[Elecraft] K3 v. ORION II and flexibility (not that kind)

[Don Ehrlich]

I'm right handed and the K3 sits to my left with tuner and amp to the left 
of that.  Computer screen to the right with keyboard in front.

I have always done all of my radio equipment operation using my left hand .. 
and did not know I had a problem until reading this thread.

Don K7FJ


> Two great radios. Two right handed great radios. Two great radios whose 
> developers  paid little or no inclusion to left handed people.
> I'd suggest that doing more than a software change that a handful of 
> people might want because of their particular activity that we look into 
> real, not virtual, moveable front panels. Imagine taking a main tuning 
> module and placing it towards the left. Take those archaic plugs for the 
> mic, headphones and key and get them away from that all important left 
> side control position. Put them out of the way at the bottom right hand 
> corner. Individual 6 pin modules with concentric knobs  could be placed in 
> a matrix on the front panel, and software could be the tool to activate 
> that position as a user selected control function position (a USCFP).
> Two great radios that I wouldn't trade for the... unless these were made 
> in left handed models.
> 73 de Dave K1OPQ