diff --git a/civcontrol.go b/civcontrol.go
index 2b77327..ee2151c 100644
--- a/civcontrol.go
+++ b/civcontrol.go
@@ -1023,7 +1023,9 @@ func prepPacket(command string, data []byte) (pkt []byte) {
 }
 
 // encode to BCD using double dabble algorithm
-func encodeForSend(decimal int) (bcd []byte) {
+//  TODO - figure out if this method is actually incorrect, or if our BCDToDec is wrong
+//         *OR* if the radio isn't really using BCD because this original method seems to actually work
+func encodeForSendDoubleDabble(decimal int) (bcd []byte) {
 
 	v := uint32(decimal)
 	v <<= 3
@@ -1048,6 +1050,15 @@ func encodeForSend(decimal int) (bcd []byte) {
 	return
 }
 
+// this effectively is the decimal to BCD conversion method in the original version
+func encodeForSend(decimal int) (bcd []byte) {
+
+    v := uint16(0x0255 * (float64(decimal)))
+    bcd = append(bcd, byte(v >> 8))         // high part shifted down to      0 - 255
+    bcd = append(bcd, byte(v & 0xff))       // low part sent part directly as 0 - 255
+    return
+}
+
 func BCDToDec(bcd []byte) int {
 	return int(bcd[0]*100 + bcd[1])
 }
diff --git a/controlstream.go b/controlstream.go
index e52e8f3..12783b7 100644
--- a/controlstream.go
+++ b/controlstream.go
@@ -294,6 +294,7 @@ func (s *controlStream) loop() {
 	for {
 		select {
 		case r := <-s.common.readChan:
+			// unless we're trying to deinit the connection, handle the data sent by the radio
 			if !s.deinitializing {
 				if err := s.handleRead(r); err != nil {
 					reportError(err)
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 8c0b00d..d7c722d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,15 +1,21 @@
-module github.com/nonoo/kappanhang
+module github.com/AD8IM/kappanhang
 
