Locking VOX ? (low S/N K3)

[Mike Smith VE9AA]

Hey Guys n' Gals,

 

Is there some way to lock the VOX, so the next time I turn the rig on, that
if I am on CW, the VOX is on by default?

Yesterday I spent I don't know how long sounding like a lid, calling
stations in the CQ-M contest until I finally heard "QLF" when I called AA3B
about 5 times.  He tried, I give him that, but after a while he could not
decode my gibberish.

 

I thought..hmmm, my CW isn't that bad.

 

I listened on another radio and yup, it sounded REALLY bad, skipping dits
and dahs.  I realized after a bit of reading, that I probably needed VOX
turned on, which I did.

 

CW was excellent after that.  

 

Anyways; I'd rather not have to remember every time I turned the rig on to
engage VOX if there was some way to make that setting "sticky" (hi)

 

Thanks

 

Mike VE9AA

 

Mike, Coreen & Corey

Keswick Ridge, NB

 

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Config -> CW WGHT -> Tap the “4” button. It’s probably set at ‘auto off’ now, you want ‘nor’.

Ken K6MR



From: Mike Smith VE9AA<mailto:[hidden email]>
Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2016 10:13
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Subject: [Elecraft] Locking VOX ? (low S/N K3)

Hey Guys n' Gals,



Is there some way to lock the VOX, so the next time I turn the rig on, that
if I am on CW, the VOX is on by default?

Yesterday I spent I don't know how long sounding like a lid, calling
stations in the CQ-M contest until I finally heard "QLF" when I called AA3B
about 5 times.  He tried, I give him that, but after a while he could not
decode my gibberish.



I thought..hmmm, my CW isn't that bad.



I listened on another radio and yup, it sounded REALLY bad, skipping dits
and dahs.  I realized after a bit of reading, that I probably needed VOX
turned on, which I did.



CW was excellent after that.



Anyways; I'd rather not have to remember every time I turned the rig on to
engage VOX if there was some way to make that setting "sticky" (hi)



Thanks



Mike VE9AA



Mike, Coreen & Corey

Keswick Ridge, NB



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[Mike Smith VE9AA]

That did it Ken ! Nice !!!

 

I did see the tag "cw weight" on both the rig and in the paper manual, but
as I knew the rig came from a CW man, I didn't mess with it, nor did I look
closely at all the options.

 

Appreciate it. Thank you.

 

Mike VE9AA, dit dit

 

Mike, Coreen & Corey

Keswick Ridge, NB

 

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