Howard is right.   You need to adjust  vox for your own voice and  to 
suit your particular needs.    Also be sure vox is turned  on in cw and 
adjust  to get the keying right.   With a used rig, you can never tell 
what the previous owner was trying to do and things may be out of whack.

73, Steve KW3A

On 8/7/2012 4:15 AM, Howard Kaufman wrote:
> I would guess sensitivity is the problem.  that probably affects the CW
> keying as well.  If not, just lock the mike, and don't operate break in.
> You might need a foot switch to do that easily, if you can't lock your mike
> in transmit.
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