[Elecraft] OT: Paying Attention

[Wes (N7WS)]

Could have been worse.  When my K3 was brand new I thought to compare it to my 
Kenwood TS-870.  The '870 had performed flawlessly for 12 years BTW.

Since the '870 had an "antenna out" port for using a second RX I connected the 
K3 to that port so as to share the antenna.  All was fine until I tried to 
change bands.  I guess I held the "band" button too long and activated the VOX.  
The next noise in the shack tripped VOX and my '870 suffered its first failure.

Fortunately, the protective bulb blew and saved the circuitry but it was a PITA 
to change.

Wes  N7WS

On 2/24/2015 9:10 AM, Edward R Cole wrote:
> [snip]

> Then for some reason I started looking at the K3 display and finally "noticed" 
> that VOX had gotten turned off. How? I haven't clue as I almost never touch 
> the BAND button. Maybe happened when I was checking things during the LINK 
> marathon discussion.
>