[ICOM] Left handed?

[Pat Byrne]

Never occurred to me that I was sending CW backward with my left hand!!
Pat, K9JAUAt 04:40 PM 2/3/2010, you wrote:
>As a treat to myself after passing my General, I bought a Vibroplex bug
>at some store in New York's Radio Row. Left-thanded bugs had to be
>ordered and, at an additional price, so I bought a conventional
>"right-handed " bug.  Been sending CW even since with my right hand even
>though I'm left handed for everything else.
>
>Pete, wa2cwa
>
>On Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:21:55 -0600 Jan Robbins <swanman at cfu.net> writes:
> > Being left-handed is fine as long as you don't mind learning to send
> > CW
> > backward.
> >
> > 73 to all!
> > Jan
> >
> > D C *Mac* Macdonald wrote:
> > > My guess is that since Japanese drivers
> > > sit on right side of the car, Icom puts
> > > the volume and squelch controls on the
> > > left side of mobile rigs where they will
> > > be operated by the same hand that operates
> > > a floor-mounted shift lever.
> > >
> > > For me, as a "rightie", I use my left
> > > hand for tuning a transceiver while using
> > > right hand for writing, CW keying, or
> > > PTT operation of microphone.
> > >
> > > In any fixed operation, locate your XCVR
> > > in a position on the operating table that
> > > supports whichever enables convenience.
> > > KISS still applies.
> > >
> > > 73 - Mac, K2GKK/5
> > > Oklahoma City, OK
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