It was also my understanding that the Delay Settings in Seconds i.e. 15 seconds on the Squelch/Keypress timers, was the amount of time the display will stay on when activated by squelch opening or a key press. So the screen WILL TURN OFF after 15 seconds have passed EVEN if there's a transmission still active.
That brings up the question, in the current state of operation, which timer takes precedence when there's a squelch opening and you also do a keypress around the same time?
I would think the display would stay on for the amount of whatever timer is longest, whether is the Squelch or the Keypress. But what about when they're both set to the same? I would think it'll go by the timer of the one activated last. But maybe once the timer is activated, it starts the countdown and ignores anything else after that?
Which brings me to a theory of what some people could be seeing, maybe just maybe, the flickering and other anomalies may have to do with a squelch or keypress timer running out at the same time the squelch opens on another transmission different from the original one that started the timer set. Or just some anomaly related to the timers somehow.
The main issue I'm seeing in all this backlight business, which I brought up in another thread, is that no matter what delay I choose, the radio always behave as if Open Squelch is selected and the display comes on when the squelch opens and goes back off as soon as the transmission is over, instead of staying on for the 15 seconds I have set.
I personally would like the behavior to be instead: I set a Squelch/Keypress timer of 5 seconds. When the squelch or a keypress happens, the screen turns on and stays on for the duration of the transmission or whatever I'm doing with the keyoad, and if there isn't any more open squelch or keypresses for 5 seconds, THEN it turns off.
