[Elecraft] two in-progress k-2 construction questions

[jferg977 at aol.com]

1.  I would like to characterize a completed T-4 binocular transformer 
assembly to see if I really understand it.  If I have it wrong, please 
straighten me out.

the binocular core has two through-holes.  when the wiring is done 
according to the instructions, there will be two passes of wire 1-2 in 
each hole, three passes of wire 3-4 in each hole, and one pass of each 
the "link" wires in each hole.  wire 1-2 will exit on one side, 3-4 on 
the other side and each "link" wire runs through its respective hole 
from one side to the other.

By the way, the printing on my manual left out some of the wiring on 
the diagram, but the pdf of the manual on the web-site has a good 
picture.

2. 2nd question. It looks like I'm going to get done with this thing 
tomorrow.  The dummy load I need won't be here for about a week sooooo, 
I wondered if it would harm the machine if I went through receiver 
alignment of all the bands and skipped the 40 meter transmitter 
alignment - for now.  I'm not licensed yet, so I'm not going to be 
transmitting anything for a while in any case.

Thanks for your help with this,  John Ferguson