[Elecraft] Which hand-held PTT switch?

[Peter Pauly]

Thanks to everyone that responded. I decided to make my own from these
parts at Mouser:

http://www.mouser.com/search/ProductDetail.aspx?R=0virtualkey0virtualkey172-1112
http://www.mouser.com/search/ProductDetail.aspx?R=0virtualkey0virtualkeyED913

Total cost was less than $20 plus shipping.



On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 8:03 PM, w7aqk <w7aqk at cox.net> wrote:

> 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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