PTT adapter for handheld radio

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justin283

Registered User

• May 29, 2018

• #1

I have a non electric pa-18-95 and use a handheld radio. I recently bought a yaesu 550l and it’s come with the headset adapter but no plug for PTT. I’d like to be able to plug in my existing PTT switch to the Yaesu, just like my old icom, but there’s no adapter that i could find online and not much info. Can anyone help me out? My old icom adapter with the extra PTT plug is unique to my icom radio, and the yaesu adapter just has two plugs for the headset.

 

Farmboy

MEMBER

Middlebury, VT

• May 29, 2018

• #2

I used a Yeasu and the standard in-line push to talk. You have to change the push to talk feature in the menu for PTT use.

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sj

Staff member

Northwest Arkansas

• May 29, 2018

• #3

PTT usually goes in series with mic cable does it not?

 

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justin283

Registered User

• May 29, 2018

• #4

That’s what I’d like to find but having difficulty. A inline Y splitter. Inline in the mic plug, with a female plug that my existing PTT coming from my stick would plug into. If I'm understanding the connections correctly, I need a Y fitting- male to female [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]microphone plug .206", with a 2.5mm female plug for my PTT switch. [/FONT]

 

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Farmboy

MEMBER

Middlebury, VT

• May 29, 2018

• #5

A PTT that is not proprietary to ICOM should have that built in. This photo should be self-explanatory.

 

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justin283

Registered User

• May 29, 2018

• #6

Thank you. That is what I envisioned, but I'd like to utilize my existing PTT switch which is built in to my stick. So could I cut at the coil and install a female 2.5mm plug for my existing PTT switch to plug into?

 

wireweinie

FOUNDER

Palmer, AK

• May 29, 2018

• #7

justin283 said:

Thank you. That is what I envisioned, but I'd like to utilize my existing PTT switch which is built in to my stick. So could I cut at the coil and install a female 2.5mm plug for my existing PTT switch to plug into?

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Easiest way to explain it is to look at Farmboy's pic. If you want to use a built in PTT, you would need to cut off the PTT switch in the pic and connect those two wires, inside the curly cord to the built in PTT switch in the stick.

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supercub1999

Registered User

• May 31, 2018

• #8

I would take the headset adapter mic jack open it up and splice the two wires from your ptt switch into it, one on the ground pin other tip pin, than close it up. All a ptt does is ground the tip of the plug

 

Last edited: May 31, 2018