Re: [Elecraft] VOX/PTT select macro ?

2017-03-13 Thread Jim Brown
I've never used PTT, either by hand or with a foot switch in my station. The only time I've used a foot switch was at a multi-op in a SSB contest. VOX works very well for me for all modes, and I'm too poorly coordinated to use a foot switch -- it keeps moving away from my foot. :) 73, Jim

Re: [Elecraft] VOX/PTT select macro ?

2017-03-13 Thread Wes Stewart
That may work, but why? The radio offers VOX on those modes, why shouldn't it be used. The radio should conform to the user's needs, not the other way around. I would like to see implemented, what I thought I was promised to me about a year ago, VOX gain remembered by mode. Wes N7WS On

[Elecraft] VOX/PTT select macro ?

2017-03-12 Thread Erik Basilier
These problems bother me too. With a sound card hooked up, for RTTY I don't see a need for FSK, and I don't want to deal with PTT, except for SSB where I don't like VOX. So: Please Elecraft, let VOX/PTT be remembered separately for DATA and SSB. And, yes, the macro capability suggested is really

Re: [Elecraft] VOX/PTT select macro ?

2017-03-12 Thread Bob Wilson, N6TV
Yes, I see now that VOX mode is remembered on CW, and separately on AFSK, SSB, AM, FM etc. The best alternative for now (short of Wayne adding VXn SET commands), is to avoid VOX mode except on CW. Configure digital software to generate PTT, and use a foot switch on phone. Most digital programs

Re: [Elecraft] VOX/PTT select macro ?

2017-03-12 Thread K5MWR via Elecraft
Bill Exactly the problem I have. I would be happy with either a SET VXn command or the VOX state was mode dependent, SET VXn would be my preference. I am using 5.7 also and VOX is constant not mode dependent. Bob, if we are missing something in the config or menu settings that does make

Re: [Elecraft] VOX/PTT select macro ?

2017-03-11 Thread Bill Frantz
I find I'm always in the same VOX setting for SSB and Data. I keep sending coughs out on SSB, or not transmitting in the data modes. It is the one remaining annoyance in switching between SSB and Data on my K3. On 3/11/17 at 3:07 PM, n...@arrl.net (Bob Wilson, N6TV) wrote: You may not need

Re: [Elecraft] VOX/PTT select macro ?

2017-03-11 Thread Bob Wilson, N6TV
On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 2:25 PM, David Box wrote: > Issue is that there is no conditional statement in the macro language so > being able to read the vox state does not help with macros. > Yes, some things like unconditionally turning VOX ON or OFF are impossible to do in

Re: [Elecraft] VOX/PTT select macro ?

2017-03-11 Thread Bob Wilson, N6TV
The VX; command (GET only) will return the current state (VOX ON or OFF = PTT). *Note:* there is an error in the documentation in the K3 Programmer's Reference , which says: "RSP format: VXn; where n is 0 (VOX on) or 1 (VOX off)."

[Elecraft] VOX/PTT select macro ?

2017-03-11 Thread K5MWR via Elecraft
At one point in the macro command reference there was a statement that VOX/PTT selection would be available through a direct macro command. Currently all I am able to make work is the SWT or SWH type command which is basically of no use since there is no way to know what the current mode is.