[CQ-Contest] CQ-Contest Digest, Vol 239, Issue 8

Douglas Priest douglas.priest at gmail.com
Thu Nov 10 12:39:55 EST 2022 

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Doug W3CF/4


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>    1. Sliding Footswitches (Scott Tuthill)
>    2. 160 80 double L K2KQ (PY2NY)
>    3. Re: Sliding Footswitches (Bob Grubic)
>    4. 2022 JIDX-PH contest Reminder (Tack JE1CKA)
>    5. Re: Sliding Footswitches (Don Butler)
>    6. Re: Sliding Footswitches (Mike Smith VE9AA)
>    7. Re: Sliding Footswitches (Michael Ritz)
>    8. Re: Sliding Footswitches (Hans Brakob)
>    9. Re: Sliding Footswitches (Pete Smith N4ZR)
>   10. Re: Sliding Footswitches (wigi at kl0r.com)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2022 10:24:55 -0700
> From: Scott Tuthill <k7zo.scott at gmail.com>
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] Sliding Footswitches
> Message-ID: <04c19f6c-6bc7-9171-e120-da41f3c531a9 at gmail.com>
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> I operated CQWW SSB at a QTH with tile floors in the operating room. As
> a result, the footswitch kept sliding around and frequently required a
> pause in my run to reposition it. I am sure others out there have faced
> this problem. What solutions have you come up with?
>
> Thanks. Scott/K7ZO
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2022 10:54:07 -0300
> From: PY2NY <py2ny.vitor at gmail.com>
> To: CQ Contest <cq-contest at contesting.com>
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] 160 80 double L K2KQ
> Message-ID:
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> KoTr3kO_hCw at mail.gmail.com>
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> Hi guys, good morning
>
> I am looking to this article in PDF format. If you can, send
> me via 'private' e-mail.
>
> *Double-L Antenna For 80/160 by Don Toman, K2KQ*
>
> Thanks a lot...
> .
> ..
> ...
> --------------------------------
> PY2NY / SP9NY / V26NY  - Vitor Luis Aidar dos Santos
> http://military-jeep-brasil.blogspot.com.br/
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2022 15:25:23 -0800
> From: Bob Grubic <bobgrubic at gmail.com>
> Cc: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Sliding Footswitches
> Message-ID:
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> tJGGg at mail.gmail.com>
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> Scott,
>
> I took a piece of plywood 10 x 13 inches, put some rubber feet under it,
> and fixed a foot pedal on top next to a small piece of 2 x 4 inch wood.
> Both the foot pedal and 2 x 4 are fixed on top of the wood so they don't
> move. I rest my foot on the pedal (and the plywood so it doesn't move
> around) and press on the pedal when I need to. The 2 x 4 helps me know
> where my foot and the pedal are when I'm not actually pressing on the
> pedal. When I operate portable, I have to take the whole thing with me, but
> it works great. I'll send you a picture privately.  GL 73 Bob NC6Q
>
> On Wed, Nov 9, 2022 at 3:13 PM Scott Tuthill <k7zo.scott at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I operated CQWW SSB at a QTH with tile floors in the operating room. As
> > a result, the footswitch kept sliding around and frequently required a
> > pause in my run to reposition it. I am sure others out there have faced
> > this problem. What solutions have you come up with?
> >
> > Thanks. Scott/K7ZO
> > _______________________________________________
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>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2022 09:39:34 +0900
> From: Tack JE1CKA <je1cka at gmail.com>
> To: CQ-Contest at contesting.com
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] 2022 JIDX-PH contest Reminder
> Message-ID: <967f4285-0a45-70e9-b928-e0eb3c4e1633 at gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed
>
> JIDX: Japan International DX contest Phone section will be held in this
> weekend;
>
> Start: 2022-11-12(Sat) 0700UTC
> End  : 2022-11-13(Sun) 1300UTC
> QSO:  DX works JA and JA works DX only
> Exchange: DX sends RS+CQ Zone, JA sends RS+JA prefecture Nr.
> more info at http://jidx.org/jidxrule-e.html
> --
> Tack Kumagai, JE1CKA
> je1cka at gmail.com
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2022 16:59:46 -0700
> From: "Don Butler" <n5lz at comcast.net>
> To: "'Scott Tuthill'" <k7zo.scott at gmail.com>,
>         <cq-contest at contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Sliding Footswitches
> Message-ID: <000001d8f497$5a805af0$0f8110d0$@comcast.net>
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> I've been using several of those old $5 Radio Shack footswitches for 30-40
> years now .... I suspect that they are no longer available but all of mine
> (about a half dozen of them) still work just fine .... I simply use
> adhesive
> backed Velcro to keep them where I want them .... and that has worked very
> well .... on the floor ....  on vinyl carpet protectors .... inside desks
> for use as a "knee switch", etc...
