Darrell wrote: With a bug, I can see where one would need to use the force that the thumb can more easily deliver to get that pendulum swinging, but that kind of force is not needed for keyer paddles. I suspect that is why the dits where on the thumb side of the bug for right hand users.
---------------------------- Quite possibly Darrell, and not just for right handed bug operators. Lefties normally used left-handed bugs that had the mechanism reversed so the dits continued to be made with the thumb. As a nominally left-handed person I had that choice to make when I got my first bug. I chose to learn to send right-handed on the bug although I had learned to send on a straight key with my left hand. Left-handed bugs were expensive. It's had the bonus of allowing me to make notes with my left hand while I'm sending with my right. As you say, it's unlikely that you'll ever be inconvenienced by learning to send "backwards" now that electronic keyers are the norm. Ron AC7AC _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
