Begali sent a defective cable when they delivered my straight key. So, I went out an bought a two-wire (not stereo) cable & plug from Radio Shack. Seems to work fine. Am I doing any damage?
John WA1EAZ > On Jun 26, 2016, at 10:38 PM, EricJ <[email protected]> wrote: > > K6DGW's post answers most of your questions, but I'll add a couple more > points. You have to use a stereo plug for any key plugged into an Elecraft > rig. Even straight keys and bugs with only two wires. > > Also, as Fred points out, you can pretty much do whatever you want and left > handers often just stick with setting up paddles as righthanders to. I think > it's a mistake because of the symmetry in the brain. Right hand bugs are set > up with dits on the thumb and dahs on the forefinger. Righthanders do the > same with paddles for electronic keyers. Sticking to this convention makes it > easier to use someone elses rig or demos at ham conventions with ease as they > are usually set up for righthanders. > > Lefthanders can do what they want, of course, and we often do because it's > our nature. But lefties should also follow the convention that the thumb is > for dits and the forefinger for dahs. Remarkably, a lefthander who does this > can sit down with a righthanded bug or paddle/keyer and send with very little > practice. That isn't just because lefthanders are more skilled. It's that the > brain easily makes the adjustment--even a righthanders brain can handle that. > > Until recently, I've always used a bug or paddle righthanded and a straight > key lefthanded because a straight key demands fine motor skills the others > don't. As I get older, I've noticed my fine motor skills slightly degrading. > So I built a lefthanded bug to see if that would help. It did. My left hand > is more precise than my right, always has been. So after 40 years of using > righthanded bugs and keyers, I switched to my lefthand. With an evening of > practice, my speed and ability was as good as my right hand. I think my LH > fist is even a little better than my RH fist ever was, but memory is the > second thing to go. > > Eric KE6US > > > > > On 6/26/2016 6:00 PM, Bill Ellis via Elecraft wrote: >> Hi ll, >> Trying to set up a single lever paddle for my K3. The more I read the more >> confused, for some reason, it gets. Can someone assist with this hook up, do >> I use a stereo plug, and how do I set up the menu ? >> >> Thanks/73's, >> Bill, WB9CAC >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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 >> Message delivered to [email protected] > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
