[SEDXC] Keying “handedness”

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

On 2018-11-16 1:05 PM, Sherman Banks wrote:
> Normally, when keying with the right hand the thumb (left paddle)
> does dits and the finger (right paddle) is dah.

This is an extension of the bug which placed the (automatic) dits
on the thumb and left the (manual) dahs on the more dexterous
fingers - even for southpaws (there were special "left handed"
bugs).

Since bug senders were already used to dits on the thumb and dahs on
the finger, that became the "standard" for fully automatic keys
(single and dual lever paddles).

73,

    ... Joe, W4TV



> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: SEDXC [mailto:sedxc-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Scott Straw
> Sent: Friday, November 16, 2018 12:03 PM
> To: halken at comcast.net
> Cc: SEDX Club <sedxc at contesting.com>
> Subject: [SEDXC] Keying “handedness”
> 
> Hello, my name is Scott, and I am a southpaw. (Group: “Hello Scott!”)
> 
>   At some point in my CW past I keyed with my left hand, and then I switched to my right so that I could write with my left. Along the way, somewhere I recall switching the dots and dashes to be reversed.  I’m not sure if I’m still “backwards” or not, so I ask if the group, which is the correct emission from “the thumb” (left or right), dots or dashes?
> 
> I think I may be using a left-handed oriented keying configuration with my right hand which would hold to my “do it the hardest way possible” life motto.
> 
> Scott, KB4KBS
> Roswell, Georgia USA
> (EM74)
> Sent from my iPhone6