[Elecraft] KAT2 Toroids Installation

[Paul Clay]

Was wondering if I couldn't trim a bit off the top 
of the stems of the rubber insulators to make 
them easier to get under the soldered-in toroids.  
(I seem to recall the manual directing me to do 
something similar when installing an identical 
insulator under, I think, L33 on the bottom of 
the K2's RF board;)

 I'm finding it a bit trick to get the toroids and 
insulatiors combinations installed as you have to 
solder from the toroid-component side of the 
board, and one of the two windings can't be 
pushed all the way through and then adjusted 
(because the hole for that winding sits right 
below a relay mounted on the opposite side of the 
board. 

 Soldering from the top, and trying to leave 
enough lead length to be able to slip the 
insulatiors in, but not so much lead length that 
the insulators then slide around instead of 
fitting snuggly beneath the toroids, is very 
tricky (for me). 

 I got L3 in OK, without trimming off the top of 
the insulator stem, but jimmying the insulator in 
caused me to worry that I might end up breaking 
one or both of the toroid leads.

I looked at the pictures of an assembled KAT2 on 
the Elecraft website, and it looks like all the 
rubber insulators were installed without any 
trimming.

Thanks,
Paul N6Lq