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Re: [CQ-Contest] Foot switches ?

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Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Foot switches ?
From: Tad Danley <tdanley@suddenlink.net>
Reply-to: tdanley@suddenlink.net
Date: Sun, 01 Sep 2013 12:27:17 -0500
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They are designed for controlling industrial equipment, Mark, but they work so well Motorola, GE and RCA used them in communications centers for dispatchers. The first ones I ever saw were in a busy taxi dispatch center in Pittsburgh, PA. My 642-S will switch 20 amps at 250 volts. I don't believe they make a wireless version.

73!

Tad Danley, K3TD
EM10dq

On 9/1/2013 10:03 AM, Mark Beckwith wrote:
W5OV said:

Another vote for the clipper switch!

http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/1810

Judging by the photo, are they wireless?  That could be a plus :-)

Seriously, I did not know there was a footswitch actually designed and manufactured for radio operators. I'm inclined to think this is probably a really good choice, although I never have used one to my knowledge.

Recently, as my footswitches have all broken after 40+ years of service (I bought three from C&H Surplus in Pasadena when I was, like, 14 years old and have pounded the tar out of them ever since), I have been replacing them with Yamaha FC-5 "sustain pedals" which are really footswitches in disguise. You can find them on eBay for $5-$15 all the time.

Enter this string: "yamaha fc-5 sustain pedal"

Mark, N5OT
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