[ICOM] 765 vox/break-in question

[ve4xt at mymts.net]

Tony,

Methinks you misunderstood.  

He's trying to use vox for break-in on CW. When he turns vox on, typical of when you want vox to be on, the radio goes into tx, which is atypical. When he hits a paddle, the radio goes into rx for the duration of the vox delay. 

That's not how vox is supposed to work. It's supposed to go into tx on paddle contact, not rx. 

Break-in isn't voice-controlled on CW, either.

This is kinda freaky. You would think a failure would mean it just doesn't work, not that it works in reverse.

Did Icom provide for using a vintage keyer that was set up for positive-polarity keying? Is it a switch or menu item, maybe?

73, kelly
ve4xt 

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> On Dec 3, 2015, at 9:05 PM, Tony Hwang <dragon40 at shaw.ca> wrote:
> 
> Bob TK wrote:
>> When attempting to use break-in, either full or semi, pressing the VOX
>> button immediately puts the unit in transmit mode.  It doesn't matter if a
>> key or paddle is plugged in or not.  Pressing a paddle, the unit switches
>> to receive mode and stays there until the vox delay releases.  The unit
>> does produce a side tone for the key,  Data mode is off.  Actually, it does
>> this regardless of the mode - e.g. same thing for SSB, AM, and FM.  Vox
>> gain and mic gain are zero. (I currently only run CW.)  It seems to be
>> working reverse of the way it should.  Manually switching between transmit
>> and receive works fine.  I can't find an explanation in the owner manual.
>> Help?  Thanks!
> Break-in is voice controlled. No need to push button.(That is push to talk,
> not a VOX operation)
> Tony, VE6CGX
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