[TenTec] O2 - Superb VOX

[ac9s at mchsi.com]

I just discovered another aspect of the Orion that I love.  The VOX is 
superb.  I rarely run VOX, because of problems in the past with other rigs - 
sensitivity, anti-vox, dropping out in mid sylable, etc.  So I have been a 
heavy user of my trusty Heil footswitch on SSB.  

Last night during the ARRL phone I put on my Heil Quiet Phone to keep some 
peace in the family.  At first I continued with the footswitch, but my leg was 
getting cramped and I switched to VOX.  It worked perfectly.  Now that isn't 
much of a deal, since a VOX is pretty worthless if it won't work with a 
headset, but this morning I tried it with my boom mounted Goldline (and the 
O2's internal speaker) with the same result.  I have been using the boom mike 
on VOX all day today.  What a pleasure.  It transmits when I talk and 
otherwise lets me listen and tune.  I don't believe I have had a "false" all 
day.  This is really the moral equivalent of QSK.

Keith
AC9S