I think it's an interesting idea. It seems it should be feasible to
implement in firmware, but maybe non-trivial.
Thinking outside the box; what if you route the mic signal through the
footswitch instead of PTT? Or maybe through a relay that the
footswitch triggers... and keep VOX on all the time.
73,
~iain / N6ML
On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 9:52 AM, Mike Reublin <n...@nf4l.com> wrote:
> Is it possible you have confused PTT and VOX? I can't imagine VOX being
> controlled by a foot switch.
>
> 73, Mike NF4L
>
> On Aug 15, 2014, at 12:40 PM, KB7WVB <kb7...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I wish to manually key the transmitter with VOX, and while transmitting have
>> the VOX activate to LISTEN between words so that I can hear if I double.
>>
>> I don't want VOX on all the time to key the transmitter when I sneeze,
>> someone talks to me, I murmur, phone rings, wife pours hot soup in my lap,
>> etc.
>>
>> WHY?
>> 1>To avoid accidently transmitting while listening; I want to control
>> transmit (VOX) by pushing my foot pedal turn VOX on.
>>
>> A net control/relay has to do 2+ things already, read the list, flip pages,
>> mark response, record traffic by destination and call sign, etc.
>>
>> Or to type on a keyboard (I'm a 2 handed typist).
>>
>> Pushing the VOX button on/off each time with my little toe is very awkward.
>>
>>
>> 2>While transmitting (as net control) I wish the VOX to be active so that I
>> can take advantage of VOX {to listen between words}.
>> VOX when talking switches to listen during the brief pause between words,
>> and as you breath the amp switches in milliseconds.
>>
>> You can hear very easily any station that you double with.
>>
>>
>> I prefer software or K3 Config, but would buy something that would work as
>> well as the built in VOX in the K3
>>
>>
>>
>> I do appreciate your ideas, that doesn't require wiring the foot pedal into
>> the panel switch.
>>
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