A fairly common occurrence. Those of us with cats or small children get in the habit of clicking off the VOX any time we walk away from the radio. But it's not a bad idea for everyone. Kids are grown up now, still got the cat. 73 -- Carl WS7L > Assuming I don't get written up for transmitting > 20 or 30 minutes of 25 wpm dots at 14.001 MHz (hi).