[Elecraft] Which hand-held PTT switch?

w7aqk w7aqk at cox.net
Sun Oct 25 20:03:16 EDT 2015


Seems like you got a lot of recommendations for a foot switch, but not too 
many for a hand-held switch.  The one from Ron, WD4AHZ, looks nice, but the 
price seems pretty stiff!  Seems to me something like that should only cost 
$10-$15 at the most, but I'm probably still "living" in the 20th century!

Anyway, I don't have one, but I wish I did.  However, I use my CM500 headset 
plugged into the back, and the Elecraft microphone (MH2) is plugged into the 
front.  So, when I just want to use PTT, I simply hold down the Elecraft 
microphone's PTT switch, but actually use the CM500 as my 
microphone/headphone.

It seems to me that it would be pretty darned easy to just make one, and it 
shouldn't cost much either.  For that matter, I could also take one of the 
many old smaller HT microphones with PTT switches I've collected over the 
years and simply change the plug.  The problem with that is that you have to 
hold it on, and you might prefer a "click on-click off" switch.

The last time this thread went around I picked up a foot switch that 
somebody recommended, but I haven't ever really used it.  I'm not one to 
always have my feet in one place anyway!!!  Then again, I'm on SSB so rarely 
that I just can't get motivated to do anything really creative!  Hi.

Dave W7AQK 



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