[Elecraft] K3 XMIT in SSB modes - Heil Footswitch

Bill W4ZV btippett at alum.mit.edu
Fri Mar 21 09:46:52 EST 2008




Barry N1EU wrote:
> 
> "The Heil footswitch is FB quality and reasonably priced."
> 
> We must have a different definition of "FB quality".  I've owned
> several Heil footswitches and they all eventually failed with stripped
> pivot screws.  It's a poor mechanical design.  You can kludge a repair
> with a long machine screw and nylock nut or do better by purchasing a
> Linemaster GEM-V footswitch or similar.
> 

If you were describing Radio Shack's footswitch I might agree, but I've used
a Heil for >10 years and ~60k contest QSOs with never a problem.  Of course
*anything* mechanical is prone to failure!

73,  Bill

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