[Elecraft] Handedness

[Wayne Burdick]

Yes. You can have phones and mics plugged in both front/rear at the same time.

Wayne


> On Jun 1, 2019, at 2:53 PM, Nr4c <nr4c at widomaker.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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