One "reason" I don't care with SMD stuff, is the cost of "proper" soldering gear for them! The Optivisor and magnafier florescent lamps I have, who can spend many times more than a kit would cost for an SMD "soldering station"? (Not to mention looking for missing parts on my "unclean room" workshop!!)
Big smile ;^) 73, Sandy W5TVW ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank C Van Cleef" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 10:20 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: SMT kits? | | With all due respect to those of us who have to squint ever harder to see | what used to stand out | clearly: I, for one, would be delighted to have a kit based primarily on | SMT devices to try my hand at. I have a fine-tip iron and an Optovisor at | hand, and I love to build kits, so if SMT is the coming thing, let's have at | it! It may not be everybody's cupp'a'tea but new things are interesting and | exciting to try, and isn't that what it's all about? | | Perhaps a kit of, say, the K1's complexity to start with. The TAPR project | described below is a pretty big gulp to start with, so perhaps something a | little less complicated would be in order for a first project. | What say, Elecraft guru's, I bet the challenges of designing an SMT kit | project would be exciting on your side as well!? | | 73 de W1WCG | Frank Van Cleef | | ----- Original Message ----- | From: "Richard T Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | To: <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> | Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 5:29 AM | Subject: [Elecraft] OT: SMT kits? | | | Ok, folks - this is off topic, but since y'all have been a font of knowledge | about kit building, I thought I would try this question... | | How hard is SMT soldering, really? I've been lusting after the TAPR Software | Defined Radio kit,(http://www.tapr.org/tapr/html/Fdsp10.html) but it's | majority SMT. I'm in my 30's, with fairly steady hands and decent vision... | with the proper tools, should I be able to do this? Any experienced SMT | builders out there got any pointers? | Please respond to me directly - I'll summarize for the list later if there's | interest. | | Now, for the other shoe - I just ordered a KX1 to go with my now almost 5 | year old K2 (#668). This should be fun! | | 73 DE KF4BAL/V73 | Richard Perry | _______________________________________________ | Elecraft mailing list | Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net | You must be a subscriber to post to the list. | Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): | http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft | Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm | Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com | | | _______________________________________________ | Elecraft mailing list | Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net | You must be a subscriber to post to the list. | Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft | Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm | Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com | | _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