>
> Don, N5LZ
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces+n5lz=
> comcast.net at contesting.com]
> On Behalf Of Scott Tuthill
> Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2022 10:25 AM
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] Sliding Footswitches
>
> I operated CQWW SSB at a QTH with tile floors in the operating room. As
> a result, the footswitch kept sliding around and frequently required a
> pause in my run to reposition it. I am sure others out there have faced
> this problem. What solutions have you come up with?
>
> Thanks. Scott/K7ZO
> _______________________________________________
> CQ-Contest mailing list
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>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 6
> Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2022 20:22:36 -0400
> From: "Mike Smith VE9AA" <ve9aa at nbnet.nb.ca>
> To: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Sliding Footswitches
> Message-ID: <002501d8f49a$897ad8a0$9c7089e0$@nbnet.nb.ca>
> Content-Type: text/plain;       charset="us-ascii"
>
> Hi Scott,
>
> We probably worked, as I/we worked on all 6 bands from the next Island
> over.
> (thanks!)
>
> I am a "footswitch guy" when I operate SSB. That habit goes back decades
> when I was a dispatcher for a spell and we had a footswitch in the radio
> room and that was it ! (I prefer CW, but that's a separate topic)
>
> I brought a small footswitch with me (to ZF2AA)  and it was slip sliding
> around on the nice tile floor, so I zip-tied the f/sw cable to 2 big coaxes
> that ran under the table.  When I was done CQWW SSB, I cut the zip tie as I
> am sure the stn owner would not want it there.
>
> At home, I have all my footswitches velcro'd down to a big plywood board
> that sits on top of a vy low wooden box.(none of it moves)
>
> 73 de Mike VE9AA (ZF2AA in CQWW SSB)
>
> I operated CQWW SSB at a QTH with tile floors in the operating room. As
> > a result, the footswitch kept sliding around and frequently required a
> > pause in my run to reposition it. I am sure others out there have faced
> > this problem. What solutions have you come up with?
> >
> > Thanks. Scott/K7ZO
>
> Mike, Coreen & Corey
> Keswick Ridge, NB
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 7
> Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2022 15:57:20 -0800 (PST)
> From: Michael Ritz <w7vo at comcast.net>
> To: Scott Tuthill <k7zo.scott at gmail.com>, cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Sliding Footswitches
> Message-ID: <1662171101.355484.1668038240052 at connect.xfinity.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
>
> I use a thick rubberized kitchen floor mat from Costco (like you'd use in
> front of sink).
> It stays in place, and the cushioned top keeps the footswitch in one place.
>
> 73;
> Mike
> W7VO
>
>
> > On 11/09/2022 9:24 AM Scott Tuthill <k7zo.scott at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > I operated CQWW SSB at a QTH with tile floors in the operating room. As
> > a result, the footswitch kept sliding around and frequently required a
> > pause in my run to reposition it. I am sure others out there have faced
> > this problem. What solutions have you come up with?
> >
> > Thanks. Scott/K7ZO
> > _______________________________________________
> > CQ-Contest mailing list
> > CQ-Contest at contesting.com
> > http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 8
> Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2022 03:21:25 +0000
> From: Hans Brakob <kzerohb at gmail.com>
> To: Mike Smith VE9AA <ve9aa at nbnet.nb.ca>, "CQ-Contest at contesting.com"
>         <CQ-Contest at contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Sliding Footswitches
> Message-ID:
>         <
> MN2PR04MB6688C63618EBC2DB22AD542AF1019 at MN2PR04MB6688.namprd04.prod.outlook.com
> >
>
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>
> My XYL, K?CKB, is also a sewing hobbiest.  She bought me on of these.
>
>
> https://www.amazon.com/Pedal-Stay-Non-Skid-Foot-Pedal-Support/dp/B003W0LAXQ/ref=asc_df_B003W0LAXQ/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=167164505512&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=6821213895532857708&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9019699&hvtargid=pla-309552687545&psc=1
>
> 73, de Hans, K?HB
> ?Just a Boy and his Radio??
> ________________________________
> From: CQ-Contest <cq-contest-bounces+kzerohb=gmail.com at contesting.com> on
> behalf of Mike Smith VE9AA <ve9aa at nbnet.nb.ca>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 9, 2022 6:22:36 PM
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com <cq-contest at contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Sliding Footswitches
>
> Hi Scott,
>
> We probably worked, as I/we worked on all 6 bands from the next Island
> over.
