[PaQSO] CQ,CQ,CQ

[Mark Kempisty]

In my case let's just say that the headset mike cord was long enough to 
reach all of the pop-up except the front bunk (10 foot interior with a 
side dinette).  A couple of times I was diving for the dinette to log a 
call that was coming back to me.  Sometimes you just have to stretch 
your legs or attend to other matters :-[

While I didn't have a voice keyer I did call CQ a lot and I too ran with 
fast AGC on the 706.

73,
Mark N3GNW

Bob Crossland wrote:

>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   
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