[Elecraft] CW Setup

[Alan Bloom]

 > Zero right-handed responders paddled
 > left for the same [or any] reasons.

Here's one.  In college I was rooming with a left-handed ham about the 
time I was switching from a straight key.  So I learned on his 
left-handed bug.  To this day I can send with either hand on a bug or keyer.

Alan N1AL


On 06/28/2016 04:52 PM, Fred Jensen wrote:
> This seems to be very common among left-handed operators, I'm one, and
> my left-handed Elmer explained I would learn to send right-handed so I
> could write legibly in my log ... logs were a Big Deal in the earlier
> 50's when he was teaching me code in his dining room.  The importance of
> logs has declined over the years, but the pattern seems to persist.
>
> Some years back we conducted a survey of paddlers on this list.  The
> survey sample was self-selected, woefully too small, and the statistical
> validity of the results is approaching "none."  However, just about 50%
> of the responding left-handers paddled right, for various reasons,
> writing in the log was a big one.  Zero right-handed responders paddled
> left for the same [or any] reasons.
>
> One reason cited by southpaws for paddling north was that most of the
> owners of stations where they guest op are northpaws.  Being able to
> paddle right can be an advantage there.  It is for me at W7RN.  I've
> paddled with either hand for years and have two paddles, and many others
> do too.  Do what works for you, there is no "right" way to send Morse
> code.  The goal is to enjoy doing it.
>
> 73,
>
> Fred K6DGW
> - Northern California Contest Club
> - CU in the Cal QSO Party 1-2 Oct 2016
> - www.cqp.org
>
> On 6/28/2016 3:40 PM, Bill Frantz wrote:
>> Nick, KZ2V, a super CW op, told me that he learned to operate paddles
>> left handed (he is right handed) so he could write with his right hand.
>> I watched him operate during Field Day, and he did indeed use the paddle
>> left handed when the N1MN macros weren't up to what he needed to send.
>
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