> (thanks!)
>
> I am a "footswitch guy" when I operate SSB. That habit goes back decades
> when I was a dispatcher for a spell and we had a footswitch in the radio
> room and that was it ! (I prefer CW, but that's a separate topic)
>
> I brought a small footswitch with me (to ZF2AA)  and it was slip sliding
> around on the nice tile floor, so I zip-tied the f/sw cable to 2 big coaxes
> that ran under the table.  When I was done CQWW SSB, I cut the zip tie as I
> am sure the stn owner would not want it there.
>
> At home, I have all my footswitches velcro'd down to a big plywood board
> that sits on top of a vy low wooden box.(none of it moves)
>
> 73 de Mike VE9AA (ZF2AA in CQWW SSB)
>
> I operated CQWW SSB at a QTH with tile floors in the operating room. As
> > a result, the footswitch kept sliding around and frequently required a
> > pause in my run to reposition it. I am sure others out there have faced
> > this problem. What solutions have you come up with?
> >
> > Thanks. Scott/K7ZO
>
> Mike, Coreen & Corey
> Keswick Ridge, NB
>
>
>
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> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 9
> Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2022 23:06:34 -0500
> From: Pete Smith N4ZR <pete.n4zr at gmail.com>
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Sliding Footswitches
> Message-ID: <d3e8163c-21e6-97f7-8088-195bc13493d2 at gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed
>
> This may sound a little off the wall, but I've heard of people using a
> strip of velcro or other adhesive to strap the footswitch to their
> shoe.? A little inconvenient when you have to go, though
>
> 73, Pete N4ZR
> Check out the new Reverse Beacon Network
> web server at<https://reversebeacon.net>.
> For spots, please use your favorite
> "retail" DX cluster.
>
> On 11/9/2022 7:22 PM, Mike Smith VE9AA wrote:
> > Hi Scott,
> >
> > We probably worked, as I/we worked on all 6 bands from the next Island
> over.
> > (thanks!)
> >
> > I am a "footswitch guy" when I operate SSB. That habit goes back decades
> > when I was a dispatcher for a spell and we had a footswitch in the radio
> > room and that was it ! (I prefer CW, but that's a separate topic)
> >
> > I brought a small footswitch with me (to ZF2AA)  and it was slip sliding
> > around on the nice tile floor, so I zip-tied the f/sw cable to 2 big
> coaxes
> > that ran under the table.  When I was done CQWW SSB, I cut the zip tie
> as I
> > am sure the stn owner would not want it there.
> >
> > At home, I have all my footswitches velcro'd down to a big plywood board
> > that sits on top of a vy low wooden box.(none of it moves)
> >
> > 73 de Mike VE9AA (ZF2AA in CQWW SSB)
> >
> > I operated CQWW SSB at a QTH with tile floors in the operating room. As
> >> a result, the footswitch kept sliding around and frequently required a
> >> pause in my run to reposition it. I am sure others out there have faced
> >> this problem. What solutions have you come up with?
> >>
> >> Thanks. Scott/K7ZO
> > Mike, Coreen & Corey
> > Keswick Ridge, NB
> >
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > CQ-Contest mailing list
> > CQ-Contest at contesting.com
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> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 10
> Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2022 22:28:29 -0900
> From: <wigi at kl0r.com>
> To: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Sliding Footswitches
> Message-ID: <086501d8f4d6$084cf6f0$18e6e4d0$@kl0r.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain;       charset="us-ascii"
>
> The DXE foot switches are hard-core... heavy and non-slip. It is hard to
> lose them, even on a tile floor.
>
> Wigi, KL0R
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: CQ-Contest <cq-contest-bounces+wigi=kl0r.com at contesting.com> On
> Behalf
> Of Michael Ritz
> Sent: Wednesday, November 9, 2022 2:57 PM
> To: Scott Tuthill <k7zo.scott at gmail.com>; cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Sliding Footswitches
>
> I use a thick rubberized kitchen floor mat from Costco (like you'd use in
> front of sink).
> It stays in place, and the cushioned top keeps the footswitch in one place.
>
> 73;
> Mike
> W7VO
>
>
> > On 11/09/2022 9:24 AM Scott Tuthill <k7zo.scott at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > I operated CQWW SSB at a QTH with tile floors in the operating room.
> > As a result, the footswitch kept sliding around and frequently
> > required a pause in my run to reposition it. I am sure others out
> > there have faced this problem. What solutions have you come up with?
> >
> > Thanks. Scott/K7ZO
> > _______________________________________________
> > CQ-Contest mailing list
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