James,
Great idea. I am going to have to build me one of those.
John[K7SVV]
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From: "James Duffey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Cc: "James Duffey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 6:
I built my own as well. I bought a rubber door stopper, the wedge kind
and a momentary on switch from Radio Shack. Drill a hole in the door
stopper and put the switch in the hole. Wire it up and it is ready to
go. Also works with the push on push off switches.
I find foot switches to be the
: [Elecraft] Serious foot switches
Get a Yamaha sustain pedal designed for use with an electronic keyboard.
STURDY, switches from NO to NC contacts as needed. I screwed mine to a
piece of plywood so my heel holds it in place.
http://www.yamaha.com/yamahavgn/CDA/ContentDetail/ModelSeriesDetail/0
How about a home-brew foot switch. Costs less, lasts forever, easy to
repair
I built mine from 2 plunger type micro-switches (contacts in parallel),
a couple triangular shaped 1" pine-wood blocks about 10" long and 3" at
the wide end, 2 each 10" X 18" pieces of 1/4" plywood or Masonite, a
Get a Yamaha sustain pedal designed for use with an electronic keyboard.
STURDY, switches from NO to NC contacts as needed. I screwed mine to a piece
of plywood so my heel holds it in place.
http://www.yamaha.com/yamahavgn/CDA/ContentDetail/ModelSeriesDetail/0,,CNTID%25253D392%252526CTID%25253
My foot switch that I bought around 1990 at a ham fest
and had stood up to thousands of contacts in many
phone contests has only the identifying sticker "Made
in Taiwan"
Cookie, K5EWJ
--- Barry N1EU <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Bill W5WVO wrote:
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> > I've had to repair my Heil foot
Bill W5WVO wrote:
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> I've had to repair my Heil foot switch numerous times.
> The little "e" ring that holds the pivot axle in has a habit of coming off
> spontaneously (I completely lost it a while back)
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Your description does not match the pivot hardware in my two Heil foot
switches. S
Ed Muns wrote:
environment, I find them more tiring than the footswitch distributed
by Heil. I've used the Heil footswitches for over three decades now,
at home and on contest expeditions, with no failures.
Two "secrets" (?) I've learned through trial and error when using the Heil
footswitch:
> Footswitches that are -very- durable can be found in the
> machine tool industry. I have one fitted to my drill press,
> for example. I have a friend who has one on a grinder.
>
> GE two-way radio catalogs may still list them. They are/were
> "serious", and are found in Forest Service, FBI
Footswitches that are -very- durable can be found
in the machine tool industry. I have one fitted to
my drill press, for example. I have a friend who has
one on a grinder.
GE two-way radio catalogs may still list them. They
are/were "serious", and are found in Forest Service,
FBI and law enfor
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