[Elecraft] Handedness

[Wayne Burdick]

The K4 has rear panel mic, speaker, and USB-A jacks for those who don't want anything plugged in at the front.

Wayne
N6KR 


> On Jun 1, 2019, at 10:54 AM, David Bunte <dpbunte at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Bill -
> 
> I'll turn 76 this month, and have significant peripheral neuropathy, so I
> can understand what you are concerned about... but it has never been an
> issue with me and my K3 because I have NEVER connected ANYTHING to the
> phone or mic jacks on the front of the radio. I have used the rear jacks
> ever since I got my radio in 2011. That way the headset cables are routed
> under my operating desk and are thus never in the way of my keyboard, or my
> hands as I do operate the radio with my left (non-dominate) hand.
> 
> Using the rear jacks rather than the front ones may be a zero to very
> low-cost solution to those connectors being in the way.
> 
> Best of luck.
> 
> Dave - K9FN
> 
> On Sat, Jun 1, 2019 at 11:59 AM Nr4c <nr4c at widomaker.com> wrote:
> 
>> My thoughts on gandedness:
>> 
>> My complaint about most Radio’s is placement of phone and mic jacks on
>> front panels adjacent to control knobs. The RF and AUDIO gain controls are
>> still right next to the mic and phone along with a potential YSB cable.
>> 
>> Put these connectors near “push” button controls. Or on the back panel.
>> 
>> 
>> I’m 76 years old with moderate loss of feeling in fingertips and a lot of
>> arthritis so adjusting the gains on my K3S is difficult.  Maybe there will
>> be a “slider” on my K4 panel.
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> ...nr4c. bill
>> 
>> 
>>> On Jun 1, 2019, at 11:37 AM, w7aqk <w7aqk at cox.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi All,
>>> 
>>> Hmmm!  Even if it were true (that the K4 favored right handers), that
>> wouldn't be a disadvantage to me, and I am very left handed!!  I've almost
>> always favored setting up my radios on my right side, and operating the
>> controls with my right hand.  My left hand is then free to either write,
>> send on my paddle, or whatever!  Now, I do have the ability to do certain
>> things right handed, but not the kind of things that require great
>> precision.  I even play golf right handed, and bat right handed in
>> baseball, but that is more a matter of how I was taught and the equipment
>> available.
>>> 
>>> I've often thought I should learn to send CW right handed, but never
>> have done it.  I can run an adding machine right handed, but again that was
>> almost forced on me by the design.  In short, I don't know why people want
>> to rely so heavily on their dominant hand.  It really is inconvenient to do
>> so.  Controlling a radio with your "opposite" hand can't be that difficult
>> a task, and the benefits of doing so are many.  You want your dominate hand
>> to be free and available for the kinds of tasks that really require the
>> most dexterity.  Spinning  a dial isn't one of them!!!!
>>> 
>>> Dave W7AQK
>>> 
>>> 
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