[Elecraft] K2 slug-tuned inductors

[AE0MM]

Ended up using scissors to trim a plastic toothpick into a slug-tuned inductor adjustment tool.


--mark/ae0mm

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On Friday, September 21, 2018 10:22 AM, Kevin Cozens <kevin at ve3syb.ca> wrote:

> On 2018-09-21 10:41 AM, AE0MM via Elecraft wrote:
>
> > The green plastic tuning tool is too wide to fit in the slot of the
> > narrow slot slug-tuned inductors. Is it safe to use a screwdriver on the
> > small slot 1µH inductors?
>
> I'm assuming the screwdriver would be a metal one. It would let you turn the
> slug but you would have to use it with care as it could damage the top of
> the slug. Also the metal screwdriver can affect the inductance of the
> inductor and throw off the adjustment.
>
> Your safest option is to shave a little off each side of the plastic tuning
> tool to make it fit. You shouldn't need to shave much off it to make it fit.
>
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> Cheers!
>
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