Hi John, Could the switch actually be a DPST and wired to -open- when the switch is depressed? There are some musical (band) applications where this would be the case.
73! Ken - K0PP On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 5:06 PM, John Shadle <sha...@katzenfisch.com> wrote: > Hi all, > I am finally getting the ol' radio back up and running after a few months > of packing and moving from NC to WI. In my past life (in NC) I was mostly > CW, but now that the shack is in the basement I want to get back on SSB. > > I have an Elecraft desk mic (the Heil version from a few years ago). It has > an input for a 1/4" footswitch controller for PTT. I've never used a > footswitch before, so this is all new to me. > > I don't have a Heil footswitch, but do have an older Yamaha foot pedal > which I picked up at a yard sale a couple of years ago. It creates a closed > circuit whenever I depress the switch (and is open otherwise). The odd > thing is that whenever I plug in this footswitch, the PTT is engaged when > the switch is plugged in--and the PTT is disengaged when I depress the > switch. This seems like odd behavior to me. Is there something in the menu > that I need to change? Advanced mic parameters? I'm kinda lost. > > I cracked the case open to view the innards, but it's just two wires (tip > and ground for the 1/4" cable) and a switch. I don't think there's anything > I can do in there to modify things. > > The model appears to be a Yamaha FC5 ( > > http://usa.yamaha.com/products/music-production/accessories/footswitches/fc5/?mode=model > ), > although I can't find a model number on it. > > Thanks! > -john W4PAH > Madison, WI > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
