Ellen,
tnx - the new chokes are very well wound and made. Impressed. I am going to nab 2 bifilar fil chokes from him later on in the month. I have a good feeling bout this this time around - I think between Slab and JN and myself we will have eliminated all the weak spots in the amps. no wimpy crap bandswitch, no need to switch in padder caps on 75 meters for proper loading, straight Pi network output, 10 X better chokes, beefier 1N5408 diodes, much better filter caps ( made in USA JTi's ) and installed properly instead of JS.
I am going over the amps assembly line style to make #2 match #1 in every way including cosmetics. Powder coating both this time no more spray cans around here - too much dog hair everywhere.