[Elecraft] [OT?] Changing which hand you send with

[kevinr]

Hey Fred,
     I know of one guitarist who was pretty good playing backward 
guitar.  He was from Seattle and known as Jimi.  Regular guitar tuning 
but backward because of the the northpaw conspiracy.  While I could just 
barely throw a 90 mph fast ball (four seamer) right handed I could never 
have thrown one left-handed.  However, it has been mentioned I may be 
able to throw 20 wpm CW backwards. Hopefully I'll learn your 
ambidextrous ways and keep ECN going for a few more years.  Yes, 
baseball was my downfall.  Catching and pitching both took their toll; 
but I had mountains of fun breaking those bones :)  And I NEVER had a 
passed ball in my career.
    Thanks & 73,
        Kevin.


On 03/18/2018 06:52 PM, Fred Jensen wrote:
> A survey taken here on the list a number of years ago found that:
>
> ~25% of hams considered themselves left-handed
> ~all of them considered themselves to be engineers or retired engineers
> ~50% of them learned to send right to 1) keep the log, and 2) be able 
> to guest op
> ~0% of northpaws learned to paddle left
>
> I'm a southpaw, I learned to paddle right early, for the above two 
> reasons.  We live in a right-handed world ["Tyranny of the Majority"], 
> so it's probably easier for us to learn to do things right than it is 
> for you to do things left, we do it all the time.  Try a manual can 
> opener left-handed. [:-)
>
> You can learn however, I know several who have switched to left. Some 
> paddle left with the paddle set to left [dots on thumb] and some do it 
> the other way.  I have two paddles, often switch off as I get older 
> ... and older.
>
> 73,
>
> Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
> Sparks NV DM09dn
> Washoe County
>
> On 3/18/2018 5:56 PM, Dave Cole (NK7Z) wrote:
>> I have tried once, but it was difficult...  However if you invert the 
>> paddle it gets a lot better!
>>
>> One other trick, send the same thing with both hands, it makes it 
>> easer to send lefty for me.
>>
>> 73s and thanks,
>> Dave
>> NK7Z
>> https://www.nk7z.net
>>
>> On 03/18/2018 05:50 PM, kevinr wrote:
>>> Have any of you attempted changing dominant hands?  My left hand has 
>>> very few broken bones in it and rarely has the pain I have in my 
>>> right one.  How difficult would it be to learn to send with my 
>>> non-dominant hand?  I came very close to giving up CW a few years 
>>> ago when I had nerve damage in my right arm.  I have gotten 
>>> marginally better since then but hate hurting peoples' ears with my 
>>> sending.  A friend of mine was able to learn to bow her cello left 
>>> handed and went on to Juilliard.  But I don't have anywhere near her 
>>> skills. Any thoughts you may have for my dilemma?
>>>     73,
>>>        Kevin.  KD5ONS
>
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