diff --git a/gui_vue/src/components/main_rig_control.vue b/gui_vue/src/components/main_rig_control.vue
index e44fb0b8..aa663cd6 100644
--- a/gui_vue/src/components/main_rig_control.vue
+++ b/gui_vue/src/components/main_rig_control.vue
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ alert("not yet implemented")
               role="rig-control-tablist"
             >
               <a
-                class="py-1 list-group-item list-group-item-action"
+                class="py-1 ps-1 pe-1 list-group-item list-group-item-action"
                 id="list-rig-control-none-list"
                 data-bs-toggle="list"
                 href="#list-rig-control-none"
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ alert("not yet implemented")
                 >None/Vox</a
               >
               <a
-                class="py-1 list-group-item list-group-item-action"
+                class="py-1 ps-1 pe-1 list-group-item list-group-item-action"
                 id="list-rig-control-rigctld-list"
                 data-bs-toggle="list"
                 href="#list-rig-control-rigctld"
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ alert("not yet implemented")
                 >Rigctld</a
               >
               <a
-                class="py-1 list-group-item list-group-item-action"
+                class="py-1 ps-1 pe-1 list-group-item list-group-item-action"
                 id="list-rig-control-tci-list"
                 data-bs-toggle="list"
                 href="#list-rig-control-tci"
diff --git a/gui_vue/src/js/chatHandler.ts b/gui_vue/src/js/chatHandler.ts
index 1907490a..ef86760d 100644
--- a/gui_vue/src/js/chatHandler.ts
+++ b/gui_vue/src/js/chatHandler.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ const chat = useChatStore(pinia);
 import { useStateStore } from "../store/stateStore.js";
 const state = useStateStore(pinia);
 
-import { sendMessage } from "./sock.js";
+import { sendMessage, sendBroadcastChannel } from "./sock.js";
 import { displayToast } from "./popupHandler.js";
 
 
@@ -191,7 +191,8 @@ let newChatObj: messageDefaultObject = {
 };
 
 
-    sendMessage(newChatObj)
+    //sendMessage(newChatObj)
+    sendBroadcastChannel(newChatObj)
 
   addObjToDatabase(newChatObj);
 }
diff --git a/gui_vue/src/js/sock.js b/gui_vue/src/js/sock.js
index 84b4f993..7a40cacd 100644
--- a/gui_vue/src/js/sock.js
+++ b/gui_vue/src/js/sock.js
@@ -825,9 +825,15 @@ export function sendFecIsWriting(mycallsign) {
 }
 
 // SEND FEC TO BROADCASTCHANNEL
-export function sendBroadcastChannel(channel, data_out, uuid) {
-  let checksum = "";
-  let command = "";
+//export function sendBroadcastChannel(channel, data_out, uuid) {
+export function sendBroadcastChannel(obj) {
+
+  let checksum = obj.checksum;
+  let command = obj.command;
+  let uuid = obj.uuid;
+  let channel = obj.dxcallsign
+  let data_out = obj.msg
+
   let data = btoa_FD(
     "m" +
       split_char +