[Elecraft] K3 - VOX setting per mode

[David Wilburn]

I am not sure if this is a bug or a feature.... ;)

Start out with the rig in SSB, and the VOX off.  Then go to CW mode 
and the VOX is on.  Good so far.

Then go to RTTY.  VOX is off.  In my case, I need VOX on, so I turn it on.

Now I go back to SSB where I started out, and VOX is on.  Which I 
usually find out when I lay the headset on the table, or any loud noise.

The opposite is also true.  If you turn off VOX in RTTY, it stays off, 
regardless of previous settings in SSB mode.

Why do SSB and RTTY have to follow the VOX setting of the other?

On RTTY, I operate AFSK and use VOX for keying the rig.  I usually 
have N1MM or DX Labs controlling the rig through the serial port. 
There may be another solution, but this has always worked well for me. 
  The only problem is what seems to me, to be an inconstancy in the 
application of VOX.  I usually find out the VOX is not on in RTTY, 
when I try to answer a CQ, and it doesn't work.

Is this how it is supposed to work, or am I not doing something correctly?

Dave Wilburn
NM4M