so ive been messing with RemoteHams for about 3 months now and overall its pretty solid but theres this one thing thats been driving me nuts. whenever i pass control of the remote station to another client the audio just drops out for like 8-10 seconds. sometimes it comes back, sometimes i have to restart the RCForb client entirely to get it back.

the station end is running an IC-7300 through the RemoteHams server software on a little fanless mini PC. internet at the station end is comcast business so its not like its a flaky connection. my end is just a normal home cable connection. both sides are showing decent latency, like 45ms or so which shouldnt be causing this.

i wonder if its a codec negotiation thing happening during the handoff or if theres some buffer somewhere thats not getting flushed properly. anyone dealt with this before? the forum over on the RemoteHams site has some stuff but its kind of sparse. figured id ask here since a few of you guys run remote setups.

had something similar a while back, turned out to be a setting in the server config related to audio device exclusive mode on windows. if the server software is releasing and re-acquiring the audio device during the handoff that would explain the delay. check whether youre using WASAPI exclusive or shared mode in the server settings. switching mine to shared mode killed the dropout almost entirely though i did notice a tiny bit more latency afterward, nothing operationally significant.

also worth checking if theres a VAC or virtual audio cable in the chain because those can sometimes hold onto device handles longer than expected during transitions. what OS is the server mini PC running?

not sure about the specifics of the handoff thing but i run a similar setup with an SDR connected through RemoteHams and honestly the software is a bit finicky about audio in general. i had a problem for weeks that turned out to be my router doing something weird with UDP packets during periods of low activity, like it was aggressively closing the connection and the audio had to renegotiate. putting the server PC in the DMZ fixed it for me but obviously thats not for everyone depending on your situation at the station end.