diff --git a/getfile.cpp b/getfile.cpp
index 2407c4424..27daef0d6 100644
--- a/getfile.cpp
+++ b/getfile.cpp
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ int ptt(int nport, int ntx, int *iptt)
   }
 
   if(ntx && (!open)) {
-    sprintf(s,"COM%d",nport);
+    sprintf(s,"\\\\.\\COM%d",nport);
     hFile=CreateFile(TEXT(s),GENERIC_WRITE,0,NULL,OPEN_EXISTING,
                      FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL,NULL);
     if(hFile==INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
@@ -159,12 +159,14 @@ int ptt(int nport, int ntx, int *iptt)
     *iptt=0;
     open=0;
   }
+  /*
   if(i3==0) return -(SETRTS);
   if(i4==0) return -(CLRRTS);
   if(i5==0) return -(SETDTR);
   if(i6==0) return -(CLRDTR);
   if(i9==0) return -(CLRBREAK);
   if(i00==0) return -10;
+  */
   return 0;
 #endif
 }
diff --git a/lib/ptt.c b/lib/ptt.c
index c03054ba1..902193fd1 100644
--- a/lib/ptt.c
+++ b/lib/ptt.c
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ int ptt_(int *nport, int *ntx, int *iptt)
   static HANDLE hFile;
   static int open=0;
   char s[10];
-  int i3,i4,i5,i6,i9,i00;
+  int i3=1,i4=1,i5=1,i6=1,i9=1,i00=1;
 
   if(*nport==0) {
     *iptt=*ntx;
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ int ptt_(int *nport, int *ntx, int *iptt)
   }
 
   if(*ntx && (!open)) {
-    sprintf(s,"COM%d",*nport);
+    sprintf(s,"\\\\.\\COM%d",*nport);
     hFile=CreateFile(TEXT(s),GENERIC_WRITE,0,NULL,OPEN_EXISTING,
 		     FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL,NULL);
     if(hFile==INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
@@ -38,11 +38,13 @@ int ptt_(int *nport, int *ntx, int *iptt)
     *iptt=0;
     open=0;
   }
+  /*
   if(i3==0) return 3;
   if(i4==0) return 4;
   if(i5==0) return 5;
   if(i6==0) return 6;
   if(i9==0) return 9;
   if(i00==0) return 10;
+  */
   return 0;
 }
diff --git a/lib/spec9.f90 b/lib/spec9.f90
index 57baddece..62e6338ba 100644
--- a/lib/spec9.f90
+++ b/lib/spec9.f90
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ subroutine spec9(c0,npts8,nsps,fpk0,fpk,xdt,snrdb,i1SoftSymbols)
 
   nsps8=nsps/8
   foffset=fpk0
-  istart=1500
+  istart=1520
 
   call timer('peakdt9 ',0)
   call peakdt9(c1,npts8,nsps8,istart,foffset,idt)
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ subroutine spec9(c0,npts8,nsps,fpk0,fpk,xdt,snrdb,i1SoftSymbols)
      call four2a(c,nfft,1,-1,1)
      do i=0,nfft-1
         sx(i)=real(c(i))**2 + aimag(c(i))**2
-        if(i.ge.1 .and. i.le.8) ssym(ig(i-1),k)=sx(i)
+        if(i.ge.1 .and. i.le.8) ssym(i-1,k)=sx(i)
      enddo
   enddo
 
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ subroutine spec9(c0,npts8,nsps,fpk0,fpk,xdt,snrdb,i1SoftSymbols)
   ave=sum/(69*7)
   call pctile(sx,nsps8,50,xmed)
   ssym=ssym/ave
+
   sig=sig/69.
   df8=1500.0/nsps8
   t=max(1.0,sig/xmed - 1.0)
@@ -101,26 +102,34 @@ subroutine spec9(c0,npts8,nsps,fpk0,fpk,xdt,snrdb,i1SoftSymbols)
   ntones=8
   k=0
   do j=1,69
-     do m=m0-1,0,-1                   !Get bit-wise soft symbols
-        n=2**m
-        r1=0.
-        r2=0.
-        do i=0,ntones-1
-           if(iand(i,n).ne.0) then
-              r1=max(r1,ssym(i,j))
-           else
-              r2=max(r2,ssym(i,j))
+        smax=0.
+        do i=0,7
+           if(ssym(i,j).gt.smax) then
+              smax=ssym(i,j)
+              ipk=i
            endif
         enddo
+
+     do m=m0-1,0,-1                   !Get bit-wise soft symbols
+        if(m.eq.2) then
+           r1=max(ssym(4,j),ssym(5,j),ssym(6,j),ssym(7,j))
+           r0=max(ssym(0,j),ssym(1,j),ssym(2,j),ssym(3,j))
+        else if(m.eq.1) then
+           r1=max(ssym(2,j),ssym(3,j),ssym(4,j),ssym(5,j))
+           r0=max(ssym(0,j),ssym(1,j),ssym(6,j),ssym(7,j))
+        else
+           r1=max(ssym(1,j),ssym(2,j),ssym(4,j),ssym(7,j))
+           r0=max(ssym(0,j),ssym(3,j),ssym(5,j),ssym(6,j))
+        endif
+
         k=k+1
-        i4=nint(10.0*(r1-r2))
+        i4=nint(10.0*(r1-r0))
         if(i4.lt.-127) i4=-127
         if(i4.gt.127) i4=127
         i4=i4+128
         i1SoftSymbolsScrambled(k)=i1
      enddo
   enddo
-
   call interleave9(i1SoftSymbolsScrambled,-1,i1SoftSymbols)
 
   return
diff --git a/wsjtx.iss b/wsjtx.iss
index 0e2dba1f0..360163474 100644
--- a/wsjtx.iss
+++ b/wsjtx.iss
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [Setup]
 AppName=wsjtx
-AppVerName=wsjtx Version 0.4 r2731
+AppVerName=wsjtx Version 0.4 r2746
 AppCopyright=Copyright (C) 2001-2012 by Joe Taylor, K1JT
 DefaultDirName=c:\wsjtx
 DefaultGroupName=wsjtx