[Elecraft] Elecraft KX3 Owner's Manual now available (*preliminary*)

[Wayne Burdick]

VOX will work with the KX3 as well.

Wayne

On Mar 5, 2012, at 10:35 AM, Jim Brown wrote:

> On 3/5/2012 9:43 AM, Lance Collister, W7GJ wrote:
>> Looks like I will have to get a second USB cable for the KX3, and
>> build some sort of interface that will plug into the KX3's custom mic
>> jack to trigger the PTT.
>
> Lance,
>
> As I noted in a post on this topic to the WSJT list, VOX works just  
> fine
> for WSJT signals fed to the line input with well-behaved rigs and
> well-behaved amps.  By well-behaved I mean having suitable delays
> between a TX line controlling the power amp and the beginning of RF at
> the output of the exciter, AGC within the exciter that prevents power
> spikes at the beginning of TX, and fast, dependable antenna switching
> that positively prevents hot switching. The Ten Tec and Alpha amps  
> have
> done that for at least three decades, and so does the Elecraft KPA500.
>
> I use nothing but VOX for digital and SSB modes with my K3s driving
> Titans during contests, and my KPA500 for casual operation.  During  
> the
> recent ARRL RTTY Roundup and WPX RTTY contests alone I made nearly  
> 3,000
> QSOs, and it's been at least 3-4 years since I replaced a vacuum relay
> in one of the Titans.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
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