[Elecraft] Footswitch to use with a Boom Microphone
Good Afternoon. I am about to purchase a boom and clip to attach my Kenwood MC-60 to. I understand to key the K3 that I will need a footswitch. I have no idea who manufactures one and how I would connect it to my K3. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!!! Mark Griffin KB3Z __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Footswitch to use with a Boom Microphone
It can be anything from a $5 RadioShack unit to a fancy Heil, but I'd recommend going to a second-hand store and looking for a footswitch off an old dictating machine. They often have two or three switches, and are made sturdily, often with cast metal shells. 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at http://reversebeacon.net, blog at reversebeacon.blogspot.com. For spots, please go to your favorite ARC V6 or VE7CC DX cluster node. On 3/20/2013 1:06 PM, pastor...@verizon.net wrote: Good Afternoon. I am about to purchase a boom and clip to attach my Kenwood MC-60 to. I understand to key the K3 that I will need a footswitch. I have no idea who manufactures one and how I would connect it to my K3. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!!! Mark Griffin KB3Z __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Footswitch to use with a Boom Microphone
I've used a small door bell push button mounted next to the cw paddle or key. 73 Bob W7AVK On 3/20/2013 10:09 AM, Pete Smith N4ZR wrote: It can be anything from a $5 RadioShack unit to a fancy Heil, but I'd recommend going to a second-hand store and looking for a footswitch off an old dictating machine. They often have two or three switches, and are made sturdily, often with cast metal shells. 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at http://reversebeacon.net, blog at reversebeacon.blogspot.com. For spots, please go to your favorite ARC V6 or VE7CC DX cluster node. On 3/20/2013 1:06 PM, pastor...@verizon.net wrote: Good Afternoon. I am about to purchase a boom and clip to attach my Kenwood MC-60 to. I understand to key the K3 that I will need a footswitch. I have no idea who manufactures one and how I would connect it to my K3. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!!! Mark Griffin KB3Z __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Footswitch to use with a Boom Microphone
Music stores selling instruments usually have a variety of foot switches. 73! Rose - N7HKW On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 5:24 PM, Bob W7AVK ro...@accima.com wrote: I've used a small door bell push button mounted next to the cw paddle or key. 73 Bob W7AVK On 3/20/2013 10:09 AM, Pete Smith N4ZR wrote: It can be anything from a $5 RadioShack unit to a fancy Heil, but I'd recommend going to a second-hand store and looking for a footswitch off an old dictating machine. They often have two or three switches, and are made sturdily, often with cast metal shells. 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at http://reversebeacon.net, blog at reversebeacon.blogspot.com. For spots, please go to your favorite ARC V6 or VE7CC DX cluster node. On 3/20/2013 1:06 PM, pastor...@verizon.net wrote: Good Afternoon. I am about to purchase a boom and clip to attach my Kenwood MC-60 to. I understand to key the K3 that I will need a footswitch. I have no idea who manufactures one and how I would connect it to my K3. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!!! Mark Griffin KB3Z __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Footswitch to use with a Boom Microphone
I know I'll get heat for this but an old straight key will work too. Just think of it as QLF. Jim W5QM __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Footswitch to use with a Boom Microphone
eBay is your friend (usually): http://www.ebay.com/itm/TEMCo-Industrial-Foot-Switch-SPDT-NO-NC-Electric-Power-Pedal-Momentary-New-CNC-/400421842042?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0hash=item5d3b006c7a On 3/20/2013 10:30 AM, Rose wrote: Music stores selling instruments usually have a variety of foot switches. 73! Rose - N7HKW On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 5:24 PM, Bob W7AVK ro...@accima.com wrote: I've used a small door bell push button mounted next to the cw paddle or key. 73 Bob W7AVK On 3/20/2013 10:09 AM, Pete Smith N4ZR wrote: It can be anything from a $5 RadioShack unit to a fancy Heil, but I'd recommend going to a second-hand store and looking for a footswitch off an old dictating machine. They often have two or three switches, and are made sturdily, often with cast metal shells. 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at http://reversebeacon.net, blog at reversebeacon.blogspot.com. For spots, please go to your favorite ARC V6 or VE7CC DX cluster node. On 3/20/2013 1:06 PM, pastor...@verizon.net wrote: Good Afternoon. I am about to purchase a boom and clip to attach my Kenwood MC-60 to. I understand to key the K3 that I will need a footswitch. I have no idea who manufactures one and how I would connect it to my K3. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!!! Mark Griffin KB3Z __ 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 __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Footswitch to use with a Boom Microphone
I made mine using a hinge with a metal plate and a simple limit switch and mounted it on a aluminum plate. Looks like a foot throttle petal in a car. Oh well, Mel, K6KBE From: Jim Hoge knowk...@verizon.net To: Elecraft Reflector elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 10:34 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Footswitch to use with a Boom Microphone I know I'll get heat for this but an old straight key will work too. Just think of it as QLF. Jim W5QM __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Footswitch to use with a Boom Microphone
I bought a new foot switch on eBay for around $6. - Original Message - From: Bob W7AVK To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 12:24 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Footswitch to use with a Boom Microphone I've used a small door bell push button mounted next to the cw paddle or key. 73 Bob W7AVK On 3/20/2013 10:09 AM, Pete Smith N4ZR wrote: It can be anything from a $5 RadioShack unit to a fancy Heil, but I'd recommend going to a second-hand store and looking for a footswitch off an old dictating machine. They often have two or three switches, and are made sturdily, often with cast metal shells. 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at http://reversebeacon.net, blog at reversebeacon.blogspot.com. For spots, please go to your favorite ARC V6 or VE7CC DX cluster node. On 3/20/2013 1:06 PM, pastor...@verizon.net wrote: Good Afternoon. I am about to purchase a boom and clip to attach my Kenwood MC-60 to. I understand to key the K3 that I will need a footswitch. I have no idea who manufactures one and how I would connect it to my K3. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!!! Mark Griffin KB3Z __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Footswitch to use with a Boom Microphone
Mark, If you already have a footswitch connected to the K3 PTT jack in the rear, yes, it will work on SSB as well as CW. That is not dependent on any connection to the microphone. 73, Don W3FPR On 3/20/2013 1:06 PM, pastor...@verizon.net wrote: Good Afternoon. I am about to purchase a boom and clip to attach my Kenwood MC-60 to. I understand to key the K3 that I will need a footswitch. I have no idea who manufactures one and how I would connect it to my K3. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!!! Mark Griffin KB3Z __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Footswitch to use with a Boom Microphone
Back in the 1950s I picked up a foot-operated headlight dimmer switch at an auto parts store to use with my D104, which didn't have a PTT switch. 73, Bob N7XY On Mar 20, 2013, at 10:54 AM, Ken G Kopp kengk...@gmail.com wrote: I've had one of these stuck to the floor with double-sided tape for years. 73! Ken Kopp - K0PP eBay is your friend (usually): http://www.ebay.com/itm/TEMCo-Industrial-Foot-Switch-SPDT-NO-NC-Electric-Power-Pedal-Momentary-New-CNC-/400421842042?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0hash=item5d3b006c7a __ 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
