[Elecraft] I love toroids

[Robert Friess]

Maybe we who use the correct hand, i.e. the left one, should unite and 
demand left-handed pc layouts and manuals as a no-cost option.

73,
Bob, N6CM

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron D'Eau Claire" <rondec at easystreet.com>
To: "'Elecraft Reflector'" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, June 11, 2005 9:40 AM
Subject: RE: [Elecraft] I love toroids


> Fred, K6DGW, wrote:
> If my memory serves me, there really is no such thing as a 1/2 turn ...
> each pass thru the donut is a turn.  But then, my memory serves me less
> and less these days.
>
> -------------------
>
> That's correct. There are no partial turns on a toroid.
>
> As a leftie I had to overcome the same "sense" issue. Then came the T1! 
> One
> toroid in the T1 has only three turns, close spaced, so they end up using
> only a small part of the core. The turns occupy the area of the core
> normally left open on a toroid. As a result, the "sense" of the winding is
> reversed! You have to wind that one "backwards" to make the leads lie up
> with the pads on the board.
>
> Oh, well, as Emerson wrote, "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of
> little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. 
> With
> consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern
> himself with his shadow on the wall." ... Or, I might add, concern himself
> with why the toroid leads don't match the holes in the PCB.
>
> Ron AC7AC
>
>
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