LS, The twisting is to keep the wires in close proximity to one another, so it the twist is not critical.
73, Don W3FPR lstavenhagen wrote: > Hi all, > > Quick question about the bifilar windings on the bifilar transformers like > T6. How critical is the twist in the two wires? When I did T6, I was unable > to get a terribly consistent winding of the two wires together. Build manual > says they should cross over about every 1/2", but some parts of the wires > ended up a little tighter than that, others less. On some of the windings > when I wound the core, they more or less didn't pass over each other at all > for one or two windings (tho they were adjacent). > > I'm assuming this is probably not super critical, but just curious. > > I'm almost at the second part where you fire it up on 40 meters. If not this > evening probably tomorrow evening I'll be there..... > > LS > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.733 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2679 - Release Date: 02/10/10 > 02:40:00 > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
