I went to Radio Shack and bought a jumbo 1/4" plug and a pushbutton switch.
I wired the switch to the plug and glued the switch into the open end of the
plug. (Seems like I had to ream it out a little.) I plug this into the Heil
adapter and now have a pushbutton mike. Costs about $5, and I've been using
it for several years.
Jim n4al
-----Original Message-----
From: Dale L. Martin <kg5u@hal-pc.org>
To: Ten-Tec Reflector <Tentec@contesting.com>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Date: Thursday, June 03, 1999 1:02 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] question on adapters
>
>
>I won't comment on the Heil equipment.
>
>> I use the Heil footswitch, but most people who use it, me
>included,
>>find that it tends to rove around on you - needs to be taped or
>velcro'd down!
>>
>What I did for the footswitch was take a couple of 1"x8"x36"
>boards, a piano hinge, a couple of springs, and a couple of lever
>action momentary switches. I wired the two switches in parallel
>and mounted them 1/3 of the way in from each end of the boards,
>attached the piano hinge, secured the springs with some metal
>strapping and voila! a neat, reliable,
>easy-to-find-with-your-foot-without-looking/tapping-around-PTT
>switch. Mine is raw, untreated wood; you can put fabric,
>non-skid, rubber, even velcro on it (and your foot?) if you
>want...
>
>Oh yeah...cost less than commercial PTT footswitches.
>
>Works great with my Omni VI....when I operate SSB.
>
>73,
>dale, kg5u
>
>
>
>
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