[Elecraft] K3 - VOX setting per mode

[wayne burdick]

Separate voice/data VOX is on the firmware list.

tnx
Wayne
N6KR

On Mar 3, 2009, at 7:53 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:

>
>> The opposite is also true.  If you turn off VOX in RTTY, it
>> stays off, regardless of previous settings in SSB mode.
>
> I suspect it is because DATA A and AFSK A are special cases of
> SSB.  You will find that FSK D and PSK D are special cases of
> CW as well.  The VOX status is maintained separately for the
> SSB cases (USB/LSB/DATA A/AFSK A) and the CW cases (CW/CW-R/FSK D/
> PSK D).
>
> 73,
>
>    ... Joe, W4TV
>
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
>> [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of David Wilburn
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 9:26 PM
>> To: Elecraft Discussion List
>> Subject: [Elecraft] K3 - VOX setting per mode
>>
>>
>> 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
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