Vox Defaulted to On at Turn On, Why?

[W7is]

K2  VOX Defaults To ON at Turn ON --- Why ??  
I  was very disappointed to find that the K2 Vox/CW PTT defaults to the  ON
state at Turn ON.   With Vox Turned On, when you turn  the rig on, it can
very  
easily start pumping out full power you instant you turn  the rig On.    
By  that I mean if the CW key was operated or the circuit closer key on a key
 
was  operated, when you turn on the K2, it can come up to full  output power.
 
And that’s a  very bad thing.   It could get  you in a lot of trouble.    
Like what has  happened to me numerous times in the past several months.  
There are several ways the Vox could be handled  differently.  
    1.  Default Vox to come up OFF at turn On.  (my choice)
    2.  Provide Menu Opt to decide if it comes up  ON or Off at Turn On.  
    3.  Retain Vox in Eprom memory -- comes up same way it was  @ Turn Off.  
I’ve  been using the K2 for several months and the Vox  defaulted to On at
Turn On
has already gotten me in trouble numerous  times.   What I do now -- is at  
Turn On,  
I  immediately hold the Vox button down till Vox shuts off.    Then when I
want to  
output CW power, I turn  the Vox On.  
I  cant think of even one reason who you would want the rig to come up to
full  power
at Turn ON.    I’m not sure if Vox originates in the SSB fireware chip or
not?
It probably  does.   Is there room in  the
SSB Firmware to upgrade it to Option B above?    
Am I missing  something?
Is there something I just overlooked  something and there is a way to default
it to OFF at turn on?  
Or another way to get it  working the way I want besides having to
immediately  
turn the Vox off at turn  off,  probably after the rig came up putting out
full power,  
a very bad thing.  
Frank W7Is  
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[Don Wilhelm-3]

Frank,

I set VOX to ON (blinking 'L' or 'U'), waited at least a minute, then cycled power, and the K2 came up in PTT (no blink).  I have what I believe is the latest firmware in the K2 and the KSB2.

BUT WAIT - after I re-read your info, it seems you are referring to the CW mode - that is the QSK feature of the K2 (VOX is only related to SSB).  Holding the VOX button down when in CW mode puts the K2 into CW test mode - yes in that mode you can key the K2 and it will produce no power output (useful as an expensive code practice oscillator).  

You will get a lot of opposition if you wish to have the QSK defeated.  If you want such a 'feature' for yourself, I might suggest that you might consider implementing it by inserting a relay in the paddle lines.  The K2 would only transmit from the paddles if the relay was closed - put the activation switch at some convenient place in your operating position (like on the rear of your paddles).

73,
Don W3FPR
 

> -----Original Message-----

> K2  VOX Defaults To ON at Turn ON --- Why ??  
> I  was very disappointed to find that the K2 Vox/CW PTT defaults
> to the  ON
> state at Turn ON.   With Vox Turned On, when you turn  the rig on, it can
> very  
> easily start pumping out full power you instant you turn  the rig On.    
> By  that I mean if the CW key was operated or the circuit closer
> key on a key
>  
> was  operated, when you turn on the K2, it can come up to full  
> output power.
>  
> And that’s a  very bad thing.   It could get  you in a lot of trouble.    
> Like what has  happened to me numerous times in the past several months.  
> There are several ways the Vox could be handled  differently.  
>     1.  Default Vox to come up OFF at turn On.  (my choice)
>     2.  Provide Menu Opt to decide if it comes up  ON or Off at
> Turn On.  
>     3.  Retain Vox in Eprom memory -- comes up same way it was  @
> Turn Off.  
>

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