All , With special thank you to (Pete, N4ZR).
Thanks to those who responded with suggestions. I changed the com port and cable on the computer from com port 5 (USB port out) to com port 1, which is a real serial port (RS-232) and the long delays and high cpu usage disappeared. DX4WIN v.7.07.02 radio settings are: Radio: Elecraft K3 X4 Address: 00 Baud Rate: 38400 COM Port: 1 Poll rate: 1000 Max tries: 6 DTR High: blank RTS High: blank Second Radio - not in use at this time The K3 is set to: Baud Rate: 38400 Now to move on the setting up N1MM (my favorite contest log software). - Tony - N3ME Tony McClenny 118 Ashwood Street Bethany Beach, DE 19930-9699 (302) 539-5638 Website: www.n3me.net DX Telnet Cluster: dxc.n3me.net ______________________________________________________________ Dx4win mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Dx4win@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html