[Elecraft] The K2 L31 "Debate": 10uH v.s. 12uH

[MikeH]

Hello Fellow K2 Owners:

I recently finished my K2 (4661) and it works great. My kit came with 
the 10uH L31, which I did install, however Elecraft sent me the 12uH 
L31 to swap in order to bring the PLL Reference Oscillator range up 
from 9.4kHz to something closer to the 9.8kHz  range. As we know, the 
official advice from Elecraft is that a range down to 8.8kHz is 
acceptable. So I assume that Elecraft sent the 12uH part so that I 
could make the swap if I felt better doing so. Or perhaps it's just 
that opinions on what is an acceptable range vary.

So my question is this: what performance gain would I get by using the 
12uH part instead of the 10uH part that is currently installed? Yes, I 
could just make the swap and see for myself, but too often I've found 
that the "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" adage to be a good one (at 
least for this less technically inclined ham). Maybe when the radio has 
a few more miles on it, I'll go ahead and make the change to L31 to see 
what happens, but for now I'm tempted to just keep things as they are 
unless there is a compelling reason to make the change.

Mike NR7F