-go 1.14
+go 1.23.0
 
 require (
 	github.com/akosmarton/papipes v0.0.0-20201027113853-3c63b4919c76
-	github.com/fatih/color v1.9.0
+	github.com/fatih/color v1.17.0
 	github.com/google/goterm v0.0.0-20200907032337-555d40f16ae2
-	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.11
+	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20
 	github.com/mesilliac/pulse-simple v0.0.0-20170506101341-75ac54e19fdf
 	github.com/pborman/getopt v1.1.0
-	go.uber.org/multierr v1.6.0 // indirect
-	go.uber.org/zap v1.16.0
-	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190510104115-cbcb75029529
+	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.27.0
+)
+
+require (
+	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13 // indirect
+	go.uber.org/multierr v1.10.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.25.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/term v0.24.0 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 9804389..ff95fa2 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,75 +1,37 @@
-github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1 h1:WXkYYl6Yr3qBf1K79EBnL4mak0OimBfB0XUf9Vl28OQ=
-github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1/go.mod h1:xHWCNGjB5oqiDr8zfno3MHue2Ht5sIBksp03qcyfWMU=
 github.com/akosmarton/papipes v0.0.0-20201027113853-3c63b4919c76 h1:JxmEAp9MVbC4up4TAt6UXEPzfb+S90Uji1SKehF3B00=
 github.com/akosmarton/papipes v0.0.0-20201027113853-3c63b4919c76/go.mod h1:mdvQ399enti+OdGDfk21dAR0/nkd9oUak/wiEbwowtc=
-github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
-github.com/fatih/color v1.9.0 h1:8xPHl4/q1VyqGIPif1F+1V3Y3lSmrq01EabUW3CoW5s=
-github.com/fatih/color v1.9.0/go.mod h1:eQcE1qtQxscV5RaZvpXrrb8Drkc3/DdQ+uUYCNjL+zU=
+github.com/fatih/color v1.17.0 h1:GlRw1BRJxkpqUCBKzKOw098ed57fEsKeNjpTe3cSjK4=
+github.com/fatih/color v1.17.0/go.mod h1:YZ7TlrGPkiz6ku9fK3TLD/pl3CpsiFyu8N92HLgmosI=
 github.com/google/goterm v0.0.0-20200907032337-555d40f16ae2 h1:CVuJwN34x4xM2aT4sIKhmeib40NeBPhRihNjQmpJsA4=
 github.com/google/goterm v0.0.0-20200907032337-555d40f16ae2/go.mod h1:nOFQdrUlIlx6M6ODdSpBj1NVA+VgLC6kmw60mkw34H4=
-github.com/google/renameio v0.1.0/go.mod h1:KWCgfxg9yswjAJkECMjeO8J8rahYeXnNhOm40UhjYkI=
-github.com/kisielk/gotool v1.0.0/go.mod h1:XhKaO+MFFWcvkIS/tQcRk01m1F5IRFswLeQ+oQHNcck=
-github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0 h1:L/CwN0zerZDmRFUapSPitk6f+Q3+0za1rQkzVuMiMFI=
-github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0/go.mod h1:dAy3ld7l9f0ibDNOQOHHMYYIIbhfbHSm3C4ZsoJORNo=
-github.com/kr/pty v1.1.1/go.mod h1:pFQYn66WHrOpPYNljwOMqo10TkYh1fy3cYio2l3bCsQ=
-github.com/kr/text v0.1.0 h1:45sCR5RtlFHMR4UwH9sdQ5TC8v0qDQCHnXt+kaKSTVE=
-github.com/kr/text v0.1.0/go.mod h1:4Jbv+DJW3UT/LiOwJeYQe1efqtUx/iVham/4vfdArNI=
-github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.4 h1:snbPLB8fVfU9iwbbo30TPtbLRzwWu6aJS6Xh4eaaviA=
-github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.4/go.mod h1:U0ppj6V5qS13XJ6of8GYAs25YV2eR4EVcfRqFIhoBtE=
-github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.8/go.mod h1:Iq45c/XA43vh69/j3iqttzPXn0bhXyGjM0Hdxcsrc5s=
-github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.11 h1:FxPOTFNqGkuDUGi3H/qkUbQO4ZiBa2brKq5r0l8TGeM=
-github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.11/go.mod h1:PhnuNfih5lzO57/f3n+odYbM4JtupLOxQOAqxQCu2WE=
+github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13 h1:fFA4WZxdEF4tXPZVKMLwD8oUnCTTo08duU7wxecdEvA=
+github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13/go.mod h1:7S9/ev0klgBDR4GtXTXX8a3vIGJpMovkB8vQcUbaXHg=
+github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.16/go.mod h1:kYGgaQfpe5nmfYZH+SKPsOc2e4SrIfOl2e/yFXSvRLM=
+github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20 h1:xfD0iDuEKnDkl03q4limB+vH+GxLEtL/jb4xVJSWWEY=
+github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20/go.mod h1:W+V8PltTTMOvKvAeJH7IuucS94S2C6jfK/D7dTCTo3Y=
