[TenTec] The Left-handed K3

[John Graves]

It s easy...well, you have not heard me send CW, so I can say easy.  I 
send with my left hand on the straight key and my right with the 
paddles.  They are set normally so it is not hard.  I guess this is a 
left handed complement? (8>)

John Graves
WA1JG



Bill Tippett wrote:
> WA3MKB:
>
>  >I'd like to hear from any hams who learned to
> send CW left-handed because their rigs were right-handed
>
>          In days prior to computer-logging days it was
> common for a right-hander to send with his left and
> write with his right.  This is actually easier to do
> than it sounds if you swap the dot and dash from
> the norm for right-hand usage.  If your keyer or rig
> doesn't allow swapping by menu and you don't have
> time to change the mechanical connections, turn the
> paddle backwards and put your left hand over the
> mechanism so the dot and dash positions are reversed.
> This is a little awkward but it's an easy way to give
> it a try without changing anything but the paddle
> orientation.
>
>                                  73,  Bill  W4ZV 
>
> _______________________________________________
> TenTec mailing list
> TenTec at contesting.com
> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tentec
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> No virus found in this incoming message.
> Checked by AVG. 
> Version: 8.0.100 / Virus Database: 270.3.0/1500 - Release Date: 6/12/2008 4:58 PM
>