All good reasons. My #1 reason, though, is that I've never used a VOX that
didn't suck. The VOX in my TS-2000 sucks big-time. In fact, the VOX gain is so
limited, you can't even turn it up high enough so it works with a standard
Heil HC-4/5 mic element -- though the mic gain through the transmitter's
speech amplifier has plenty of reserve range. (Go figure. Brilliant design.)
If VOX worked the way it is supposed to work -- trips instantly on the first
hint of sound from the speaker's mouth, stays engaged through normal
conversational speech, drops off cleanly when the speaker stops talking -- I'd
probably be using it, though even then, not during a contest, either phone or
CW. (You need precise T/R control.)
I'm waiting to see if the K3's VOX is as cool as everybody has said it is!
My ideal T/R for casual operating: a perfectly-located (and easily
relocatable) touch pad/button with a toggle-on/off function, large enough not
be missed, and with a green/red backlight for Receive/Transmit states. I'd
probably stick it on the keyboard for most modes, since I use computer logging
100% of the time for all my operating. I would still use a footswitch for
contesting, though.
Bill W5WVO
Jim Wiley wrote:
Well. I can think of a few reasons:
Keeps the family dog from becoming a radio personality when the mail
carrier or some other delivery person comes up to the door
I like the positive control - a foot switch lets me make sure the PTT
is closed when I want the transmitter on, and open when I want the
transmitter to be off//
VOX sometimes activates, or fails to activate, at inopportune times -
and you have to keep fiddling with it
A foot switch is a lot easier to use, in my opinion, than a microphone
mounted switch or "press bar"
I could probably think of a few others, but I'll let others take over
now.
73
_ Jim, KL7CC
Registered Fuddy-Duddy
DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL wrote:
Which begs the question...why do folks use a foot switch from home if
they are the only one in the room? I use vox.
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