 github.com/mesilliac/pulse-simple v0.0.0-20170506101341-75ac54e19fdf h1:Zkc2mThKEz8uIFMN5S9Vde4F075QqonswrYWngsjq0g=
 github.com/mesilliac/pulse-simple v0.0.0-20170506101341-75ac54e19fdf/go.mod h1:w/UDU7AYzhUNZpb9TmWkrEFVu1+yA8jn++5871x9hWc=
 github.com/pborman/getopt v1.1.0 h1:eJ3aFZroQqq0bWmraivjQNt6Dmm5M0h2JcDW38/Azb0=
 github.com/pborman/getopt v1.1.0/go.mod h1:FxXoW1Re00sQG/+KIkuSqRL/LwQgSkv7uyac+STFsbk=
-github.com/pkg/errors v0.8.1 h1:iURUrRGxPUNPdy5/HRSm+Yj6okJ6UtLINN0Q9M4+h3I=
-github.com/pkg/errors v0.8.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
-github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M8bDsm7K2OlrFYOpmOWEs/qY81heoFRclV5y23lUDJ4=
-github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M5WIy9Dh21IEIfnGCwXGc5bZfKNJtfHm1UVUgZn+9EI=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0 h1:2E4SXV/wtOkTonXsotYi4li6zVWxYlZuYNCXe9XRJyk=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0/go.mod h1:j7eGeouHqKxXV5pUuKE4zz7dFj8WfuZ+81PSLYec5m4=
-go.uber.org/atomic v1.6.0/go.mod h1:sABNBOSYdrvTF6hTgEIbc7YasKWGhgEQZyfxyTvoXHQ=
-go.uber.org/atomic v1.7.0 h1:ADUqmZGgLDDfbSL9ZmPxKTybcoEYHgpYfELNoN+7hsw=
-go.uber.org/atomic v1.7.0/go.mod h1:fEN4uk6kAWBTFdckzkM89CLk9XfWZrxpCo0nPH17wJc=
-go.uber.org/multierr v1.5.0/go.mod h1:FeouvMocqHpRaaGuG9EjoKcStLC43Zu/fmqdUMPcKYU=
-go.uber.org/multierr v1.6.0 h1:y6IPFStTAIT5Ytl7/XYmHvzXQ7S3g/IeZW9hyZ5thw4=
-go.uber.org/multierr v1.6.0/go.mod h1:cdWPpRnG4AhwMwsgIHip0KRBQjJy5kYEpYjJxpXp9iU=
-go.uber.org/tools v0.0.0-20190618225709-2cfd321de3ee/go.mod h1:vJERXedbb3MVM5f9Ejo0C68/HhF8uaILCdgjnY+goOA=
-go.uber.org/zap v1.16.0 h1:uFRZXykJGK9lLY4HtgSw44DnIcAM+kRBP7x5m+NpAOM=
-go.uber.org/zap v1.16.0/go.mod h1:MA8QOfq0BHJwdXa996Y4dYkAqRKB8/1K1QMMZVaNZjQ=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190510104115-cbcb75029529 h1:iMGN4xG0cnqj3t+zOM8wUB0BiPKHEwSxEZCvzcbZuvk=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190510104115-cbcb75029529/go.mod h1:yigFU9vqHzYiE8UmvKecakEJjdnWj3jj499lnFckfCI=
-golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20190930215403-16217165b5de h1:5hukYrvBGR8/eNkX5mdUezrA6JiaEZDtJb9Ei+1LlBs=
-golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20190930215403-16217165b5de/go.mod h1:6SW0HCj/g11FgYtHlgUYUwCkIfeOF89ocIRzGO/8vkc=
-golang.org/x/mod v0.0.0-20190513183733-4bf6d317e70e/go.mod h1:mXi4GBBbnImb6dmsKGUJ2LatrhH/nqhxcFungHvyanc=
-golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190311183353-d8887717615a/go.mod h1:t9HGtf8HONx5eT2rtn7q6eTqICYqUVnKs3thJo3Qplg=
-golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190404232315-eb5bcb51f2a3/go.mod h1:t9HGtf8HONx5eT2rtn7q6eTqICYqUVnKs3thJo3Qplg=
-golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190620200207-3b0461eec859/go.mod h1:z5CRVTTTmAJ677TzLLGU+0bjPO0LkuOLi4/5GtJWs/s=
-golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20190423024810-112230192c58/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190215142949-d0b11bdaac8a/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190222072716-a9d3bda3a223/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190412213103-97732733099d/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20191026070338-33540a1f6037 h1:YyJpGZS1sBuBCzLAR1VEpK193GlqGZbnPFnPV/5Rsb4=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20191026070338-33540a1f6037/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
-golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
-golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20190311212946-11955173bddd/go.mod h1:LCzVGOaR6xXOjkQ3onu1FJEFr0SW1gC7cKk1uF8kGRs=
-golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20190621195816-6e04913cbbac/go.mod h1:/rFqwRUd4F7ZHNgwSSTFct+R/Kf4OFW1sUzUTQQTgfc=
-golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20191029041327-9cc4af7d6b2c/go.mod h1:b+2E5dAYhXwXZwtnZ6UAqBI28+e2cm9otk0dWdXHAEo=
-golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20191029190741-b9c20aec41a5 h1:hKsoRgsbwY1NafxrwTs+k64bikrLBkAgPir1TNCj3Zs=
-golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20191029190741-b9c20aec41a5/go.mod h1:b+2E5dAYhXwXZwtnZ6UAqBI28+e2cm9otk0dWdXHAEo=
-golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20190717185122-a985d3407aa7/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
-gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
-gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20180628173108-788fd7840127 h1:qIbj1fsPNlZgppZ+VLlY7N33q108Sa+fhmuc+sWQYwY=
-gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20180628173108-788fd7840127/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
-gopkg.in/errgo.v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:hNsd1EY+bozCKY1Ytp96fpM3vjJbqLJn88ws8XvfDNI=
-gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2 h1:ZCJp+EgiOT7lHqUV2J862kp8Qj64Jo6az82+3Td9dZw=
-gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
-honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2019.2.3 h1:3JgtbtFHMiCmsznwGVTUWbgGov+pVqnlf1dEJTNAXeM=
-honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2019.2.3/go.mod h1:a3bituU0lyd329TUQxRnasdCoJDkEUEAqEt0JzvZhAg=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1 h1:w7B6lhMri9wdJUVmEZPGGhZzrYTPvgJArz7wNPgYKsk=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1/go.mod h1:w2LPCIKwWwSfY2zedu0+kehJoqGctiVI29o6fzry7u4=
+go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0 h1:2K3zAYmnTNqV73imy9J1T3WC+gmCePx2hEGkimedGto=
+go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0/go.mod h1:CoHD4mav9JJNrW/WLlf7HGZPjdw8EucARQHekz1X6bE=
+go.uber.org/multierr v1.10.0 h1:S0h4aNzvfcFsC3dRF1jLoaov7oRaKqRGC/pUEJ2yvPQ=
+go.uber.org/multierr v1.10.0/go.mod h1:20+QtiLqy0Nd6FdQB9TLXag12DsQkrbs3htMFfDN80Y=
+go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0 h1:aJMhYGrd5QSmlpLMr2MftRKl7t8J8PTZPA732ud/XR8=
+go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0/go.mod h1:GB2qFLM7cTU87MWRP2mPIjqfIDnGu+VIO4V/SdhGo2E=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.27.0 h1:GXm2NjJrPaiv/h1tb2UH8QfgC/hOf/+z0p6PT8o1w7A=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.27.0/go.mod h1:1Xngt8kV6Dvbssa53Ziq6Eqn0HqbZi5Z6R0ZpwQzt70=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220811171246-fbc7d0a398ab/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.6.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.25.0 h1:r+8e+loiHxRqhXVl6ML1nO3l1+oFoWbnlu2Ehimmi34=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.25.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
+golang.org/x/term v0.24.0 h1:Mh5cbb+Zk2hqqXNO7S1iTjEphVL+jb8ZWaqh/g+JWkM=
+golang.org/x/term v0.24.0/go.mod h1:lOBK/LVxemqiMij05LGJ0tzNr8xlmwBRJ81PX6wVLH8=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 22da284..6f4ef46 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ func wait(d time.Duration, osSignal chan os.Signal) (shouldExit bool) {
 }
 
 func runControlStream(osSignal chan os.Signal) (requireWait, shouldExit bool, exitCode int) {
-	// Depleting gotErrChan.
+	// drain off any messages on the gotErrChan channel
 	var finished bool
 	for !finished {
 		select {
@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@ func runControlStream(osSignal chan os.Signal) (requireWait, shouldExit bool, ex
 		}
 	}
 
+	// create a new control stream object and initialize it
+	// the initialization will do the auth exchange and then starts a go routine
+	// which starts a reauth-needed timer and listens on the UDP connection stream
+	// for incoming data to handle
 	ctrl := &controlStream{}
 	if err := ctrl.init(); err != nil {
 		log.Error(err)
@@ -66,6 +70,8 @@ func runControlStream(osSignal chan os.Signal) (requireWait, shouldExit bool, ex
 		return
 	}
 
+	// block until we hear quit request, signal from OS, or an error
+	//  in all cases we'll deinit the control stream here
 	select {
 	// Need to wait before reinit because the IC-705 will disconnect our audio stream eventually
 	//   if we relogin in a too short interval without a deauth...