[CQ-Contest] Foot switches ?

[Hans Brakob]

I'm in the bottom 10, and I use a foot switch.

    
      


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On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 2:12 PM, null <w5ov at 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 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
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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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