On 2021-12-18 11:39, Douglas Hagerman via Elecraft wrote:
My K2 PLL problems all originated in one inadequately tinned toroid
wire.
*** After having a few projects borked because of this exact issue, I
broke
down and bought a magnet wire stripper on Amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09695CHTH
Basically a Chinese copy of a really expensive German tool. It has
blades that
close down on the wire with centripetal force. Works great for thicker
wires,
but is not reliable with really thin ones - it can just chop the wire
off. I seem
to remember the cutoff being around 24AWG.
The tool paid for itself on one KW Low Pass Filter project.
- Jerry KF6VB
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