Originally posted by Crashem
Question :
Trainer switch... Why can't they use a toggle switch?
Answer :
Some do some don't... The trick is to pick a radio brand and model that has whichever one you personnally prefer!!!!
That would be fine if the instructor got to choose the radio - but he doesn't - he ends up using whatever the student bought.
A couple more thing that makes those tiny buttons a pain in the butt include:
(a) the fact that the button travel is so small - if it had a bit more travel then it would be clearer to a numb-finger whether the button is up or down, and you wouldn't have to press so hard just to be sure.
(b) the way that the button position on some radios coincides with a "ridge" that's part of the radio-case styling. Sometimes (especially after a several minutes on & off the button with the N-th student of the day), the ridge and the button get to feel the same - I think I'm pressing that POS button and instead I'm just pressing part of the case.
Whoever came up with the idea of using a teeny little button like this instead of the old momentary switches, should be taken out & shot, hung, drawn & quartered, and then asked to leave the country.
Gordon