Re: [Elecraft] Yamaha CM500 PTT Switch

[Gary K9GS]

There are several different ones on E-Bay:

http://www.ebay.com/bhp/ptt-switch


Arlan also makes a couple different ones:

http://www.arlancommunications.com/products/amateurRadio/radioSport/ptt.asp#



On 3/2/2016 3:07 PM, Walter Underwood wrote:

I made a PTT cable with this pushbutton switch:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00T6RCGNC 


You can see more photos of it here, with a KX3:

http://observer.wunderwood.org/2015/08/16/yamaha-cm500-headset-with-ptt-on-elecraft-kx3/
 


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On Mar 2, 2016, at 12:16 PM, Steven Stuckey  wrote:

Please read carefully. I am wanting to get a Yamaha CM500 and add a PTT
switch. Do not recommend a foot switch I am wheelchair bound and have no
way of using my feet. I am looking for a button PTT switch and not a
trigger switch. When I searched the internet the one I saw was "no longer
in production for new orders" due to health issues. I may consider building
my own. The Yamaha CM500 and PTT switch will be used with my K3S. I can not
use VOX due to the noise level in my shack (kids, grandchild, wife and
dog). If you would like email me the link directly. Thanks in advance.

--
​73​

Steven Stuckey - AC9GK - Indiana
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Re: [Elecraft] Yamaha CM500 PTT Switch

[Bill Conkling]

find an old desk mic and remove the mic.

I am in the process of deigning and building a simple PTT switch that is 
basically the base of a desk mic without the mic.  When I get it finished, I 
will post it here for comment.  It will be a  3D printed box and some switches 
and a 1/8 plug for a cable.I made one from thin plywood using a couple of 
relay contacts back in 2008 and my club and I have used it ever since fopr 
thousands of contacts both indoors and out.

…bc  nr4c



> On Mar 2, 2016, at 4:57 PM, Don Wilhelm  wrote:
> 
> Steven,
> 
> The hard part is finding a handheld switch that you are comfortable with.  As 
> someone mentioned, if you have another microphone with a PTT switch, plug 
> that into the front panel and plug the CM500 into the rear.  When the rear 
> panel microphone is selected, the PTT button on the microphone will work (but 
> the mic will not).
> 
> The other alternative is to find a cable mounted switch that you are 
> comfortable with and solder an RCA Plug to the end of the cable - plug it 
> into the rear panel PTT jack.
> 
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
> 
> On 3/2/2016 3:16 PM, Steven Stuckey wrote:
>> Please read carefully. I am wanting to get a Yamaha CM500 and add a PTT
>> switch. Do not recommend a foot switch I am wheelchair bound and have no
>> way of using my feet. I am looking for a button PTT switch and not a
>> trigger switch. When I searched the internet the one I saw was "no longer
>> in production for new orders" due to health issues. I may consider building
>> my own. The Yamaha CM500 and PTT switch will be used with my K3S.
> 
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Re: [Elecraft] Yamaha CM500 PTT Switch

[Don Wilhelm]

Steven,

The hard part is finding a handheld switch that you are comfortable 
with.  As someone mentioned, if you have another microphone with a PTT 
switch, plug that into the front panel and plug the CM500 into the 
rear.  When the rear panel microphone is selected, the PTT button on the 
microphone will work (but the mic will not).


The other alternative is to find a cable mounted switch that you are 
comfortable with and solder an RCA Plug to the end of the cable - plug 
it into the rear panel PTT jack.


73,
Don W3FPR

On 3/2/2016 3:16 PM, Steven Stuckey wrote:

Please read carefully. I am wanting to get a Yamaha CM500 and add a PTT
switch. Do not recommend a foot switch I am wheelchair bound and have no
way of using my feet. I am looking for a button PTT switch and not a
trigger switch. When I searched the internet the one I saw was "no longer
in production for new orders" due to health issues. I may consider building
my own. The Yamaha CM500 and PTT switch will be used with my K3S.


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Re: [Elecraft] Yamaha CM500 PTT Switch

[Lewis Phelps]

Another option would be to fabricate a small “dongle” that has 3-conductor mini 
jacks (3.5mm) on the ends, using a very small project box or even a mini 
Altoids tin.  Mount on the side of the box  any of the literally hundreds of 
momentary push button switches on the market (allelectronics.com currently 
lists 45 of various size, shapes and colors).  Wire the mike leads straight 
through from one jack to the other, and route the switch lead through the PTT 
switch. Plug the Yamana headset into one side of the dongle; use a "stereo 
extension” cable to connect the other side of the dongle to your rig. Put a 
strip of “hook” Velcro on the bottom of the dongle and a strip of “loop” Velcro 
on a convenient spot on the arm or table of your wheelchair. With this setup, 
you could move your wheelchair quite a distance from the rig, if desired.  
Simply remove the dongle from your wheel chair when not operating. If you don’t 
want to attach Velcro to your wheelchair, you might glue a small magnet to the 
project box. Or mount the “dongle” on the desk surface of your station. 

Hmmm, I like this idea enough to try it myself, even though I’m not in a wheel 
chair. I have everything I need in the junk box.

