Fw: [CQ-Contest] Heil FS-2 Foot Switch

[Rex Maner]

Quack's
I have used VOX for years, however my old foot sw was a piece of 1 x 6 with
a small micro sw attached to one side and a thin piece of fiberglass sheet
,( mine was and old devider for a notebook) attached with thumb tacks.
Very soft touch only took a toe to actuate and easy to move around under the
operating position.
GL Rex

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Horton" <k5iid at ntelos.net>
To: "aluscre" <aluscre at neo.rr.com>; "Richard Thorne" <rthorne at tcac.net>;
<cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 04, 2002 04:47
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Heil FS-2 Foot Switch


> I've been using foot switches for over forty years.
> I always have just picked them up at swapfests, etc.
> I don't know what the Heil switch costs, but I'll bet I've
> bought mine a lot cheaper.
> They are usually made from a plain old spst microswitch.
> I saw a hint that came from N4MM a lot of years ago about a knee switch,
> and I built one...hard job that. I velcro'd one of my foot switches to the
> inside part of
> my desk. If I don't wanna use my foot, I just move my knee a bit.
> Also, I always have at least 2 foot switches on the floor, in case I want
> to move my feet around.
> Another thing. A friend of mine used an old J-38 key screwed to a board.
> Samo-samo.
> 73, Tom K5IID
>
>
>
>
> At 11:53 05/03/02 -0400, aluscre wrote:
> >After my FS-1 went bad I pcikup a sewing machine foot swtich.
> >I works great. Less resistance to push, better angle for foot, wider,
more
> >stable on floor (moves less and never over turns) and as a bonus  it
> >actually has two switches (which I have yet to figure a use for) a right
> >and left.
> >Less than $5 at fleamarket.
> >
> >Richard Thorne wrote:
> >
> > > Have any contesters tried the new FS-2 foot switch?  My FS-1 just went
> > > belly up after 10 years of faithful service.  It would be simple to
fix
> > > as the microswitch just needs replacing.  But it may be time to try
> > > something new.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Richard Thorne - N5ZC
> > > Amarillo, TX
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > CQ-Contest mailing list
> > > CQ-Contest at contesting.com
> > > http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest
> >
> >--
> >|--------------------------|
> >      Anthony A. Luscre
> >             K8ZT
> >         Stow, Ohio
> >|--------------------------|
> >     Visit My Website at
> >   http://www.qsl.net/k8zt
> >|--------------------------|
> >
> >
> >
> >_______________________________________________
> >CQ-Contest mailing list
> >CQ-Contest at contesting.com
> >http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest
>
> _______________________________________________
> CQ-Contest mailing list
> CQ-Contest at contesting.com
> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest
>