Also - I have been having trouble getting 10 Watts on 10 meters so I asked Gary about it (he's the Elecraft repair guru). He said the same thing about interleaving T4 but he also said to make sure T2 is wound correctly, and while I was at it to check T1. When I popped the lid, I wasn't at all impressed with my rendidtion of T2, so I e-mailed the "Toroid Guy" and he was kind enough to send me T1, T2 and T4.
So once I get them in I'll let you know the results...For me T2 was very tuff to wind and then mount (and upon further inspection, it looks it!) Tom WB2QDG K2 1103 ----- Original Message ----- From: Ron D'Eau Claire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Monday, September 27, 2004 12:00 pm Subject: RE: [Elecraft] K2 Binocular Core > The recommendation is to "interleave" the two windings instead of > simplywrapping the white windings on top of the greens windings. > That should > improve the coupling slightly. Wind it so the green wire runs over > and under > the white wire. > > The K2 should make the full 10 watts on all bands as long as you > wind it per > the instructions, but some K2's just barely make the 10 watts on > 10 meters > and the Elecraft builders are famous for tweaking and prodding for > an extra > few milliwatts! It's sort of part of the genetic makeup of a habitual > builder/tinkerer <G>. > > Ron AC7AC > > -----Original Message----- > > In final stages of K2 build (winding last toroids). I remember a > commentpassing through the reflector a week or two ago about > winding the binocular > core differently than outlined in the manual. Before I get to it, > thoughtI'd ask if this was something I should do? Maybe the > comment wasn't about a > K2. > > 73, > > Fred K6DGW > Auburn CA CM98 > > > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: [email protected] > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraftHelp: > http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htmElecraft web page: > http://www.elecraft.com _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] 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
