Flex 8600 CW Latency (Return to Receive)

Rich - N5ZC

I've noticed on my 8600 that there is a latency to return to receive while operating cw. I don't recall having this issue with my 6600. I'm hoping there is a setting that I'm forgetting about.

When I'm done transmitting, I can hear a relay in the rig click which I'm assuming is the T/R relay. It takes a few milliseconds for the the receive audio to reappear. I don't have a way to measure the latency, but it's significant enough that I miss the beginning portion of a call sign or exchange and have to ask for a repeat.

I tried resolving the issue with the latency setting under the filters tab. Unfortunately I can resolve the return to receive latency but then the filters are useless as I'm hearing all kinds of signals a few KHZ either side of my receive frequency.

This is not a big deal for chasing DX, but it is a significant issue during contest operations.

Am I missing a setting?

Rich - N5ZC

KD0RC

Hi Rich, what do you have CW Delay set to? This is the Delay on the control panel when you are in CW mode.

Gord-VA7GP

In my head, I re-name "CW Delay" to "Hangtime" to correlate with the functionality and terminology I'm more-accustomed to using for almost a half-century.

I wonder if Len is right, and changing CW Delay may give you the rapid-response you seek? And for clarity, I wonder if you might think of it as "Hangtime": semi break-in?

Rich - N5ZC

No matter the delay, there is latency (hang time) before I can hear the receiver.

During a contest I'll set the delay to 50, for normal DX chasing its in the 350 to 450 range. I've even tried a delay time of 0.

Rich - N5ZC

KD0RC

Hi Rich, do you have an amp, noise canceller or something else in line that could be causing the delay?

Rich - N5ZC

Len,

8600/PGXL/TGXL to a Antenna Genius antenna switch.

Rich - N5ZC

KD0RC

Maybe try it with just the rig into a dummy load to see if it is the rig or one of the other components.