...or get a foot switch from surplus dictation equipment - easily wired, heavy duty and a good size - 73 Bruce VE5RC
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 1:46 PM Cc: Elecraft Reflector Subject: Re: [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,,CNTID %25253D392%252526CTID%25253D204600,00.html 73, Redd - AI2N ---- WILLIS COOKE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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: > > > > > > > > > Bill W5WVO wrote: > > > > > > 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) > > > > > Your description does not match the pivot hardware > > in my two Heil foot > > switches. So it seems that Heil has gone through a > > few designs of the pivot > > mechanism. > > > > The pivot mechanism in my foot switches consists > > entirely of a single pivot > > screw that is threaded on the end with an unthreaded > > shoulder up toward the > > screw head. So the pivot screw becomes fixed with > > the inner half of the > > (threaded) clamshell and rotates freely around the > > outer half of the > > (unthreaded) clamshell. The threads eventually fail > > and the pivot screws > > keeps loosening and falling out. The kludge fix is > > to discard the pivot > > screws, drill out the holes, and use a single long > > machine screw as the > > pivot axis and secure it on the far end with a > > nylock nut. > > > > Evidently other Heil designs may be more reliable. > > Mine were purchased 5-7 > > years ago and started to fail about two years later. > > Lots of use during ssb > > contests. > > > > 73, > > Barry N1EU > > > > -- > > View this message in context: > > > http://www.nabble.com/Serious-foot-switches-tp16200556p16205616.html > > Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at > > Nabble.com. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Elecraft mailing list > > Post to: [email protected] > > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > > > > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com > > > > > Willis 'Cookie' Cooke > K5EWJ > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: [email protected] > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
