and sharing in the common bond of 'been there, done that, got that red-face',
I'll add
mine.
When I was first licensed to op 'phone, after upgrading to Gen from Novice,
back in
1970, - DAMN! that seems SO long ago <grin> - I used to operate VOX because I
enjoyed
not having to mash the foot switch or push the PTT button. <Note.. the
operative word is
USED TO>
Was setting my clock and listening to CHU on 7335 kHz. They skip the time tick
at:30
during each minute. I had just set the clock and was awaiting the next cycle
annoucement to see that I was 'right on' the money. Well, the :30 approached,
the
tick went away, and without thinking I yelled nice and loud "HEY! YOU MISSED
ONE!" just
for fun.
To my chagrin I heard the click-click of the VOX relay.. the transmitter keyed
and OUT
it went. WOnder, to this day.. if anyone heard that.
Ahh, Amateur Radio! It is a never ending series of exciting times, indeed!
73
Chuck K3FT
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