Thanks to everyone that responded. I decided to make my own from these parts at Mouser:
http://www.mouser.com/search/ProductDetail.aspx?R=0virtualkey0virtualkey172-1112 http://www.mouser.com/search/ProductDetail.aspx?R=0virtualkey0virtualkeyED913 Total cost was less than $20 plus shipping. On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 8:03 PM, w7aqk <w7...@cox.net> wrote: > Seems like you got a lot of recommendations for a foot switch, but not too > many for a hand-held switch. The one from Ron, WD4AHZ, looks nice, but the > price seems pretty stiff! Seems to me something like that should only cost > $10-$15 at the most, but I'm probably still "living" in the 20th century! > > Anyway, I don't have one, but I wish I did. However, I use my CM500 > headset plugged into the back, and the Elecraft microphone (MH2) is plugged > into the front. So, when I just want to use PTT, I simply hold down the > Elecraft microphone's PTT switch, but actually use the CM500 as my > microphone/headphone. > > It seems to me that it would be pretty darned easy to just make one, and > it shouldn't cost much either. For that matter, I could also take one of > the many old smaller HT microphones with PTT switches I've collected over > the years and simply change the plug. The problem with that is that you > have to hold it on, and you might prefer a "click on-click off" switch. > > The last time this thread went around I picked up a foot switch that > somebody recommended, but I haven't ever really used it. I'm not one to > always have my feet in one place anyway!!! Then again, I'm on SSB so > rarely that I just can't get motivated to do anything really creative! Hi. > > Dave W7AQK > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to ppa...@gmail.com > ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
