle, detail panel as
bottom sheet, compact legend moved to top-right, and scaled timeline
buttons for narrow viewports.
Without a distance limit, the BFS would expand across the entire grid
when conditions were broadly favorable, producing a polygon covering
most of CONUS.
- Mark duct closest to endpoint elevations as likely signal path
- Likely duct drawn with solid borders, bold label, stronger fill
- Other ducts shown dimmed with dashed borders
- Fix path info layout: table columns prevent El wrapping
- Surface observations as compact table, limited to 5 nearest stations
- Use all HRRR profiles along path (start, mid, end) for duct detection
- Fall back to sounding ducts when HRRR too coarse to detect layers
- Merge overlapping ducts, show top 3 strongest with source labels
- Limit surface observations to 5 closest stations along path
- Compact solar conditions as inline row
- Compact band/mode/distance info line
- Fix button text to "Flag as Invalid"
- Overlay HRRR duct layers on elevation profile chart (green bands)
- Add flagged_invalid field to contacts with toggle button on detail page
- Fix prune_old_grid_profiles to only delete 0.125° grid profiles,
preserving QSO-linked HRRR data at arbitrary positions
- Auto-enqueue HRRR fetch when viewing contact without HRRR data (<48h)
- Compact solar conditions and contact details layout
- Add band/mode/distance info line to elevation profile section
- Leaflet map on contact detail pages showing both station locations
- SRTM elevation profile with Chart.js: terrain, LOS, Fresnel zone
- Path info: distance, azimuth, elevation angle in both directions
- Compact 4-column grid layout for contact details
- Contact map page with all contacts plotted
- Rename QSOs to Contacts in page header
- Wrap algo page in standard layout
- All menus and UI text now say Contacts instead of QSOs
- Add 68, 122, 134, 241 GHz bands to submit form and validation
- Add info box on submit page explaining why contacts matter
- Larger submit button with icon
- Make HRRR partition migration idempotent for partial re-runs
The ML model undervalues conditions outside Aug/Sep training data
(e.g. April with excellent factors scored 37/100). Algorithm's
physics-based factors handle unseen seasons correctly.
- Algorithm is primary scorer, ML infrastructure kept for iteration
- Remove unused ML grid worker code path
- Add client-side propagation reach: BFS flood-fill from clicked point
through contiguous cells with score >= 50, drawn as convex hull polygon
- point_detail response includes forecast array (score per valid_time)
- SVG sparkline shows score trend across all forecast hours
- Trend indicator: Improving/Declining/Steady based on first vs last score
- Add covering index (band_mhz, lat, lon, valid_time) INCLUDE (score) for
point_forecast queries
- HrrrClient.hrrr_url accepts forecast_hour param (wrfsfcfHH.grib2)
- PropagationGridWorker fetches all 19 forecast hours per run
- Propagation.scores_at/3 queries scores at specific valid_time
- Propagation.available_valid_times/1 returns all forecast times for timeline
- Pruning keeps scores with valid_time >= now - 2h (forecast-aware)
- MapLive: select_time event, timeline data pushed to JS
- JS: forecast timeline bar at bottom of map with clickable hour buttons
- PubSub broadcast sends list of valid_times instead of single time
- Add phx-update="ignore" to detail-panel so LiveView patches don't wipe it
- Re-request point_detail after scores update to refresh with new data
- Range circles persist across updates since they're on a separate layer
