[CQ-Contest] Foot switches ?

[Gerry Treas K8GT]

Maybe.

Back in 2001, after I got my TS850, I decided to use VOX.  The pencil 
rolled off the desk, I bent down to pick it up, hit my head on the desk 
edge, out came the expletive, CLICK went the VOX.  Never again.  <grin>

73, Gerry, K8GT


On 8/29/2013 10:21 AM, Cqtestk4xs at aol.com wrote:
> 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 at 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 at contesting.com] On  Behalf Of
> Joe
> Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 1:41 PM
> To:  cq-contest at 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
> Sig
> The Original Rolling Ball Clock
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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 at TheGallos.com>
>> To: Katsuhiro Kondou  <kondou at voyackey.net>
>> Cc: cq-contest at contesting.com;  kh6lc at 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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