[Dx4win] Radio timeouts?

[Paul B. Peters, VE7AVV]

I use a pair of Kenwood TS-850's. The interface to my computer is the
N6TR -- ultra-simplistic design. It works great, but DX4WIN does from
time-to-time generate a radio timeout message. If I spin the dial hard or
I'm just cruising up and down the band, I can without difficulty timeout the
radio. I have experimented with the poll rate and found 1000ms seems to
works better than the default of 5000ms -- but the timeouts still occur. The
interface works very well with other programs -- so I have eliminated this
from the equation.

I would be interested in knowing from this community and especially from
other Kenwood 850 owners (who might have seen similar radio timeouts), if
you have experimented and changed the baud rate for the com port that hosts
the radio interface. In looking at my settings the com port (in the Windows
Control Panel System settings) is set to 9600 yet the radio operates at the
Kenwood default of 4800. Is this a problem?
Further if you have experienced radio timeouts (specifically with a Kenwood
radio), what if anything have you tried and did it work?

73 de Paul, VE7AVV
StoneyGround Station
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