[CW] Simple Question

[David J. Ring, Jr.]

If you send with a right handed keyer, buy a right handed bug.  Right handed
means that the thumb sends dots with your right hand.  Left handed means
that the thumb sends dots with your left hand.

I know many left handed people who send backwards with the bug - and then
they wire their paddles also backwards.

But it seems you send "right" - like a baseball batter hits left or right -
so you should choose a right handed bug.  You use the right hand to send,
and send dots with your thumb of your right hand.

73

DR
----- Original Message -----
From: "Fernando Quinones" <nf6q@sbcglobal.net>
To: "David J. Ring, Jr." <n1ea@arrl.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 2:04 PM
Subject: Re: [CW] Simple Question


Hello David and thanks for the reply.

I was looking for Santa to buy one. Hi. but will keep an eye on ebay.

The keyer I have is wired right, meaning I use the thumb for dots and
index finger for dashes. When I first started using it, I felt it to be
arbitrary and
so felt comfortable the way it now is setup. Recently, I got
the urge to try a bug and so the question.

I was thinking using one with my right hand.  I have now discovered from
another reply that the knob is the dot and the flat one is the dash..
Just now I reverse my keyer and can't  send that way, so I'll probably look
for a Left handed one and use it with the right hand. That way I don't
need to relearn the poor skill I've develop.


I did notice that Vibroplex's catalog mentions the Original in a Left
Hand version.
I'll email them with a query.

tnx and have a nice day.


David J. Ring, Jr. wrote:

>The Vibroplex Company USED to make left handed bugs, but they no longer do.
>
>You might find a left handed Vibroplex on eBay, with the large knob on the
>right, and the flat paddle on the left (and the pendulum mechanism on the
>right side) on www.ebay.com but be careful and watch the pictures as often
>the seller doesn't know that the bug is a left handed version.
>
>Keyer paddle levers - like the iambic - can be wired left or right handed,
>but a bug must be specially made for left handed use.
>
>73
>
>David Ring
>N1EA
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Fernando Quinones" <nf6q@sbcglobal.net>
>To: <cw@mailman.qth.net>
>Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 1:15 PM
>Subject: [CW] Simple Question
>
>
>Hello to all..
>I  would like to ask a this simple question:
>
>In the Vibroplex bug, the round knob is the dot and the oval is the dash?
>
>I'm contemplating in trying the blue racer but the iambic I'm using
>I have the dot set on the thumb piece and the dash on the index finger
>piece.
>
>I'm left handed you see, and use the keyer with my right hand and write
>with the left.
>Occasionally I use the straight key with the left but can't with the
>right. Yep,
>I'm screwed up, the result of them trying to make me bright ..err write
>with the right..
>
>Sorry for such a silly question but could not discern it from the
>Vibroplex .pdf
>
>
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73's Fernando NF6Q/NNN�JYM
San Jose,CA. 95123
Elecraft K2 #233�;KBT2;KAT2;KNB2
CCA #�1187 FISTS #8649 FP #622
<http://pages.sbcglobal.net/nf6q>