I do not believe cutting the part in half is a good idea. The stress is applied to the pads and they can lift off the board. The potential for board damage, is very high.
73, Bob K2TK On 4/19/2012 10:46 AM, Tom Azlin N4ZPT wrote: > Hi Lee, > > I replaced that SMT resistor with the supplied SMT resistor. Was pretty > easy. Cut the old one in half in place, then unsoldered the two pieces. > > > 73, tom n4zpt > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
