Measuring the inductance is not a good approach unless you have a way of measuring it at a specific frequency. The toroid material’s effect on the inductance of the finished coil varies with frequency, and most LC meters use a frequency below the HF range.
Victor 4X6GP > On 30 May 2020, at 0:16, Paul Gacek via Elecraft <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> > wrote: > > John > > Fair question as to why not. > > I guess it boils down to tolerance in the design. As T1 and T2 are impedance > matches maybe my error isn’t going to push things out of tolerance. > > That written, the consensus feed back is I have counted the turns wrong on T1 > and it’s easy enough to reduce a turn (versus adding one!). > > I just completed the front panel tests and so before heading into the VFO > alignment, I’ll make the correction. > > For all the inductors (such as L9,L10 etc) I measure the inductance before > installing them. > > Paul > >> On May 29, 2020, at 1:31 PM, John Harper <johna...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Why would you choose not correct a known error? >> >> Correct it and rule it out as a possible culprit in the event you have a >> problem with the radio. If you don't correct it, and end up having a >> problem, you'll wonder.... >> >> John AE5X >> https://ae5x.blogspot.com >> >>> Any guidance on whether I should correct this is welcome. >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> Message delivered to w6...@yahoo.com > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to k2vco....@gmail.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
