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That Elco guy (Unregistered Guest)
Unregistered guest
| | Posted on Saturday, November 20, 2004 - 3:14 pm: | 
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Any ideas why????? |
Tech808
Moderator
Username: Tech808
Post Number: 4127
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, November 20, 2004 - 5:22 pm: |
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TEG,
Probably a SAFTY FEATURE for people like us.
Around here if our radios had VOX installed they would be keyed up 24/7/365.
Between the Chat Room Burping every 20 seconds and Echo Link, and 1 radio on Channel 13 AM and another on 13 LSB, then the 2 Meter on and the 6 Meter on and phone calls, and You have Mail! sounding off it would probably smoke the VOX/radio in under 24 hours. 
OOPS forgot about our GOLDEN OLDIE RADIO STATION and TV always on also and the 1st Sargant always shouting you still on that darn computer.
Actually VOX is the 1 feature I just have never seen any reason for.
Lon
Tech808
CEF808
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Lowpowerhal
Intermediate Member
Username: Lowpowerhal
Post Number: 356
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, November 20, 2004 - 5:52 pm: |
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Cost is the most Factor. Also 11 meter has no cause for it. Now doint get me wrong, it would be nice to have. Amateur radio somtimes we have traffic to control and typing and jotting down call letters , Vox is nice to have in such cases.But honest i doint see mfg putting Vox in CB radios. But i have wonder why export 10 meter has not done so?
73'3
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Bruce
Senior Member
Username: Bruce
Post Number: 1779
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, November 20, 2004 - 6:41 pm: |
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my ft-840 does not have vox and im with you unless your contesting it severs no purpous. |
Crafter
Senior Member
Username: Crafter
Post Number: 1037
Registered: 12-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, November 20, 2004 - 6:49 pm: |
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R.W.A. some of the older ones did my ole SBE has it. |
Bc910
Intermediate Member
Username: Bc910
Post Number: 201
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, November 20, 2004 - 9:46 pm: |
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I just picked up a head set with vox from that famouse shack place for frs radios for $1.97 on clearence! I'm gonna turn it into a project and try to encorporate it in a mic or a radio or something, havn't figured out how I want to do it yet, but I'll keep y'all informed
BC |
Racer X (Unregistered Guest)
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| | Posted on Saturday, November 20, 2004 - 10:27 pm: |
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The original D201 had VOX - that's the easiest way to tell if it's a D201 or a D201A.
I don't use VOX on any of my radios. Heh, I don't allow AIM to connect automagically, why would I want to pollute the airwaves with every syllable of my voice? |
Allagator
Advanced Member
Username: Allagator
Post Number: 509
Registered: 9-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, November 21, 2004 - 3:19 am: |
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i can just hear it Lon driving and Shirley telling him how to drive on the radio ( slow this #%*&^!&(~~*&^)*&)(^%$%##^#&) down !!! HE HE HE
I still rember Lons driving !!!!
OH and KB he did get his DL'S from the crackerjack box cause he still has the box !!!!
But VOX would only be nice on a radio if you was too lazy to pick up the mic !!
Oh yea Vox has been done on CB i rember a guy now that had no way to key the mic so a few friends made him a setup to use his radio useing VOX |
Bruce
Senior Member
Username: Bruce
Post Number: 1782
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, November 21, 2004 - 11:33 am: |
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You dont have to have VOx to be stupid when i worked for the st pete city radio shop one of the trunking users sat on his mike and proseeded to tell the world what a great boss he had. Remember trunking systems ID every user so with in a few min we got a call from his boss. He didn't get fired but had some big time explaining to do .... just a bit of radio humor.
bruce |
Racer X (Unregistered Guest)
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| | Posted on Sunday, November 21, 2004 - 3:09 pm: |
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Heh, I've already made the mistake of accidentally locking the PTT on a speaker mic at a hamfest. It must have been keyed for a few minutes before a friend walked up to me and unlocked it. DOH! VOX would make that error much more likely - for me at least.
I often hear people with VOX activated on their FRS radios saying things I know they didn't want to go over the air. Living near a fairground is kinda cool in that regard. Point the UHF TV antenna in that direction and monitor the business, GMRS, and FRS freqs and you hear it all eventually. We even have some marine VHF activity in the area, and I'm 20 miles away from a navigatable waterway. |
