Hi, This devil has many appearances and uses different names depending on the person in doubt. Several of the names are: Icom, Yeasu Kenwood, etc.
It isn't that difficult. Put the part of the wire to be stripped flat on the surface of the edge of a table. Take a real sharp knife and scratch with an angle of 45 degrees (between the surface of the table and the blade of the knife) as you move the knife into the direction to the end of the wire. The coating will come off. Repeat this process several times when turning the wire around to make sure you don't press to hard on the knife. I did it this way, and none of the wires broke. If you do, there is plenty of spare wire to rewind the core. Success and have fun. Evert, PA2KW K2 : SN4836 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lee Sent: 23 October 2005 10:37 To: [email protected] Subject: [Elecraft] Neurotic about Toroids I am still considering what my *grown up* rig will eventually be after I've outlived my *first* rig . I always seem to go back to the K2 and that is where my head and heart are. But the devil keeps popping up, whispering in my ear that I'll never be able to strip and mount so many toroid coils (and that I'll probably zap an IC). My main worry is with the stripping process. The recommended method is the melted solder thing where you tin and strip at the same time. But how do you know you have not tinned the enamel, since the whole thing is covered in solder? KI6AZS _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ 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