73

Lew N6LEW


> On Mar 2, 2016, at 12:16 PM, Steven Stuckey  wrote:
> 
> Please read carefully. I am wanting to get a Yamaha CM500 and add a PTT
> switch. Do not recommend a foot switch I am wheelchair bound and have no
> way of using my feet. I am looking for a button PTT switch and not a
> trigger switch. When I searched the internet the one I saw was "no longer
> in production for new orders" due to health issues. I may consider building
> my own. The Yamaha CM500 and PTT switch will be used with my K3S. I can not
> use VOX due to the noise level in my shack (kids, grandchild, wife and
> dog). If you would like email me the link directly. Thanks in advance.
> 
> -- 
> ​73​
> 
> Steven Stuckey - AC9GK - Indiana
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Re: [Elecraft] Yamaha CM500 PTT Switch

[Walter Underwood]

I made a PTT cable with this pushbutton switch:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00T6RCGNC 


You can see more photos of it here, with a KX3:

http://observer.wunderwood.org/2015/08/16/yamaha-cm500-headset-with-ptt-on-elecraft-kx3/
 


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> On Mar 2, 2016, at 12:16 PM, Steven Stuckey  wrote:
> 
> Please read carefully. I am wanting to get a Yamaha CM500 and add a PTT
> switch. Do not recommend a foot switch I am wheelchair bound and have no
> way of using my feet. I am looking for a button PTT switch and not a
> trigger switch. When I searched the internet the one I saw was "no longer
> in production for new orders" due to health issues. I may consider building
> my own. The Yamaha CM500 and PTT switch will be used with my K3S. I can not
> use VOX due to the noise level in my shack (kids, grandchild, wife and
> dog). If you would like email me the link directly. Thanks in advance.
> 
> -- 
> ​73​
> 
> Steven Stuckey - AC9GK - Indiana
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Re: [Elecraft] Yamaha CM500 PTT Switch

[Mike - W5JR]

Steven, I've used the W2ENY adaptors. He also sells a handheld PTT switch/cable 
to plug into the PTT connector on the adaptor. I use it with my CM500 on a 
non-Electaft radio. Other switch types could be plugged into the connector. 


tnx
Mike / W5JR
Alpharetta GA

> On Mar 2, 2016, at 3:16 PM, Steven Stuckey  wrote:
> 
> Please read carefully. I am wanting to get a Yamaha CM500 and add a PTT
> switch. Do not recommend a foot switch I am wheelchair bound and have no
> way of using my feet. I am looking for a button PTT switch and not a
> trigger switch. When I searched the internet the one I saw was "no longer
> in production for new orders" due to health issues. I may consider building
> my own. The Yamaha CM500 and PTT switch will be used with my K3S. I can not
> use VOX due to the noise level in my shack (kids, grandchild, wife and
> dog). If you would like email me the link directly. Thanks in advance.
> 
> -- 
> ​73​
> 
> Steven Stuckey - AC9GK - Indiana
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Re: [Elecraft] Yamaha CM500 PTT Switch

[Bill Frantz]

I use the Elecraft MH2 microphone as a hand operated push to 
talk switch with my Yamaha CM500. The CM500 is plugged into the 
back microphone socket and the MH2 is plugged into the front 
socket. The MIC SEL menu option is set to rP.L bIAS. Works like 
a charm.


73 Bill AE6JV

On 3/2/16 at 12:16 PM, ac9...@gmail.com (Steven Stuckey) wrote:


Please read carefully. I am wanting to get a Yamaha CM500 and add a PTT
switch. Do not recommend a foot switch I am wheelchair bound and have no
way of using my feet. I am looking for a button PTT switch and not a
trigger switch. When I searched the internet the one I saw was "no longer
in production for new orders" due to health issues. I may consider building
my own. The Yamaha CM500 and PTT switch will be used with my K3S. I can not
use VOX due to the noise level in my shack (kids, grandchild, wife and
dog). If you would like email me the link directly. Thanks in advance.


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Re: [Elecraft] Yamaha CM500 PTT Switch

[Paul Gordon N6LL]

I sometimes use my straight key as a PTT switch.

73
Paul, N6LL

On 3/2/2016 12:16 PM, Steven Stuckey wrote:

Please read carefully. I am wanting to get a Yamaha CM500 and add a PTT
switch. Do not recommend a foot switch I am wheelchair bound and have no
way of using my feet. I am looking for a button PTT switch and not a
trigger switch. When I searched the internet the one I saw was "no longer
in production for new orders" due to health issues. I may consider building
my own. The Yamaha CM500 and PTT switch will be used with my K3S. I can not
use VOX due to the noise level in my shack (kids, grandchild, wife and
dog). If you would like email me the link directly. Thanks in advance.



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[Elecraft] Yamaha CM500 PTT Switch

[Steven Stuckey]

Please read carefully. I am wanting to get a Yamaha CM500 and add a PTT
switch. Do not recommend a foot switch I am wheelchair bound and have no
way of using my feet. I am looking for a button PTT switch and not a
trigger switch. When I searched the internet the one I saw was "no longer
in production for new orders" due to health issues. I may consider building
my own. The Yamaha CM500 and PTT switch will be used with my K3S. I can not
use VOX due to the noise level in my shack (kids, grandchild, wife and
dog). If you would like email me the link directly. Thanks in advance.

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​73​

Steven Stuckey - AC9GK - Indiana
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