I got 15 quick replies to the 5 questions regarding handedness and
toroids (there were actually 6 questions ... #6 was dupe of #2, I seem
to have a leak in my memory these days). I didn't include myself, but
if I had, it would have been left for everything and you already know
about my toroid winding adventures.
First off, just about everyone indicated they had no problem winding the
toroids. Two folks (1R, 1L) said they failed on the first one but got
them all right thereafter. One practiced on a junk box core first and
got all of them right for the radio. Nearly everyone mentioned how
important the diagrams are. Several commented on the high quality of
the Elecraft assembly manuals. Several also commented on the time the
toroids take and that is is sort of mind-numbing work.
1. 9 see themselves as left-handed, 7 as right-handed. That adds to 16
because one said "ambidextrous" and I counted him in both columns.
3. All the southpaws write south, all the northpaws and the one
ambidestrous write north. Whether or not it is readable was not asked,
but apparently readable penmanship is not a highly prized skill among
hams or at least those who commented.
4. The same appears to be true for using a knife but I can see that the
question is ambiguous. I meant a sharp knife being used as a tool
anywhere *except* the dinner table. Apparently some (including me) eat
with the dominant hand and hold the table knife in the other one and
that's how they answered.
5. Nearly everyone throws with the hand they named in #1, but about
half the lefties bat a baseball right. None of the right-handers bat
left. Most who mentioned it golf and bowl like they bat.
Many added their paddle preference and as with the last time we did
this, sending CW with the non-dominant hand is pretty common. The
results pretty much track the previous survey about a year or so ago.
Why the percentage of hams who are intrinsic lefties is so high is a bit
of a mystery, but it showed up last time too. It appears I'm the only
one with toroid manual dyslexia.
Anyway, thanks to all, now to get my new KSB2 lined up for RTTY.
Fred K6DGW
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