Good morning. Similar issues
Windows 11 machine, using an AR152 which is essentially a baofeng
FLDIGI tries to send, but won’t activate the PTT.
Now, got a few standard digirigs - one of which is installed and works on an HF radio, my Yaesu 891 when running JS8call and Vara, so I wanna say drivers aren’t my problem but I don’t know what my issue is
Com 8 is the comport for this concern, although others are used for running HF and I don’t know why
I have had problems pushing the K connector all the way in on the Baofeng handset. It took more force than I expected.
There are 2 Silicon Labs COM ports. Have you tried the other COM port? Is your device a Digirig Mobile, or a DR-891?
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I have regular digirigs
Com port 8 is what pops up for this radio, regardess of what I choose or what usb port I plug into
This must be frustrating, since I realize you are experienced with setting up Digirig for digital modes.
Denis has written a guide, Troubleshooting Digital Modes – digirig which presents a step-by-step approach, especially for triggering PTT.
73 Constrainted
New thread since Baofeng AR-512 is a commercial radio, unlike the UV-5R. The pinout for the handmics do seem the same, so the Digirig uv-5r cable set should work. We need to keep our eyes on the higher power, 10W, and the chance for RFI.
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I would start from fixing whatever issue windows is reporting for the COM ports.
If you need to remove and reinstall the driver then look for the link and instructions in getting started tutorial.
Also figure out which port belongs to what device by unplugging them one at-a-time and checking for the COMs that disappear.
Good morning. More testing, more errors.
So I tried again, by plugging in and unplugging it’s now confirmed to be comport 25. (Photo)
Not sure why the other comports have error icons. I also ensured I’ve got the most up to date driver installed.
I used WSJTX to do a PTT test. When I test the PTT, the radio keys up for 1-2 seconds, then it gives me this error message (photo) then the radio stops transmitting
I tried everything in FLDIGI just to see if anything worked there. I placed a simple text (test 123) in the dialog box.
I hit TX, the radio keys up for 1-2 seconds then goes dark, and you can see the computer trying to send the signal in the waterfall, but it’s lagging horribly. A normal transmission that would last 3-4 seconds is now taking 3-4 minutes.
I’m not sure what I’m doing wrong here.
Oh, I also dropped transmit power on the radio to low.
You are on the right path. This error is caused by the RFI from the radio. Likely reason is an unbalanced antenna system which relies on Digirig cable to work as a missing leg messing up things in the process. You can use external antenna, add counterpoise/ground plane at the antenna connection, further choke the cables etc.
