Kevin,
If you are building new kits and are intimidated by the toroids - or
just want to reduce the effort and have toroids with well stripped and
tinned leads, order the toroids from The Toroid Guy.
If you wind your own, the big challenge is not in the winding (but
remember that a straight wire through the core is one turn, and a full
wrap around the core is 2 turns), but the challenge is in stripping and
tinning the leads. I strongly recommend the 'solder blob' method - use
an iron with a wide tip and a higher than normal temperature (800 degF).
One of the common problems with K2 construction is poorly stripped and
tinned toroid leads.
73,
Don W3FPR
On 4/21/2015 8:20 PM, Kevin Stover wrote:
Just sitting here thinking about my K2/100 and how many toroids there are to
wind. It's a relatively oaded K2 as well with DSP, SSB, 160m. I never counted
them up. I built a Kat100-1 at the same time too.
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