[Elecraft] Coil winding novice

[Ian Stirling]

On Friday 09 February 2007 13:07, Nick Henwood wrote:

>  Would welcome encouragement or cautionary advice.

Nick,

  I wound my own a year and a half ago.
 The diagrams in the manual are very clear in showing
the direction of the windings. Follow them exactly as
in the diagrams.  If the wire exits from the top on
the left and underneath on the right, make sure yours
does. If it's inverted, turning the toroid over won't
fix it - it's still wound incorrectly.

  I wound all my toroids in one evening while sitting
with my wife watching the television, looking ahead in
the manual to find them, labelling them with a piece
of clear adhesive tape on the end of a lead. I really
appreciated the continuity of building without having
to wind a toroid when it was ready to be soldered in.

Ian, G4ICV, AB2GR, K2 #4962, LP-100 #278
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