## Summary

Fix TX waterfall scrolling visibly slower than RX (~3x slower in
practice) after PR #3019 landed.

## Root cause

`pushWaterfallRow` (FFT-derived row path, sole TX waterfall source
post-#3019) was gating row emission to one row per `m_wfLineDuration`
(100 ms by default) on the premise that RX native tiles also arrive at
line_duration cadence.

They don't. Native tiles arrive at the radio's FFT rate (~30 Hz on this
fleet) and `updateWaterfallRow` pushes one row per tile with no rate
gate. So RX = ~30 rows/sec and TX = ~10 rows/sec → 3x perceptual
slowdown.

Pre-#3019 this was masked: with show-tx-in-waterfall on, native tiles
*also* ran during TX, filling the cadence regardless of whether the FFT
gate let a row through. #3019 correctly stopped the double-advance — and
that exposed the underlying pacing-assumption bug from #2666.

## Fix

Emit one row per FFT frame from `pushWaterfallRow`, matching the
native-tile behaviour exactly. The intermediate-frame linear-power
accumulator becomes unnecessary (no intermediates to combine when each
frame is its own row); intra-frame bin interpolation is now in dBm
space, consistent with `updateWaterfallRow`.

## What I left alone

State members (`m_fftRowDebtMs`, `m_lastFftFrameMs`, `m_fftAccumPower`,
`m_fftAccumCount`) and `resetFftWaterfallAccumulator()` are now unused
but left in place to keep this diff focused on the behavioural fix.
Cleanup PR can remove them.

## Diagnostic evidence

Probe instrumentation in `pushWaterfallRow` and `updateSpectrum`
confirmed before the fix:
- FFT frames arrive at ~30 Hz during both RX and TX (~33 ms intervals,
no radio-side throttle)
- `pushWaterfallRow` was called ~270 times in a 9-second TX window, but
only emitted 92 rows (~10 rows/sec, matching the gated cadence)

After the fix, every FFT frame produces a row → ~30 rows/sec, parity
with RX.

## Stats

- 1 file, +22 / -55
- No new flat-key AppSettings (Principle V N/A)
- MeterSmoother N/A (no meter code)

## Test plan

- [x] Local build clean
- [x] Visual confirmation by Jeremy on FLEX-8600 USB at 14.265 MHz: TX
waterfall scroll now matches RX speed
- [ ] CI: build + check-paths green; check-windows skipped (no build
paths changed) — this PR doesn't touch MainWindow.cpp so #3028's new
filter doesn't fire

## Checklist

- [x] No new flat-key `AppSettings`
- [x] All meter UI uses `MeterSmoother` (N/A)
- [x] Documentation updated if user-visible behavior changed (release
notes will mention TX waterfall rate fix)

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## Summary

Fixes #3641. On TX the waterfall scrolled at a different cadence than on
RX because the two paths used different pacing sources. The TX branch in
`updateSpectrum()` pushed one waterfall row per FFT frame (tracking the
FFT FPS slider), while RX paces FFT-derived rows to `line_duration`
through `m_nextFallbackWaterfallRowMs` and
`waterfallFallbackIntervalMs()` (tracking the waterfall rate slider).
This change gates the TX `pushWaterfallRow` call behind the same
due-time mechanism RX already uses, so TX and RX scroll at the same
rate-slider-driven cadence. `m_nextFallbackWaterfallRowMs` is reset on
the RX to TX transition in `setTransmitting()` so the first TX row
renders immediately. No fixed rows/sec cap is reintroduced; cadence
still follows the live rate slider, keeping the #3019 guarantee intact.

## Constitution principle honored

Principle XIII (The Operator Outranks Every Agent): the visible scroll
rate now follows the operator's rate slider on both TX and RX, instead
of silently diverging based on which slider was last touched.

## Test plan

- [ ] Local build passes (`cmake --build build`)
- [ ] Behavior verified on a real radio if applicable
- [ ] Existing tests pass (CI)
- [x] Reproduction steps documented if user-reported bug

Reproduction: set the FFT FPS slider and the waterfall rate slider to
non-aligned values, then transmit. Before this change the TX waterfall
scrolls at the FFT FPS rate while RX scrolls at the rate-slider rate;
after this change both scroll at the rate-slider rate. RX to TX
transition pushes the first TX row immediately (no stall from an
un-seeded timer). Could not run a local build: Qt6 is not installed in
this environment, so CI verifies the build.

## Checklist

- [x] Commits are signed (`docs/COMMIT-SIGNING.md`)
- [x] No new flat-key `AppSettings` calls — use
nested-JSON-under-one-key
      (Principle V)
- [x] Code is clean-room — not decompiled, disassembled, or
      reverse-engineered from a proprietary binary (Principle IV)
- [x] All meter UI uses `MeterSmoother` (AGENTS.md convention)
- [ ] Documentation updated if user-visible behavior changed
- [ ] Security-sensitive changes reference a GHSA if applicable

AI was used for assistance.

Co-authored-by: Matt Van Horn <455140+mvanhorn@users.noreply.github.com>

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## Summary

This PR stabilizes the waterfall during transmit, especially when
multiple panadapters are open on the same band.

The TX waterfall display now uses a consistent, TX-filter-bounded
FFT-derived row path for any panadapter whose visible range intersects
the active TX passband. It also freezes the effective dBm display range
during transmit so radio-side panadapter auto-level updates do not
recolor the TX trace row-by-row.

