I'm in the bottom 10, and I use a foot switch.
Dit dit,
de K0HB
On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 2:12 PM, null <w5ov@w5ov.com> wrote:
> There are a lot of guys using vox.
> I find it totally disorienting and feel out of control with VOX. I prefer
> positive PTT control and the foot switch provides that.
> It's all what you're accustomed to, but I think you'd find that a majority
> of those in the top ten would not use VOX.
> W5OV
>> I understand the use of foot switches in MS and MM and not using VOX. Am
>> I the only guy using VOX in single op?
>>
>> Bill K4XS/KH7XS
>>
>>
>> In a message dated 8/29/2013 1:53:23 P.M. Coordinated Universal Time,
>> W5OV@W5OV.COM writes:
>>
>> Another vote for the clipper switch!
>>
>> http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/1810
>>
>> The Clipper switch has sufficient resistance. Not too much - just
>> right.
>>
>> Highly recommended.
>>
>> I've been using them for over 30 years - yes, the same ones.
>>
>> They're industrial-grade and they don't spring apart in the middle of a
>> contest like those other cheap bent-metal jobs do.
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Bob W5OV
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
>> Joe
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 1:41 PM
>> To: cq-contest@contesting.com
>> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Foot switches ?
>>
>> The only problem I have with Any foot switch is that it takes too little
>> force to activate it, so I have to either tighten the lifting muscle in
>> the shins to keep from activating the switch or have the switch like at
>> the side near the ball of the foot and use it in a rolling action with
>> most of the weight of the foot resting on the floor..
>>
>> Joe wb9sbd
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>> On 8/28/2013 11:24 AM, Tom Horton wrote:
>>> For years I used an old j-38 key mounted on a piece of 1/4 plywood.
>>> Also
>> have used a home made switch with two pieces of aluminum and a spring,
>> $3.00
>> footswitch found a most any ham swapmeet, a sewing machine foot switch
>> and
>> one of the best things I ever had was mounting a footswitch to the side
>> of
>> the cubbyhole of my desk and using it as a "knee" switch. It never
>> slipped
>> away.
>>> 73 and happy footswitching...
>>> tom K5IID
>>>
>>> There is no joy in Mudville!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> K5IID Tom Horton Hillsboro, TX
>>> E sorter for ARRL W5 bureau
>>> Same call for 57 years!
>>>
>>>
>>> ________________________________
>>> From: Charlie Gallo <Charlie@TheGallos.com>
>>> To: Katsuhiro Kondou <kondou@voyackey.net>
>>> Cc: cq-contest@contesting.com; kh6lc@hotmail.com
>>> Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 10:34 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Foot switches ?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 8/28/2013 Katsuhiro Kondou wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> This is what I've been using since last year's CQWW SSB at V26B.
>>>> http://files.qrz.com/m/jh5ghm/CIMG8305.JPG
>>> Nice looking - could probably sell an article to say "Machinist
>>> Workshop"
>> here in the USA - they do short articles on simple items
>>>
>>>
>>
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