> When I was a novice, I learned to send right handed with a straight
key
> (I'm right handed). When I moved to a keyer, I taught myself left
handed
> instead of right handed so I could hold a pencil in one hand and send
CW
> with the other. I don't reverse the paddles, I just slide them over
to the
> left side of the OP desk. So to me, the thumb is for dah's and the
finger
> is for dits.
Ditto here. My Elmer was a contester in the days of pencils, erasers,
and dupe sheets, and he convinced me to learn left-handed so I could
keep the pencil in my right hand. Then he further suggested leaving the
paddles as for a right-hander so I could operate most other stations
which were set up that way.
73, de ke5c, op john
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