[Elecraft] twisting wires for KAT2 Toroid
David Pratt
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Sat May 4 13:15:01 2002
In a recent message, Mike McCoy <[email protected]> said....
>
>I'm at the step where I twist the wires together for T1 (on the ATU control
>board)
>
>Anyone have any surefire tip(s) for twisting the 2 wires together that
>result in a consistent turns per inch? Plus, all I seem to be doing is
>wrapping one wire around the other (instead of 'intertwining' them)
Yes, take two lengths of the wire, one of each colour. Solder the ends
at both ends together. Fix one end in a vice and the other end in the
chuck of a hand drill. Take up the slack and turn the hand drill until
you have the right pitch.
73
David G4DMP
(Sorry - English spellings above!)