Dear developers, I am using jpskmail 1.5.x with fldigi V3.21.8 I have noted that from some version 1.+ of jpskmail there is an automatic squelch level adjustment. I have also read about it in the manual. Is there any way to turn it off, so a manual setting can remain in effect? With the conditions at the home QTH, the automatic adjustment often results in a too high level, causing my fldigi to loose packets during QSB or signals from relatively weaker stations. It seems to be caused by two things: 1) Level is adjusted (somewhat) upwards on pulse noise 2) Level is adjusted upwards also during reception of a real signal exceeding the current squelch level. I think in general it is very difficult to design an automatic squelch level function which will be adequate for all circumstances, so I would like to propose some setting for turning it off and on. Otherwise the algorithm should be improved to not adjust upwards during the presence of a carrier and to be less reactive to pulse noise. The condition "presence of a carrier" could be simplified to "a pskmail packet being received", i.e. when the client sees the packet header, it could stop adjusting the squelch, until the packet <eot> is detected, or when the packet is deemed terminated on a timeout. In this case the squelch would still adjust upwards on non-pskmail signals, but that is probably a minor imperfection. Regards & 73 Peter, OZ1QT