[Elecraft] Elecraft toroid winding

[Fred Jensen]

I got 15 quick replies to the 5 questions regarding handedness and 
toroids (there were actually 6 questions ... #6 was dupe of #2, I seem 
to have a leak in my memory these days).  I didn't include myself, but 
if I had, it would have been left for everything and you already know 
about my toroid winding adventures.

First off, just about everyone indicated they had no problem winding the 
toroids.  Two folks (1R, 1L) said they failed on the first one but got 
them all right thereafter.  One practiced on a junk box core first and 
got all of them right for the radio.  Nearly everyone mentioned how 
important the diagrams are.  Several commented on the high quality of 
the Elecraft assembly manuals.  Several also commented on the time the 
toroids take and that is is sort of mind-numbing work.

1.  9 see themselves as left-handed, 7 as right-handed.  That adds to 16 
because one said "ambidextrous" and I counted him in both columns.

3.  All the southpaws write south, all the northpaws and the one 
ambidestrous write north.  Whether or not it is readable was not asked, 
but apparently readable penmanship is not a highly prized skill among 
hams or at least those who commented.

4.  The same appears to be true for using a knife but I can see that the 
question is ambiguous.  I meant a sharp knife being used as a tool 
anywhere *except* the dinner table.  Apparently some (including me) eat 
with the dominant hand and hold the table knife in the other one and 
that's how they answered.

5.  Nearly everyone throws with the hand they named in #1, but about 
half the lefties bat a baseball right.  None of the right-handers bat 
left.  Most who mentioned it golf and bowl like they bat.

Many added their paddle preference and as with the last time we did 
this, sending CW with the non-dominant hand is pretty common.  The 
results pretty much track the previous survey about a year or so ago. 
Why the percentage of hams who are intrinsic lefties is so high is a bit 
of a mystery, but it showed up last time too.  It appears I'm the only 
one with toroid manual dyslexia.

Anyway, thanks to all, now to get my new KSB2 lined up for RTTY.

Fred K6DGW