How do you stay comfortable during a long activation?

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I learned to send CW with my left hand so I can write and weight down my notebook with my (dominant) right hand

Michael, I’m envious of your fancy leg strap for your paddles. Looks nicer than my homemade one.

Portable paddles (Part 1)

I have a 1-metre length cable between my Palm Pico and KX2. If not too cold, I use the Velcro leg strap (see photo) which works fine whilst sitting or standing. In cold weather I have the paddles inside my winter jacket side pocket on the metal plate. I rest my ring and little fingers on the plate to stop it from moving about when keying. [Palm%20Pico%20SOTA]

I’m left handed so I learnt to straight-key with my left but years later I taught myself to twin-paddle with my right hand, so like you I no longer need to drop the pencil or move it to other fingers.