I dunno Stuart. I think of "sneezing" and ending up with the parts for my new all-band Elecraft K-92 scattered all over the shop floor.
Besides, the knobs on my K2 are WAY too small already. I'm reminded of the segment in "Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy" in which the alien invasion of Earth begins with a thousand fully armed space ships streaking down into the earth's atmosphere in rigid formation, ready to take on all of mankind with their loaded weapons and, just as they are about to touch down, the entire fleet is inhaled by a very small dog. Perhaps the day is coming when a binocular microscope will be as much a part of every Ham's workbench as a soldering iron. Ron AC7AC -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stuart Rohre Yes, I think we can do simple kits with 1206 parts with home hand tools and possibly a hold down fixture home made. In fact, that would be a great "kit", a set of SMT sized tools: Needle Nose pliers, light spring tweezer, hold down device that would sit on desk and exert weight on a 1206 component as you soldered it, Maybe a Spudgeon tool, or dental wide tip blade to apply flux to hold 1206 as a "glue" until soldered, a roll of 0.01 low melting point solder, and list of suggested fine tip irons, and desk magnifiers that a ham could locally procure. /// _______________________________________________ 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
