[Elecraft] [K3] using a footswitch for PTT

[John Shadle]

I just checked again and, yes, it's wired to OPEN when depressed and CLOSED
otherwise. Hrm.

Can I use this for PTT or is it simply "junque"?

-john W4PAH

On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 12:10 PM, Rose <elecraftcovers at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Hi John,
>
> Could the switch actually be a DPST and wired to -open- when the
> switch is depressed?  There are some musical (band) applications
> where this would be the case.
>
> 73!
>
> Ken - K0PP
>
> On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 5:06 PM, John Shadle <shadle at katzenfisch.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>> I am finally getting the ol' radio back up and running after a few months
>> of packing and moving from NC to WI. In my past life (in NC) I was mostly
>> CW, but now that the shack is in the basement I want to get back on SSB.
>>
>> I have an Elecraft desk mic (the Heil version from a few years ago). It
>> has
>> an input for a 1/4" footswitch controller for PTT. I've never used a
>> footswitch before, so this is all new to me.
>>
>> I don't have a Heil footswitch, but do have an older Yamaha foot pedal
>> which I picked up at a yard sale a couple of years ago. It creates a
>> closed
>> circuit whenever I depress the switch (and is open otherwise). The odd
>> thing is that whenever I plug in this footswitch, the PTT is engaged when
>> the switch is plugged in--and the PTT is disengaged when I depress the
>> switch. This seems like odd behavior to me. Is there something in the menu
>> that I need to change? Advanced mic parameters? I'm kinda lost.
>>
>> I cracked the case open to view the innards, but it's just two wires (tip
>> and ground for the 1/4" cable) and a switch. I don't think there's
>> anything
>> I can do in there to modify things.
>>
>> The model appears to be a Yamaha FC5 (
>>
>> http://usa.yamaha.com/products/music-production/accessories/footswitches/fc5/?mode=model
>> ),
>> although I can't find a model number on it.
>>
>> Thanks!
>> -john W4PAH
>> Madison, WI
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