[CW] Intro & Question....

[David Learned]

Joe, that sounds like a great idea--to learn to use a keyer or bug or hand =
key with your 'off' hand so you can write with the other. I'm left-handed =
and I thought I was pretty smart to learn to use a bug (and then keyer) =
with the right-handed configuration. That way I wouldn't have to tote my =
bug to someone else's shack or to Field Day to be able to operate. But =
especially if you're starting out pretty much from scratch, learning to =
send with your 'off' hand is a better idea. For a right-hander, that would =
mean doing what I did--learn with a bug in the right-handed configuration.

Dave Learned,
W8DFI

>>> "Werner 'Joe' Jochem" <joe@dk7vw.de> 05/15/03 11:12AM >>>
> Hi folks!  My name is Gene Buckle and I earned my General on Tuesday.
> My call is KC7AFE and I look forward to spending some serious time on =
CW.
> :)

Welcome to the gang.

> My question is, what is the "standard" configuration for a 2 paddle =
keyer?
> By configuration, I'm referring to which paddle does dits and which does
> dahs.

Depends on the question whether you send the code with your right or left
hand. For right handed ops the configuration would be dits to the left
paddle and dots to the right paddle. Left handers vice versa ;-)

If you are a right hander try to learn sending the code with your left =
hand
(I missed that in my early years). So you can use your right hand for
writing (useful in contests etc.).

> Thanks!
>
> 73 de kc7afe/ag
> g.

73 cwfe
Joe

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