John,
I’ve heard from some of the local contesters that Linemaster switches are often
found in the shacks of some of the larger, and well equipped stations. But at
the ebay price range, we can all afford them. They certainly are built
tough...and if they’re in use in fire apparatus, that only makes me feel better
about using them in the shack. I’ve gotten pretty excited when a rare grid pops
up, and stomped on the switches pretty hard...but I doubt it compares to the
sensation you must get when a distracted driver pulls out in front of you when
you’re on a call!
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
EM63nf
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
6M VUCC #1712
Grid Bandit #222
Life Member Central States VHF Society
From: Jon Pearl - W4ABC
Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 3:43 PM
To: Les Rayburn
Cc: VHF Contesting Reflector ; vhf@w6yx.stanford.edu
Subject: Re: [VHF] Linemaster Foot Switches
Hi Les.
There are plenty of this company's light duty 'compact' model being
installed on the floors of many of today's fire apparatus. As a
Driver/Engineer I've been squishing them under my left foot to control
mechanical sirens and air horns for 27 years now. I've yet to break one.
73,
Jon Pearl - W4ABC
www.w4abc.com
On 2/3/2011 3:32 PM, Les Rayburn wrote:
> After having a foot switch failure during the January VHF Contest, I went
> looking for something beyond the cheap, plastic foot switches commonly sold at
> ham radio stores for this application. A friend suggested the b Linemasterb
> line of industrial foot switches, with a specific recommendation for their
> b Clipperb model.
>
> http://www.linemaster.com/
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