>
>> It's interesting that back in the 'good ole days', (i.e. AM and CW only)
>> removing the HV from the tx when in receive was not uncommon.
>
>That's because it was on ten or twenty minutes, and off ten or
>twenty.
>
I have been in AM ''roundtables'' where the RX period was c. 30-minutes.
I often made a full page of notes. Is this nutz or what?.
>Few AM operators used VOX,
Amen. To this day, AM operators typically hate VOX with a passion. My
guess is that Lock-to-talk syndrome is rooted in problematic potty
training.
> and the HV was never removed on
>the supply on CW between dots and dashes or words.
>
>> tx's did not, but that was because they had to be able to not only QSK,
>> but also run from motor generators, which of course, had to run all the
>> time. The idea of switching the mains isn't new, just a technique that has
>> largely been abandoned, mainly I guess because of the problems of VOX, and
>> mechanical relays.
>
>Bingo. People learned they could talk and enjoy conversation,
>instead of broadcasting. ....... ......
>
yea verily, Tom.
- Rich..., 805.386.3734, www.vcnet.com/measures.
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