*To everybody, I AM WRONG, so sayeth everyone who tries to use my paddle...Grin* * * *You guessed it folks...My Dits are on the LEFT and DAH's on the right.* * * *But then I AM different, I also live in 'The Land Downunder' where the water in the toilet bowl swirls opposite to the US...is that wrong too...Grin* * * *Aaaah...Dare to be different I say!* * * *OK, back to my backwards CW I go!* * * *As a very good mate has told me often..'It's not me, it's the OTHERS you have to watch.......all the time'* * * *73's* *Gary * On 26 March 2011 09:41, Fred Jensen <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 3/25/2011 3:56 PM, John Cooper wrote: > > Anyone know of any google or youtube videos or a website that shows > > how to use a key like the bencher by-1 or 2. Also I would like to > > poll those that use paddles do you have dits on the left or right > > paddle? Curious as to what the majority uses. > > Wow John, you are going to get as many opinions as there are people who > read your post! :-) I wouldn't be too surprised if one or two also > assert their answers are "right" and all the rest are "wrong." [;-)) > > I don't know of any videos on the I'net, and given the above, they > probably would convey just one person's opinion anyway, and YMMV. > Here's mine: > > I'm left-handed but, like most southpaws, can [and have to, sometimes] > do things right handed, it's called "Tyranny of the Majority." Try a > hand operated can opener left-handed. We conducted a survey here about > 4 or 5 years ago, and while roughly half of the southies paddled north, > less than 1% of the northpaws paddled south. Apparently we lefties are > far more adaptable than our right-handed brethren [and sistren]. So, > you first have to figure out if you're right or left-handed. Once you > have that ... > > A standard right-handed bug has the dots on the thumb and dashes on the > fingers. You could buy left-handed bugs, maybe still can, but they were > more expensive. My Elmer was left-handed too, but he taught me to send > right so I could write in my log with my left. When I graduated to an > old WW2 surplus Lionel J-36, I used it right-handed. I still usually > paddle right, dots on the thumb. > > I can and sometimes do paddle left. Generally this is when using > someone else's rig who paddles south. It doesn't seem to matter much if > he has dots on the thumb or fingers, I get used to it right away. I've > also seen right-handers turn a left-handed paddle around, put their hand > over the paddle and work it just fine. > > The message: "Do what works for you, there is no 'right' answer." If > you're a leftie and think you might have frequent occasion to use > someone else's paddle [FD, county expeditions, etc], the odds are about > 80-85 out of 100 if he is male that he will be right-handed and have it > set up north with dots on the thumb. The odds he will be male are about > 99 out of 100. In that case, you might want to just learn to paddle > right with dots on the thumb. Again though, it's like boats ... > whatever floats yours will work just fine. > > Enjoy your K2, enjoy being in a fairly small world-wide group that > converse in Morse code. > > 73, > > Fred K6DGW > - Northern California Contest Club > - CU in the 2011 Cal QSO Party 1-2 Oct 2011 > - www.cqp.org > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > -- *VK4FD - Motorhome Mobile Elecraft Equipment K3 #679, KPA-500 #018 Living the dream!!!* ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
