docs(release): curated v1.7.109-alpha changelog + What's New

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

CHANGELOG.md

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 # Changelog
 
+## v1.7.109-alpha (2026-07-21)
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+- Your node can now program its MeshCore radio's RF settings — frequency, bandwidth, spreading factor, and coding rate — from Mesh → Device settings. Radios that were flashed with mismatched settings could hear that other radios exist but never decode their messages, and until now the only fix was a separate phone app. Set the values once and the node programs the radio automatically (it restarts once to apply); every radio on your mesh must use the same values to talk to each other.
+- The Device settings panel is tidier: values you can edit (name, region, channel) are no longer also shown as separate read-only rows.
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 ## v1.7.108-alpha (2026-07-20)
 
 - Your node connects to the private mesh far more reliably. Nodes rely on a public rendezvous point to find each other, and the only one available was unreachable from many home and office networks — leaving some nodes unable to join the mesh at all. There is now a second, always-reachable rendezvous point, and your node tries every one it knows, so it joins the mesh in seconds instead of being stranded.

neode-ui/src/views/settings/AccountInfoSection.vue

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             <div class="overflow-y-auto flex-1 min-h-0 space-y-6 pr-1">
+              <!-- v1.7.109-alpha -->
+              <div>
+                <div class="flex items-center gap-2 mb-3">
+                  <span class="text-xs font-mono px-2 py-0.5 rounded bg-orange-500/20 text-orange-300">v1.7.109-alpha</span>
+                  <span class="text-xs text-white/40">July 21, 2026</span>
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+                  <p>Your node can now program its MeshCore radio's RF settings — frequency, bandwidth, spreading factor, and coding rate — from Mesh → Device settings. Radios that were flashed with mismatched settings could hear that other radios exist but never decode their messages, and until now the only fix was a separate phone app. Set the values once and the node programs the radio automatically (it restarts once to apply); every radio on your mesh must use the same values to talk to each other.</p>
+                  <p>The Device settings panel is tidier: values you can edit (name, region, channel) are no longer also shown as separate read-only rows.</p>
+                </div>
+              </div>
               <!-- v1.7.108-alpha -->
               <div>
                 <div class="flex items-center gap-2 mb-3">