[Elecraft] [K2]...Hot glue toroids to PCB???

[Matt Palmer]

If its that big of a deal to you there used to be a product called
'qdope' that was made for this purpose. With some frequencies various
other things can cause havok, though i would believe in LF projects
the effect is negligible.


Matt
W8ESE
Former KD8DAO
http://blog.MattIsKichigai.com



On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 9:17 AM, Lee Buller <k0wa at swbell.net> wrote:
>
> Do not do this.  I use "bees wax" to secure one of my toroids down because I felt it needed it.  Well, it is a mess to work with.  I abandoned the practice and just used the wires to hold them in place.
>
> Lee - K0WA
>
>
> In our day and age it seems that Common Sense is in short supply.  If you don't have any Common Sense - get some Common Sense and use it.  If you can't find any Common Sense, ask for help from somebody who has some Common Sense.  Is Common Sense divine?
>
> --- On Mon, 3/2/09, Mike-WE0H <we0h at yahoo.com> wrote:
> From: Mike-WE0H <we0h at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [Elecraft] [K2]...Hot glue toroids to PCB???
> To: "Elecraft-List" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Monday, March 2, 2009, 1:43 AM
>
> Building my K2. Does anyone see any issues with using hot glue to glue
> the toroids down to the boards? I've never had issues gluing toroids
> down in my 600 meter projects. Inductance values have never changed from
> no glue to glued down. But with the K2, it just doesn't seem right to
> leave the toroids loose without gluing them to the boards. So what do
> you guys think, glue or no glue?
>
> Many thanks,
> Mike
> WE0H
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