Hello, For some reason, my 878 UVII Plus is acting up while connected to Digirig Lite. I am trying to get a Winlink message through and it looks like there is a PTT delay in the radio that cuts off about 0.5 seconds from the beginning of each transmission (I verified that by listening on another ra…

Is there a delay between Digirig’s PTT light turning on and radio keying up?

Yes, I don’t have good eyes but I got it on video here .

It looks like there is a delay in radio’s response to PTT. Here’s one of the times when Digirig already keyed up, but radio doesn’t transmit: [image] You can also simulate PTT by shorting sleeve and ring 2 on Digirig’s end of the cable to see how responsive the radio is to the hardware PTT. This …

Also consider relevant search results: [image] Delay when PTT is pressed https://www.reddit.com/r/amateurradio/comments/do258o/anytone_878_sluggish/

Thanks, Denis for the help. You’re right. I have a 2-pin connector with stripped ends and I used it to simulare the PTT. There is clearly enough delay that can mess with the transmission. Fortunately, there is an easy fix for it in Direwolf. I just added 450ms of PTT delay and it looks like we’re b…