Bruce,
I second your thoughts about winding toroids. It is fun and the main reason some are afraid is because someone said it was a daunting task. ?Don¡¯t believe that BS. It¡¯s just putting a wire through the hole in a donut, pulling it tight, and keeping count. ?What can be difficult about that? If you stumble a few times you unwind the wire and start over. ?
Be the REASON someone smiles today.
Dave K8WPE
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On Jan 27, 2025, at 10:18?PM, Bruce K1FFX via groups.io <rosen.bruce@...> wrote:
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Worth noting (maybe ... ignore otherwise) that I have been using the "solder blob" method
for many toroids for many kits over the past 15 or so years, and it has worked flawlessly in
each instance.? Since Hans has changed the QMX+ to use #28 wire, there are no issues at
all with pre-tinning the leads ... even for the double-wire taps on L403 and friends.
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Personally, I find winding the toroids to be one of the most enjoyable aspects of building
the kits.? I listen to music, illuminate my work, wear magnifiers, and use my cell phone to take pictures and
then easily count that I've got the turns rights.? I use a bit of sand paper to do any final cleanup
before soldering.? I've never used any additional gadgets when winding toroids ...
just feed through and pull tight ... and it's especially easy with the #28 wire.
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Oh ... and I'm 76 years old.
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Cheers -
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Bruce K1FFX
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David Wilcox K8WPE