There's two separate windings on that binocular core, John. Each winding goes through only ONE hole in the core and around the end of the core next to the hole. So you count a always: each pass through the hole is one turn.
See Figure 2 on page 6 of the manual where the text says, "...The wire passes through the hole in the core exactly 10 times (and passes down the side of the core 9 times), so turn 1 is when you first slip the wire through the hole, before you wrap it around the outside." Ron AC7AC -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Shadle Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 8:20 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Elecraft] binocular question on W1 Hi, Just picked up my first three Elecraft kits, the W1, W1SERKT, and the DL1. I finished the DL1 this past weekend and just completed the W1SERKT a few minutes ago after doing much of the work on the W1. I stopped working on the W1 when I got to winding the magnet wire on the binocular because I have a question. For those of you who have built the W1, please offer some clarification for me. Winding the binocular is just like winding a toroid, no? For example, when I make the first "loop" through one of the binocular holes I have actually put the wire through twice which should count as two of my ten times through the hole. Just want to make sure I'm counting correctly as I don't want to built the kit twice. Thanks! -john W4PAH P.S. Can't wait until the custom enclosure is finished up by W8FGU. Thanks also to AG4NN for passing along the PDF of his enclosure as well. Quite impressive. _______________________________________________ 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
