If you don't want to build something, check out a music store. The kind of foot switch bands use is very rugged and reliable.

Alan N1AL


On 01/07/2018 11:18 AM, Mel Farrer via Elecraft wrote:
I have tried hand switches and always found the need to use that hand also,  Darn.  So I 
built up a simple foot switch with a "hinge"  Yes a door hinge and put a micro 
switch on the bottom with a simple flexible cable about 10' long to the radio.  KISS and 
not bulky.
Mel K6KBE

       From: David Christ <[email protected]>
  To: "Dauer, Edward" <[email protected]>
Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
  Sent: Sunday, January 7, 2018 11:03 AM
  Subject: Re: [Elecraft] PTT switch for K3
I rolled my own using a small microswitch from my junk box. No larger than a couple of sugar cubes.  A little shrink tubing to cover exposed terminals.  Cost almost nothing and works better than any other I have used.  Force to operate is small so no fatigue.

David K0LUM


On Jan 7, 2018, at 8:57 AM, Dauer, Edward <[email protected]> wrote:

I plan to try the SSB QSO party next weekend, and have the adapter for the K3 
and a Heil headset – but I need a remote PTT switch with a ¼ inch mono plug on 
one end and a pushbutton switch at the other.  All I have been able to find 
online are nurse call buttons – which I suppose would work but the big red 
cross on the button is off-putting, and because they are made for use in a 
hospital environment they are expensive.  Anyone suggest a source?

Thanks, as always,

Ted, KN1CBR

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