Bugs did, indeed work with the dots being made with one's
thumb......but, they did, indeed, also work the 'other way around'- at a
small price!!
I have here an ARRL Handbook in which the
Vibroplex ad states...."Every Vibroplex key has 3/16 contacts and is
available for left-hand operation. $2.50 extra".
I read somewhere that the original bug was designed with using the thumb
for dots & forefinger for dashes because the forefinger has more
mobility than the thumb.
I'm a lefthander, but, when I was a marine R/O & decided to buy my first
bug back in 1956, when my ship was in Capetown, the store had only
right-handed models, I bought one (an ex-US Army signal corps. model
510) & have used it left-handed ever since.
73 de Mike, zl1mh.
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