[Elecraft] Handedness

[Nr4c]

Yes. But will it support two phones and two mics?

Sent from my iPhone
...nr4c. bill


> On Jun 1, 2019, at 2:01 PM, Wayne Burdick <n6kr at elecraft.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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