I just started working on my QCXlast night, starting with T1. My main problem encountered was that the #28 gauge wire after passing threw the torroid many many times started to develop micro sized burrs. When I got to the point of getting the wire threw the on, one of them broke. Leaving it too short. (The s3 winding). Feeling frustrated at the wires fragility,? I tried rewinding it with #24 enamel, (FWIW im building the 40m version)...38 turns...not enough space. So I pulled it all off and now with the remaining #28 supplied for T1, I went back and re wound it a 3rd time. Unfortunately the wire is rather nicked up...makes me nervous that it could short between turns. Anyways...i took a break and haven't yet mounted it on the board. Question now is, for all the other torroids in the kit that have significantly less turns...can I use my #24 wire? As its much easier to manipulate from a dexterity standpoint, it does fit threw the PCB holes...and it doesn't appear to get little nicks in it as easily as the #28 does.
