[Elecraft] KX1 #978, comments and questions on second stage

[Andrea Borgia]

[CC'ing to Service(Gary) per Ron's suggestion]


Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:


> About the yellow vs. orange color coding, I don't know if Elecraft even
> stocks a 3.7 uH inductor in that size. If they do, I guess it's possible
> there was a switch. 

At last, I have compared L7 with L10 as you suggested in an earlier post 
and... the color of the first band is the same shade of orange under all 
lighting conditions I could try, including natural sunlight. My friend 
Nicola also took some better pictures (soon to go online) with his 
digital reflex camera and they're so detailed you can read the bands 
yourself, just drop me a line if you'd care to 8-)

So, either the manufacturer misprinted the first band as orange instead 
of yellow or my KX1 has got a 3.7uH inductor instead of a 4.7uH. Funny 
thing is, apparently it doesn't make much difference!

Now crossing "live" to Gary... does Elecraft carry 3.7uH inductors in 
stock in the same size as the KX1 L7? And, more importantly, does it 
matter if the value is not correct, in the shorty/long run?


B73,
Andrea.

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