diff --git a/internal/cat/icomnet.go b/internal/cat/icomnet.go
index 818171b..8eb011c 100644
--- a/internal/cat/icomnet.go
+++ b/internal/cat/icomnet.go
@@ -136,6 +136,11 @@ type icomNet struct {
 	// but link fine" (stay connected) from "link dead" (reconnect). See Alive().
 	lastRx atomic.Int64
 
+	// dead is set when the rig explicitly tears the session down (control 0x05):
+	// Alive() then returns false immediately so ReadState fails on the next poll and
+	// the manager reconnects cleanly, instead of waiting out the 6 s lastRx timeout.
+	dead atomic.Bool
+
 	// audio is the optional RX audio stream (UDP 50003). nil when audio is off.
 	// Torn down alongside the CI-V/control streams in Close.
 	audio *icomAudio
@@ -178,6 +183,9 @@ func (n *icomNet) markRx() { n.lastRx.Store(time.Now().UnixNano()) }
 // the radio — is gone. Independent of CI-V replies, so a powered-off rig still
 // reads as Alive and the session isn't torn down. Satisfies aliveTransport.
 func (n *icomNet) Alive() bool {
+	if n.dead.Load() {
+		return false // rig sent an explicit disconnect — reconnect now, don't wait
+	}
 	last := n.lastRx.Load()
 	if last == 0 {
 		return true // just connected, nothing received yet — give it a chance
@@ -292,6 +300,7 @@ func (n *icomNet) ctrlPump() {
 					n.ctrlResend(icnLE.Uint16(buf[6:]))
 				}
 			case 0x05: // rig-initiated disconnect — it dropped US
+				n.dead.Store(true) // make Alive() fail now → prompt clean reconnect
 				debugLog.Printf("icom net: rig sent DISCONNECT on control stream — session dropped by the rig")
 			default:
 				// Anything else on the control stream is (almost always) the rig's
@@ -367,6 +376,7 @@ func (n *icomNet) civPump() {
 					n.resend(icnLE.Uint16(buf[6:]))
 				}
 			case typ == 0x05: // rig-initiated disconnect — it dropped US
+				n.dead.Store(true) // make Alive() fail now → prompt clean reconnect
 				debugLog.Printf("icom net: rig sent DISCONNECT on CI-V stream — session dropped by the rig")
 			case typ == 0x00 && k > 0x15 && buf[0x10] == 0xc1: // CI-V data
 				n.trackRxSeq(icnLE.Uint16(buf[6:])) // note gaps for retransmit
diff --git a/internal/cat/omnirig.go b/internal/cat/omnirig.go
index 2046934..3a457f9 100644
--- a/internal/cat/omnirig.go
+++ b/internal/cat/omnirig.go
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ type OmniRig struct {
 	omnirig *ole.IDispatch
 	rig     *ole.IDispatch
 	lastSig string // last logged Split/VFO signature — only log on change
+	rigType string // OmniRig's RigType string (the .ini title), e.g. "IC-7610"
 
 	// lastSetFreq is the frequency most recently COMMANDED via SetFrequency.
 	// SetMode uses it to pick USB vs LSB for "SSB" instead of reading OmniRig's
@@ -80,11 +81,20 @@ func (o *OmniRig) Connect() error {
 	o.rig = rigVar.ToIDispatch()
 
 	if rt, err := oleutil.GetProperty(o.rig, "RigType"); err == nil {
-		debugLog.Printf("OmniRig connected to Rig%d type=%q", o.RigNum, rt.ToString())
+		o.rigType = rt.ToString()
+		debugLog.Printf("OmniRig connected to Rig%d type=%q", o.RigNum, o.rigType)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
 
+// isIC7610 reports whether the connected rig is an IC-7610. OmniRig's generic
+// Freq property reads the wrong VFO on the 7610 (its Main/Sub model confuses the
+// stock ini), so we read VFO A explicitly for it instead — matching what Log4OM
+// shows.
+func (o *OmniRig) isIC7610() bool {
+	return strings.Contains(strings.ToUpper(o.rigType), "7610")
+}
+
 func (o *OmniRig) Disconnect() {
 	if o.rig != nil {
 		o.rig.Release()
@@ -199,6 +209,12 @@ func (o *OmniRig) ReadState() (RigState, error) {
 		s.Split = false
 		s.RxFreqHz = 0
 		s.FreqHz = freqMain
+		// IC-7610 quirk: OmniRig's generic Freq reports VFO B (its Main/Sub model
+		// confuses the stock ini), so OpsLog showed the wrong VFO. Read VFO A
+		// explicitly for the 7610 — what the operator actually wants to see.
+		if o.isIC7610() && freqA != 0 {
+			s.FreqHz = freqA
+		}
 		if s.FreqHz == 0 {
 			if s.Vfo == "B" || s.Vfo == "BB" {
 				s.FreqHz = freqB