[Elecraft] Handedness

[Nr4c]

So for my home station, my PR77d still plugs into the front and my phones in the back, just like my K3S/K3 now. 

Sure wish the second phone and 8-pin Foster plug were on rear. 

And USB beside the Power button. 

Oh, well. Still want it. 

Sent from my iPhone
...nr4c. bill


> On Jun 2, 2019, at 11:47 AM, Wayne Burdick <n6kr at elecraft.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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