The log timed it exactly: the CW send at 13:16:17.591, the CAT dropping at
13:16:17.633, forty milliseconds later.
An accepted KY says nothing, but a REJECTED one answers "?;" — and nobody was
reading it. The frame sat in the buffer until the poll loop's next query picked
it up, failed, and the Manager tore the link down. That is the disconnect on
every macro click, and it also explains the silence: the backend was being
rebuilt underneath the send.
Two changes. The KY write is now followed by a short read: silence means
accepted, "?;" means refused — and the operator is told so, naming MENU → CW →
PC KEYING, instead of getting nothing with no reason. And FA; retries once when
it meets a stray rejection, because a "?;" arriving there is almost never about
FA: the rig answers frequency queries perfectly well, it is the previous
command's refusal being attributed to this one.
This does not yet prove the FTDX10 accepts KY at all. It makes the next run say
so plainly either way, which is the point.
rouggy
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