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List:       elecraft
Subject:    Re: [Elecraft] CW Setup
From:       Fred Jensen <k6dgw () foothill ! net>
Date:       2016-06-30 1:48:06
Message-ID: 035a324b-4d17-1f8a-53cd-42d445b083ca () foothill ! net
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Mike, it's the tyranny of the majority ... left-handed scissors cost 
twice as much.  I equate paddling a canoe [without getting wet] and 
flying a helicopter [without getting wet] to be in the same class, never 
mastered either.

73,

Fred K6DGW
Sparks NV
Washoe County DM09dn


On 6/29/2016 6:01 PM, Mike Goldstein wrote:
> Well, as a ham who once tried a paddle back in the early 'sixties, then
> went back to the bug, I can claim the electronic keyer in my K3 gets
> very little action!  I send on a bug with my left hand, but at age 16,
> who knew there were left handed bugs? I learned on a right-handed bug,
> and have used my bugs backwards for almost 60 years ... I only realized
> I was doing it wrong after reading a QST article where the hero said
> "... so I thumbed a fast five ...".  Hmmmm ... he uses his thumb to send
> dits? But I use my thumb to send dahs ...
>
> In my defense, however, I will confess that I taught myself to paddle a
> canoe on the right side, after having mastered the left ... just for
> those very windy days, when I'm in the canoe by myself.  73 Mike VE3GFN

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