Hi Robert (and Joe and all) I found the problem on a PURE fluke. As I mentioned this wasn't strictly a DX Base problem. The radio would do this regardless of which logger was connected. I have N1MM and DX Base, plus I was trying some others that were on the hard drive as well, with identical results. I figured it was an FT-1000 MP error, and I was about to blow away the menu settings and try it from scratch. But I had a hunch.
Since this was ONLY happening when the radio was set by software, and the only software in common with all loggers, with Router (used with my Microkeyer). On a whim, I removed the front-panel mic connector and plugged in the stock mic. Everything worked like a champ. Plugged the MK back in, problem re-asserted itself. Turns out there's a setting in Router to set digital sub-bands on a per-band basis. Since I'm not a digimode user at all I flushed that setting for 40 and all is back to normal. Thanks to all who responded, and I'm going to post my findings to the MicroKeyer group just in case anybody else is having fits with this. Cheers, Peter, W2IRT
