Hi,

Cheers Dana, that was it!!!  Disabling STE cured it :)  I Feel a bit of a fool for not spotting that in the manual :)

I will take the advice about Baofeng being rubbish (they are, I get quite bad pager breakthrough etc) - the only one I can find that seems to fit the bill without going for a shack-in-a-box is a Yeasu FT-25E.  But at the moment it's just an experiment with near dummy loads for antennas - I'll see if it can get it all working first.

Cheers again,

Mat.

On Sun, 28 Mar 2021, at 11:51 PM, Dana Myers wrote:

On 3/28/2021 12:53 PM, Matthew Corcoran wrote:

Hi,

I'm a packet newbie and I've got direwolf working (have to say, the manual is very good :) ).  I'm using USB serial PTT control with a Baofeng - PTT is quick at TX, no problems there, but a bit slow releasing so it transmits over some replies.

Have you made sure to disable "Squelch Tail Elimination" on the radio ?



It may be enabled by default.

73,
Dana? K6JQ

I've looked at TXTAIL, but it seems that also delays the PTT - Is there a way to continue the carrier for a set time without delaying the PTT.  I've looked at direwolf -d o and everything seems ok there.

Cheers,

Mat.