   } else if (millisSinceActivity > SNOOZETIME) {
     // Stop the open-line chattering
     HWSERIAL.setBreak();
-  } else {
+  } else if(!isRx8BitClean) {
     // Keep the line open so timing errors are minimized
     sendToTTY(0);
   }


// Uncomment this to ignore the hardware switches and use basic defaults
#define IGNORE_THE_SWITCHES


#ifdef TESTING
#define HWSERIAL Serial

  isRx8BitClean  = 0;
#endif

#endif

#ifdef DEBUG_ALL
  Serial.print("Tx 8-bit clean? ");  Serial.println(yesno(isTx8BitClean));
  if (!isTx8BitClean) {
