[1000mp] New MARK-V

[Pete Smith]

At 09:10 AM 3/16/03 -0500, Dennis wrote:
>Yes the VOX is "ELEMENTARY" and that's the first thing I should have
>done....but I didn't.....DUH.  All is fine with the VOX depressed and I'm a
>bit RED in the face.  My TS-2000 would automatically go to VOX in the CW
>mode and I just didn't think of it with the MARK-5.  Sorry for the post and
>waste of your time, mostly new rig jitters I think.


Don't feel badly, Dennis.  I've had mine 2 years and just discovered that 
the antenna selection pushbuttons are independently programmed, depending 
on the band.  That is, you can have the A button pressed (as usual), switch 
to a different band, and discover that the B antenna is selected 
instead.  I just finished fixing my amp and couldn't figure out why it 
would not work on 20 -- turns out I had somehow depressed the B button 
while on 20 previously, and hadn't noticed...

Yes, I understand why they would do it this way, just didn't expect it.


73, Pete N4ZR
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