[PaQSO] CQ,CQ,CQ

Thu, 16 Oct 2003 09:41:31 -0400

I've not done that with my voice keyer but I can say I've done that on CW.
Needed a cup of coffee, hit the F1 key, with "AUTO REPEAT" turned on, ran to
the coffee pot, poured coffee, ran back to the operating position, and used
only 2 CQ cycles.  I do that very, very seldom, and am always relieved when
no one answers the first CQ.

Regarding the voice keyer/AGC recovery issue.  My Kenwood TS940 recovers
very quickly, due mostly to the fact I have the AGC set to "Fast", and have
rarely missed someone answering my call because of it.  Something that does
happen, however, is when I am making the recording, and don't hit the
"Enter" key quick enough at the end of my recording process, that inserts a
bit of a "dead spot delay" and I might miss the first letter of someone
answering.  Easily corrected by re-recording the message and being quicker
on the "Enter" key.  I will say, however, if someone tries to start calling
CQ on the frequency I'm currently using, I'll hit the voice keyer much
quicker, just as a bit of a reminder that someone else is already on
frequency.  

Long answer to say I rarely run into the voice keyer who doesn't leave
sufficient time for me to at least dump in my call, phonetically or
non-phonetically, whatever it takes.

Best regards.

Bob, N3FR   

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 8:52 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [PaQSO] CQ,CQ,CQ

At 12:01 AM -0400 10/16/03, Bill Gallagher wrote:
>What kills me with those damn voice keyers is when they start calling again
>so fast that there is no way that the AGC on their receiver has
>recovered....so they get no mobiles, no rovers, no qrp stations....nothing
>under S9...then they wonder why they only work 200 stations in 22 hours...

	Hehe, I was attempting to QSO with a person that was 
obviously using a voice keyer. I'd answer him, but he was well into 
his next "CQ contest" when I let up on the footswitch.

	I wonder if maybe he had to use the "facilities" and was 
using the voice keyer to hold the frequency? 8^)

	- Mike KB3EIA -
-- 
_______________________________________________
PaQSO mailing list
[email protected]
http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/paqso

--- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts ---
multipart/alternative
  text/plain (text body -- kept)
  text/html
The reason this message is shown is because the post was in HTML
or had an attachment.  Attachments are not allowed.  To learn how
to post in Plain-Text go to: http://www.expita.com/nomime.html  ---