[Elecraft] OT: foot switch - why?

[Ed Muns]

> IMHO, the real reason for a foot switch is timing. When 
> running high rates in a phone contest, you can't set the VOX 
> delay and hang time well enough to drop the PTT soon enough 
> without chopping up in the middle of speaking (or yelling, as 
> it were).

... Until the K3 came along with KK7P's DSP and VOX firmware.  I used the K3
VOX for the entire 24 hours of 2007 Sweepstakes with no misses (and, no
yelling).  Incredibly smooth and responsive.

73,
Ed - W0YK