On Friday 21 March 2008 16:58, Bill W5WVO wrote:
All good reasons. My #1 reason, though, is that I've never used a VOX that
didn't suck.
How about the fact that a foot switch leaves both hands free? I once
worked as a mobile phone/paging/answering service operator, and let me
tell yo
> IMHO, the real reason for a foot switch is timing. When
> running high rates in a phone contest, you can't set the VOX
> delay and hang time well enough to drop the PTT soon enough
> without chopping up in the middle of speaking (or yelling, as
> it were).
... Until the K3 came along with KK
Bingo!
In the analog world getting a VOX to work properly was a difficult task. It
required an audio delay line. In todays DSP world VOX should be perfect.
The problem is that there are no minimum standards for a VOX. People got used
to VOX's that took a half second or more of audio to activate
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> From: "Jim Wiley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Elecraft Reflector"
> Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 6:30 PM
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: foot switch - why?
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>
> > Well. I can think of a few reasons:
> >
> > K
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 transmit
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From: "Jim Wiley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Elecraft Reflector"
Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 6:30 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: foot switch - why?
Well. I can think of a few reasons:
Keeps the family dog from becoming a radio personality when the m
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 whe
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.
When you have young children. :-)
73,
Mike ab3ap
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