As I mentioned in an earlier message, K1-4 S/N:1977 is coming along. I do have some questions/observations which I would like to put out here. Having done a few of the toroids now, I have noticed some things. I am NOT having that much trouble stripping/tinning the leads, but I notice sometimes, no matter how much I strip (I use the solder blob method), the wire always seems to be dull, as if the solder just doesn't want to stick to it. I am certain I have burned off all the insulation. In fact, on two occassions, I heated them til they got brittle, and fell off. Also, just how critical is the tightness of the winding, and how precise must the equal spacing of the windings be? When doing transformers, the instructions specifically tell you to intertwine the windings, and some you can just wind "over" the previous one. But when I do that, the second wire tends to get in between the first anyway. Problem there?
I get this terrible, nagging feeling I am gonna be buying more red and green wire soon. ;-) But man, am I lovin' this. Vin KR2F Mount Tremper, NY _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com