[Icom] Curiosity question and thought....

[Stephen P. Branca]

Steve I dont know how good his switch is but years ago I built one similar
using the old ant capcity switches mounte under a slanted aluminum plate
with the button on top of course all I did was bend a pair of the contacts a
lil so they closed one after the other I used this so the antenna was
connected then the amp so the antenna was always connected before the amp. I
think these capcity switch are laying in junk boxes and also see a lot of
them a ham fests this can be done with relays also  usually the large type
with good spacing and of course multi pole.
Steve K2SB
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Jones" <nx1g@rev.net>
To: <icom@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 01:01
Subject: [Icom] Curiosity question and thought....


> I know that the keying of the Icom Pro II to modern amps like the Alpha
91B
> has been covered before but I saw a new and interesting twist that might
be
> better than anything I have heard so far and it would solve a second
problem
> for me. Heil has come out with what they call a dual footswitch that keys
> your amplifier first and then your radio split second later. It uses no
> relays...I repeat no relays. Since I use the W2IHY EQ and noise gate and
> have both my Pro II and FT1000D hooked up to it and can switch back and
> forth with a slide switch on the EQ and Noise gate. This would be
> perfect....especially since I use a footswitch to key the radios through
the
> EQ and noise gate. Has anyone got this new dual footswitch yet and if
> so...how well does it work. Please Email me direct at nx1g@rev.net if you
> don;t want your reply on the reflector and hit delete please if you don't
> like my post. Thank you, Steve, Jones
>
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