I need to buy a foot switch. One handed logging isn't cutting it anymore and is cutting into my rate. Most ham radio stores have the choice of the Heil or the MFJ foot pedals. Is that really the only
Ryan, Look up the "Linemaster" foot switches. I recommend the "Clipper series". Very well made and reliable... ____________________________________________________________ Love Spell Click here to li
I bought a bunch of $8 music-shop keyboard foot pedals. They have 1/4" plugs and work just as well as any "ham-specific" pedal would. When they stop working, at $8, I won't be too upset. -- Mike DeCh
Ryan, There are many foot switch manufacturers out there. Most are built for industrial tool and machinery control. Others were made for office equipment like old tape transcription machines. However
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Ryan, By far the best (most robust, heavy duty, etc.) are the foot switches used by musical instrument players (keyboards, etc.). We started buying those a few years ago from the local music instrume
Wow, thanks for all the replies guys. Plenty of info to digest. I really appreciate it! I was looking at musicians' foot pedals which might seem to fit the bill. I work near to Sam Ash music in NYC s
Ryan; I use a couple of professional Linemaster brand foot switches. They are one of the major brands of such products. Solidly built, and are available at places like Allied or Newark. Here is a lin
Yes. It's not as comfortable with no shoes, but the Boss FS5-U is well made. I don't like the Heil. Check music stores... 73, Mark, KD4D -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:07:44 -0700
Most of the recommendations so far have been footswitches with the pivot away from the line cord. I'm probably in the minority in that I prefer the pivot to be near the line cord. In fact, this is my
The simplest thing you can build for your shack.....and you want to buy one? Get two momentary pushbutton switches. Go to Home Depot (or similar): Get a piece of aluminum to be the bracket for the sw
If you want a really nice footswitch, get one of these: http://www.drillspot.com/products/43518/Linemaster_632-S_Foot_Switch They also make a dual model for Motorola: http://www.motorola.com/Business
Linemaster Gem V1 Ergonomically most comfortable and you can hit from all angles instead of only 1 side ! ( Round Design and great quality- will last over 10 years with the worst abuse and 10s of tho
I use a footswitch from a dictating machine (remember those?) that I found in a secondhand store. I'm not using them all, but it actually has three switches, one in the middle and one on each side. I
What make would these be? -Rex K1HI Rex Lint Merrimack, NH I bought a bunch of $8 music-shop keyboard foot pedals. They have 1/4" plugs and work just as well as any "ham-specific" pedal
Generic cheap-o brand. The way I see it, if a rotor breaks or a radio breaks or a computer cracks up during a contest, you have a problem. If the footswitch goes, you're probably going to be fine. Es