[Elecraft] K2 keyer

[Tom Hammond NØSS]

John:

>I want to key this with my left hand so I can write with the right (found 
>I had to switch the MH2 to the left because I couldn't drop it fast enough 
>from the right to write in the 10m contest). Spent a bit of time with the 
>K2 in "Test" and cw mode.
>
>So am I right to set the K2 to Padlr rather than n so the dashes are on 
>the left thumb and dots on the index finger? Do you recommend setting the 
>keyer to Iambic b also? Any advice welcome.

 From a 'lefty' who has been there, if you can swing it, I'd urge you to 
LEAVE the paddle (and K2) set up for normal RIGHT HANDED sending.

As you go from one hamshack to the next, you're going to find MANY more 
paddles for 'righties' than for 'lefties'. You might as well learn to send 
using THEIR format, so you don't always have to either re-wore or 
reconfigure... OR turn the paddle around and send over the top, OR turn it 
upside down.

There's no law of the jungle that sez you can't send righthanded CW with 
your left hand... it's just HOW you learn to send it.

Granted, many rigs nowadays allow you to configure them for left- or 
right-handedness, but you still have to change things around in order to be 
able to send. It's still a pain.

Good luck with WHICHEVER handedness you eventually choose.

73,

Tom Hammond   N0SS