If you are using Windows Defender anti-malware, direct it to update its definitions from https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/wdsi/definitions before you install SpotCollector 8.8.0. This release - increases accuracy of lat/lon to subsquare calculations (tnx to Iain N6ML) - on termination, saves all SQL filters to the Windows Registry (tnx to Steve W5GP) - prevents an errorlog.txt entry generated by SpecialCallGrid_FetchCellTips - updates SC_WSJTX to prevent an errorlog.txt entry generated by the UpdateCache procedure - correctly displays the "nickname is already in use" message from the IRC spot source (tnx to John W1JA and Iain N6ML) - doesn't allow the file UncompactedSpots.mdb to be used as the Spot Database (tnx to Tad K3TD) - correctly handles changes to the Spot Database Display layout made via keystrokes in the Layout panel on the Configuration window's "Spot Database Display" tab (tnx to Jon KM8V) - ensures that the SC_WSJTX window is correctly positioned at startup (tnx to Markku SM5FLM) - provides a "Maintain DXCC entity-band-mode fields" option and a new BandModeProgress field; if this option is enabled, the BandModeProgress and BandModeWorked fields are always populated when a Spot Database Entry is created, and updated when the Entry is updated; requires DXKeeper 15.9.2 or later (tnx to Iain N6ML) - extends the "announcement of transceiver mode-changes" function to handle modes besides CW, CW-R, USB, LSB, RTTY, RTTY-R, AM, and FM if the appropriate .wav file is present in SpotCollector's Sounds folder (tnx to Jon K6OJ) - can recognize, filter, and pre-filter the FST4 mode - provides a new SPOTCOUNT field that is populated with the number of entries that appear in a Spot Database Entry's "Individual Spots" window, which is governed by the "Record individual spot information" and "Ignore empty spot notes" options (tnx to Jon K6OJ) - provides audio announcement files for FT4, DATA-L, DATA-U, DIGL, and DIGU - updates the ConfigurationAudio.htm, ConfigurationData.htm, SourceConnection.htm, and SpotDatabase.htm documentation file Notes: 1. Update your firewall and anti-malware applications to consider this new version of SpotCollector to be "safe" a. 0/15 Jotti scanners detected malware in SpotCollector.exe b. 0/71 VirusTotal scanners detected malware in SpotCollector.exe c. SpotCollector.exe has been submitted to "Microsoft Security Intelligence" and found free of malware. 2. If this upgrade doesn't work correctly, see the "After an Upgrade" section of 3. After upgrading, to revert to the previous version of SpotCollector, see SpotCollector 8.8.0 is available via the DXLab Launcher, and via 73, Dave, AA6YQ