Adding Dual Foot Switch for PTT | Ham Radio
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- Finally! I have still been having to use my hand mic on one radio to activate the PTT on it, NOW I am able to get rid of the hand mic and have a foot switch for each of my two primary radios, completely hands free!
Products used:
2.5mm Plug - amzn.to/3sXctvD
Dual Foot Switch - amzn.to/451QoJr
Signle Foot Switch - amzn.to/3Zk6lJO
(Foot Switches purchased new may not include pre-wiring)
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I swear I've forgotten the heat shrink more times than I've had hot meals. Nice find on the foot switch.
🤣 just one of those things I guess lol
Cool stuff, Joe/Brett! I should reach out to my County friends to see if they have old foot switches taking up space in a storage room.
Yep, I’m willing to bet they do somewhere lol. There’s power supplies and antennas at the office not being used, but I just haven’t been able to talk them out of them yet, but they know who to call when it’s time to clean up 🤣
Great video Joe! I have made that heat shrink error many times. I had to LOL (sorry) That’s some great Ham work on all of it. Thanks Man!
Thanks Freddie! 😎 don’t be sorry for LOL’ing that’s my goal is to get a chuckle out of folks every now and then 🥸
Great video and very cool setup with the dual PTT foot switch!
Thanks James, I like that they are mounted together.
The 7300 should be on the right, that's the gas pedal.😂👍
Or just maybe, I’m putting the breaks on the pile up when I key up and bust through it 😎🤣 I crack myself up
@@K5YVY haha, very true!😁👍
I have a handful of those pedals! They’re great!
Nice! I agree😎
@@K5YVY I got mine from a dispatch center too! Very handy and simple switches.
Nice work!
Thank you much Thor👍
Cool project and nice video
Thanks Mike 👍
I have a similar foot switch but both pedals on mine operate the same need to open them up and wire separately.
Yeah I didn’t realize until getting the links for the description that they don’t come wired, so rewiring it shouldn’t be a problem. 👍
Hey, JoeBrett! You don't drive like that, do you!!?? jk, I had a cousin used to drive double-footed, lol. Scared me to death, lol. I'm glad you shared this. I didn't even know there was such a thing. Thanks. 73 de K0WHW Bill
Hey Bill! No no no I don’t drive like that, but I know some that do and it makes me nervous too lol.
It's all fun and games until your response to the net goes out on the local repeater. lol
🤣 true, or your sitting there talking on UA-cam and realize your foot is keying up the local 2m 👀
That's a pretty expensive foot switch new, but that's what you get for commercial-grade equipment. It looks like there are plenty on eBay pretty cheap though.
Yeah definitely not a budget foot switch, but I can’t imagine ever wearing it out in a ham shack. Couldn’t say the same for my $11 Amazon switch I had before.
Good video.
What does your wife think about you playing footsie with your radios under the table????? 😀
She gets jealous🤣
I wonder if you could do this instead of 2 radios having 1 radio and the computer mic?
Certainly, you would just need the single foot switch for one Radio.
@@K5YVY what about the computer mic like your boom mic you have? It use Zello a lot when in the shack and then I have vhf radio.
@allthingsradio my mic connects directly to the computer via USB. From there I use software such as voicemeeter to route the audio to my radios which are connected to the computer by USB as well. This allows me to use the mic for any computer related audio such as talking on UA-cam, recording videos, digital voice software, etc, but also use any microphone that connects to my computer for my radios without worrying about whether it’s a dynamic, electret, etc.
@@K5YVY thank you sir I will look into that voice meter
Nice idea. 73
Thanks Jeff 👍