K1 - Filter Board finished and Front Panel started

Two or three sessions of toroid winding and the Filter Board is finished. I messed up one of the transformers with the interleaved windings; I had not pulled the first winding tight enough and I couldn't get the second one to sit properly. So I decided to strip off the wire and start afresh. Second time lucky!

The initial tests were all OK, so the board is now going back in its bag to wait for a later stage in the project.

I've made a start on the Front Panel PCB and the (optional) backlight kit for the LCD display. The Front Panel itself is the usual well designed (and well explained) Elecraft stuff. The backlight well explained but a bit fiddly to assemble, involving card, double-sided sticky foam and components soldered in mid air. I was glad when I installed the LCD and it fitted neatly over the backlight.

I have been combining K1 assembly with dabbling in the BARTG RTTY contest. More of both tomorrow, I hope.