[Elecraft] PTT switch for K3

Don Wilhelm donwilh at embarqmail.com
Mon Jan 8 07:57:12 EST 2018


A slight correction - that would have been a foot pedal from the IBM 
"Executary" line.
Dictaphone was another competing company.

Yes, that is a heavy duty footswitch.  I also use one for PTT.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 1/8/2018 7:02 AM, bobstevens at brockettmcneel.net wrote:
> 40 years ago, I found a foot pedal for an early IBM Dictaphone at a flea
> market. It has a switch in it that allowed the stenographer to press either
> side to go backwards or forward when typing the recorded dictation. I wired
> both sides together so pressing either side completed the circuit. It is 4'
> x 4", made of metal, heavy and has been in use for 40 years. Bob, K9ING
> 


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