[Elecraft] PTT switch for K3

[Dauer, Edward]

Neat idea; thanks for sharing.  

But a 35 mm film canister?  What’s “film”?

Ted, KN1CBR  (and old enough to remember switchboards, rabbit ears, Rolodexes, and “the phone company”)


On 1/7/18, 11:34 AM, "kstover at ac0h.net" <kstover at ac0h.net> wrote:

    I rolled my own.
    Normally open push button switch built into an old 35mm film container a hunk of RG-174 coax and a 1/4 inch jack. You could spend a ridiculous amount of money and get the official Heil switch which was built into a pistol grip.
    
    R. Kevin Stover    AC0H
    ARRL
    FISTS
    NAQCC
    SKCC
    
    -----Original Message-----
    From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Dauer, Edward
    Sent: Sunday, January 7, 2018 11:58 AM
    To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
    Subject: [Elecraft] PTT switch for K3
    
    I plan to try the SSB QSO party next weekend, and have the adapter for the K3 and a Heil headset – but I need a remote PTT switch with a ¼ inch mono plug on one end and a pushbutton switch at the other.  All I have been able to find online are nurse call buttons – which I suppose would work but the big red cross on the button is off-putting, and because they are made for use in a hospital environment they are expensive.  Anyone suggest a source?
    
    Thanks, as always,
    
    Ted, KN1CBR
    
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