[TenTec] VOX and CW

[Joerg Vollbrecht]

Just the same over here!

73, Joe Vollbrecht (DL4CF)

>Klaus Heintzenberg wrote:
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>>Orion 2
>>s/n 02C10436
>>fw 2.032
>>Menu-CW-PTT in CW as: MOX
>>Internal Keyer ON
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>>Choose some band with band-change keypad.
>>Set up SSB mode with VOX=ON on one of the  bandstacking registers.
>>On the next bandstacking register set up the radio in CW mode.
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>>Now go to SSB by band change keypad and make sure VOX is ON
>>Then press pad to change to the CW band segment. Then the VOX sign
>>on the display changes.
>>Now tap on the microphone or whistle  into the mic while in CW mode.
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>>My radio then goes into transmit and puts out a constant carrier at the
>>preset
>>output power level!
>>The only way to shut of the carrier is to hit the main power switch.
>>Should'nt the VOX be disabled while on CW?
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>>Imagine you changed from SSB to CW. Then, while leaving the room for the
>>bathroom, you slam the door shut. That may take the Orion into transmit.
>>When you return your amplifier may have gone up in smoke...
>>
>>Can anybody else reproduce this?
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>>73, Klaus (DJ6RX)
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