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

[Fred Jensen]

It's not a binary thing.  While nearly everyone identifies one side as 
dominant, and that's usually the right side, it's more like a 
continuum.  When our kids were in Little League [and Dad got roped into 
coaching], it was fairly common for a right-handed kid to be unable to 
hit the ball. Getting him to bat left often resulted in a lot of foul 
balls and an increasing number of hits.

I think you'll find it goes well with some practice.  Not long ago, 
Andrea saw something on TV about why shoe laces come untied ... most 
people [who would mostly be right-handers] tie them in "granny" knots 
which any Boy Scout knows don't hold well.  Mine are in square knots and 
she wondered if it was because I'm left-handed.  Could be.  It could 
also be because that's the way my Grandma taught me to tie my shoes a 
lifetime ago. [:-)

I use a Winkey3USB to key my K3, paddle on right.  Second paddle on left 
goes into the K3 paddle jack.  If you did something like that, you could 
always revert to right-handed paddling if you got confused on the left 
during ECN.

73,

Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County

On 3/18/2018 7:06 PM, kevinr wrote:
> 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.