Howard, The important thing about the transformers is the turns ratio (assuming the primary and secondary are adequately coupled - not a problem with toroids). So there is no reason to re-wind them other than asthetics and other self-satisfying incentives.
73, Don W3FPR ----- Original Message ----- I have completed the KSB2 board and everything seems to be working OK, but I am somewhat disappointed with the look of Toroids T-2 and T-3 and am considering pulling them and rewinding. The problem is that the toroids wound fine, but when the are installed on the board, the pc board holes are sufficiently far from the leads coming off the toroid that the windings get pulled out of shape. Off the board, the windings have a nice interleaving of red and green wire. On the board, the green wires partially ride over the red and some of the red wires cross over each other in order to fit the pc board. Is there a way to do a neater job? Should I care if it seems to tune up correctly? _______________________________________________ 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
