docs(plan): add HITL test harness plan#128
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Phased plan for a hardware-in-the-loop regression harness covering the RX888 RF chain end-to-end (QDX TX over fixed attenuators into RX888 RX, USB to a docker host running ka9q-radio + wsprdaemon). Ladders four phases from operator-run decode/no-decode through SNR-delta gating to a CW-tone + self-hosted CI runner gate, so trust in the harness is built progressively before per-PR enforcement lands. https://claude.ai/code/session_01SAUYC8th4ENSgP76LYfEg8
Captures the decision point if the HITL bench is ever shared across sibling repos: org-level runner group with restricted access, host-side flock plus single-runner invariant to serialize across repos (since Actions concurrency groups don't span repositories), trust-surface tightening, and a repository_dispatch carve-out for public-repo sharing. Flags the two moments to revisit. https://claude.ai/code/session_01SAUYC8th4ENSgP76LYfEg8
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Two corrections folded in: the QDX is not a standalone beacon (unlike the U3S) so Phase 1 must include the audio + CAT plumbing, not just CAT; and the plan is rewritten to ~1030 words / 3 pages. Once the Phase 1 audio path lands, every WSJT-family mode is roughly a free addition, so CW (Phase 1.7) and FT8 (Phase 1.8) slot in cheaply. The CW-tone gate moves out of Phase 3 and into Phase 1.7 as a degenerate case of the same harness. Multi-repo bench wiring folded into Phase 3's paragraph rather than its own subsection. https://claude.ai/code/session_01SAUYC8th4ENSgP76LYfEg8
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PLAN.md— a phased plan for a Hardware-in-the-Loop (HITL) test harness that catches firmware-induced regressions to the RX888 RF chain without requiring a live operator test for every change.The bench is nearly all USB-in / USB-out: a QRP Labs QDX transmits via its built-in WSPR beacon, fixed attenuators connect to the RX888 RF input, and both devices are USB to a docker host already running
ka9q-radioandwsprdaemon.The plan ladders four phases, ordered to ship a weak gate fast and let trust accrue before per-PR enforcement lands:
HITLtest, decode-or-not via QDX built-in WSPR beaconradiodstatus-multicast reader + self-hosted GH runnerThis PR is documentation only — no code, no container changes, no workflow YAML.
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PLAN.mdrenders on GitHub (tables in §3, ASCII topology in §2)git diff --stat main..HEADshows onlyPLAN.mdadded — nothing else changedhttps://claude.ai/code/session_01SAUYC8th4ENSgP76LYfEg8
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