[Elecraft] The K line. Is it the wrong way round?

[Don Wilhelm]

In addition to that, he has to learn to handle paddles with the other 
hand since everything down there is turned upside-down. Witness that 
they drive on the left side of the road down there, so everything must 
be "backwards" too.:-)

73,
Don W3FPR

On 6/20/2013 9:09 PM, Matt Zilmer wrote:
> Doesn't he have to go through the process of learning to increase the
> VFO frequency by spinning the Big Knob CCW?
>
> :)
> 73,
> matt W6NIA
>
> On Fri, 21 Jun 2013 10:44:06 +1000, you wrote:
>
>> You are now officially accepted as an Honorary Aussie
>> Now all you need to learn is to stand up when your "DownUnder".......
>> Grin
>>
>> Gary
>> Vk1ZZ
>> K3, KX3, KPA500-FT, KAT500-FT,P3.
>> On 21/06/2013 9:19 AM, "Luis V. Romero" <lromero at ij.net> wrote:
>>
>>> I must be a closet Aussie... My K line is also reversed with the K3 on the
>>> left and the KPA500 on the right.  That is comfortable for me, as in my
>>> SO2R set up, the main radio is actually the K3, radio #2. Always tuned with
>>> my right hand.  Habit from the days of HW16's with the RX knob on the right
>>> and the HG10 on the left.
>>>
>>> Lu - W4LT
>>> K3/KRX3/P3/KPA500/K1
>>> Tampa, FL.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Message: 9
>>> Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:06:41 -0600
>>> From: "Cady, Fred" <fcady at ece.montana.edu>
>>> To: 'Roger Crofts' <roger at monitorsensors.com>, elecraft reflector
>>> <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
>>> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] The K line. Is it the wrong way round?
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>>> Its OK Roger. You drive on the other side too! :-)
>>> Cheers,
>>> Fred KE7X
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
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>>> elecraft-bounces@**mailman.qth.net <elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net>] On
>>> Behalf Of Roger Crofts
>>> Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 4:54 PM
>>> To: elecraft reflector
>>> Subject: [Elecraft] The K line. Is it the wrong way round?
>>>
>>> I recently added the KPA500 to my K3 and P3.
>>> I put the KPA500 on the right of the P3 with the K3 on the left, just as
>>> is shown in all the K line adverts.
>>> This is the way it is intended. The rubber feet of the K3 and KPA500 touch
>>> the P3 and their carrying handles are on the outside. Also you will note
>>> that the mic and headphone jacks are on the extreme left where their cables
>>> will not get in the way of log books etc.
>>> This is all fine and dandy until I had to set the station up as a field
>>> portable. The position was cramped and the chair fixed. I had the P3
>>> directly in front, but I had to reach to the left for all the important
>>> controls. I had the bright idea of switching the positions of the KPA500
>>> and the K3. It was much better. My right hand fell naturally upon the
>>> tuning controls. When I got home I decided to keep the K line in the
>>> reverse order. I use the rear sockets for mic and phones, so there is no
>>> worry about leads crossing the operating desk. The handles of the KPA500
>>> and K3 are now against the P3 case, but this makes little difference - See
>>> the photo of my station on QRZ.com.
>>> Hey, maybe Wayne and Eric are left-handers!
>>>
>>> 73 Roger, VK4YB
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