## Root Cause

There were a few related display-side issues that stacked together:

1. TX waterfall handling was effectively pan-local. The panadapter that
owned the TX slice had enough metadata to use the TX path, but a second
panadapter on the same band could still receive TX-affected
FFT/waterfall data without knowing the active TX filter or carrier
context.

2. Native waterfall tiles and FFT-derived rows could be mixed during
transmit on affected pans. That made the waterfall cadence and row
source inconsistent, producing missing bins, jagged edges, and timing
differences.

3. FFT frames arrive faster than the waterfall row cadence. Dropping
intermediate FFT frames made the TX trace look sparse and pixelated;
pushing too many rows would change the apparent waterfall speed.

4. During DAX/FT8 transmit, the radio reports moving `min_dbm`/`max_dbm`
panadapter ranges as its noise-floor/auto-level behavior reacts to the
TX state. Those range changes are legitimate display-scale updates, but
applying them during TX recolors the same signal from row to row, which
looks like flutter even when DAX audio is stable.

## Changes

- Synchronize the active TX slice/filter/XIT snapshot to every spectrum
widget.
- Treat TX waterfall rendering as global display state instead of only
using the pan that owns the TX slice.
- Compute the TX waterfall mask from the active TX filter and carrier,
so bins outside the allowed TX passband are blacked out.
- Apply the same TX filter masking to affected pans across
USB/LSB/CW/data modes by using the actual TX filter bounds.
- Use FFT-derived rows as the sole waterfall source during TX for pans
intersecting the TX passband.
- Preserve `line_duration` by pacing FFT-derived waterfall rows to the
radio waterfall cadence.
- Accumulate FFT frames inside each visible waterfall-row window in
linear power, then convert back to dBm, so no samples are thrown away
between rows.
- Freeze the effective dBm range for TX-affected pans while
transmitting.
- Defer radio `min_dbm`/`max_dbm` updates until unkey and reproject TX
FFT bins back into the frozen range while TX is active.

## User Impact

Operators should see a smoother, more even TX trace without misleading
transient bins outside the TX filter. Opening a second panadapter on the
same band should no longer bring back the old missing-bin/timing
artifacts.

This is display-only. It does not change RF output, DAX audio, transmit
filtering, or the waterfall draw speed.

## Validation

- Built successfully:
- `env -u CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH cmake --build build --target AetherSDR
--parallel 22`
- Checked whitespace:
  - `git diff --check`
- Deployed test bundle to the remote Mac Desktop. The normal replacement
of `/Users/patj/Desktop/AetherSDR.app` was blocked by macOS `Operation
not permitted`, so the uploaded build was preserved and
quarantine-cleared as:
  - `/Users/patj/Desktop/AetherSDR-tx-waterfall-dbm-freeze-94089.app`

Known build output only included existing warnings unrelated to this
change.

Co-authored-by: Codex <noreply@openai.com>

## Summary

Fix TX waterfall scrolling visibly slower than RX (~3x slower in
practice) after PR aethersdr#3019 landed.

## Root cause

`pushWaterfallRow` (FFT-derived row path, sole TX waterfall source
post-aethersdr#3019) was gating row emission to one row per `m_wfLineDuration`
(100 ms by default) on the premise that RX native tiles also arrive at
line_duration cadence.

They don't. Native tiles arrive at the radio's FFT rate (~30 Hz on this
fleet) and `updateWaterfallRow` pushes one row per tile with no rate
gate. So RX = ~30 rows/sec and TX = ~10 rows/sec → 3x perceptual
slowdown.

Pre-aethersdr#3019 this was masked: with show-tx-in-waterfall on, native tiles
*also* ran during TX, filling the cadence regardless of whether the FFT
gate let a row through. aethersdr#3019 correctly stopped the double-advance — and
that exposed the underlying pacing-assumption bug from aethersdr#2666.

## Fix

Emit one row per FFT frame from `pushWaterfallRow`, matching the
native-tile behaviour exactly. The intermediate-frame linear-power
accumulator becomes unnecessary (no intermediates to combine when each
frame is its own row); intra-frame bin interpolation is now in dBm
space, consistent with `updateWaterfallRow`.

## What I left alone

State members (`m_fftRowDebtMs`, `m_lastFftFrameMs`, `m_fftAccumPower`,
`m_fftAccumCount`) and `resetFftWaterfallAccumulator()` are now unused
but left in place to keep this diff focused on the behavioural fix.
Cleanup PR can remove them.

## Diagnostic evidence

Probe instrumentation in `pushWaterfallRow` and `updateSpectrum`
confirmed before the fix:
- FFT frames arrive at ~30 Hz during both RX and TX (~33 ms intervals,
no radio-side throttle)
- `pushWaterfallRow` was called ~270 times in a 9-second TX window, but
only emitted 92 rows (~10 rows/sec, matching the gated cadence)

After the fix, every FFT frame produces a row → ~30 rows/sec, parity
with RX.

## Stats

- 1 file, +22 / -55
- No new flat-key AppSettings (Principle V N/A)
- MeterSmoother N/A (no meter code)

## Test plan

- [x] Local build clean
- [x] Visual confirmation by Jeremy on FLEX-8600 USB at 14.265 MHz: TX
waterfall scroll now matches RX speed
- [ ] CI: build + check-paths green; check-windows skipped (no build
paths changed) — this PR doesn't touch MainWindow.cpp so aethersdr#3028's new
filter doesn't fire

## Checklist

- [x] No new flat-key `AppSettings`
- [x] All meter UI uses `MeterSmoother` (N/A)
- [x] Documentation updated if user-visible behavior changed (release
notes will mention TX waterfall rate fix)

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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>