aethersdr / aethersdr/AetherSDR
Disconnects and unreliable connection to MacloggerDX
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Since Sep 14, 2026.
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Description
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What happened?
When using MacloggerDX with AetherSDR v26.9.2 running on MacOS the logging app disconnects without any input from user and is difficult to connect to AeherSDR.
By comparison, Maclogger works very reliably when using SmartSDR for Mac.
What did you expect?
I expected MacloggerDX to be able to remain connected to AetherSDR and be able to track; frequency, mode etc without disconnects
Steps to reproduce
- Open AetherSDR and connect to radio
- Open MacloggerDX and click/check Radio connect box
- sometimes it does not want to connect immediately.
- When connected the connection becomes either unstable, making new log enty impossible or it will disconnect.
AetherSDR version
26.9.2
Radio model & firmware
Flex 8600 4.2.20
Operating system
macOS
OS version and hardware
OS Tahoe 26.6.2
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