[Elecraft] Audio mixers

[Fred Jensen]

Art, W6RMK [SK], who was left-handed taught a 12 year old left-hander 
the code in his dining room.  He insisted, "We will send right-handed so 
you can write legibly in your log book with your left."  Log books were 
sacred then [50's], you logged every time you made RF regardless of why 
you did it.  I found my first logs cleaning out when my mom died and 
every CQ was logged whether it was answered or not [many weren't].

For many years, that's exactly what I did.  A number of years ago, we 
conducted a small survey here on this list and one result was that about 
35-40% of respondents who think of themselves as left-handed paddled 
right most of the time, all of them for my Elmer's reason.  0% of the 
right-handed respondents paddled left.

Sending right really helps if you guest op, most stations are set up for 
right-handers.  As logging requirements were disappearing, I have 
migrated to left-handed sending and probably do it now around half the 
time, I have a paddle on each side of the laptop.  Art's grandson Jim 
now holds W6RMK.

73,

Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the 50th Running of the Cal QSO Party 3-4 Oct 2015
- www.cqp.org

On 7/4/2015 8:37 AM, Tony Estep wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 4, 2015 at 12:35 AM, Wes (N7WS) <wes at triconet.org> wrote:
>
>> Nose, KH6IJ (SK) would just keep the last three or four contacts in his
>> head...
>
> ===========
> Yeah, and he could send with one hand and log with the other. A legend!
>
> Tony KT0NY