RE: [Elecraft] Fig. 62 Cold Solder Joints (K3)?

2007-09-23 Thread Dan Barker
Plated through holes. Dan / WG4S snip I wonder if they used a bummer board, just to get a photo in? /snip ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub,

RE: [Elecraft] Fig. 62 Cold Solder Joints (K3)?

2007-09-23 Thread Ron D'Eau Claire
Yep. That board works FB. There's just not a lot of excess solder on many pads as often occurs when hand soldering. For folks used to seeing a nice fillet on each wire, a perfect machine-soldered board using plated through holes may have many pads that look downright anemic. Actually, this is what

[Elecraft] Fig. 62 Cold Solder Joints (K3)?

2007-09-22 Thread Fred (FL)
On the K3 Kit Assembly Manual, Sept. 10, Preliminary version, refer to page 48, figure 62. Unless my eyes and photo deceive me - there appears to be cold solder, poor-flow solder joints on this board. See solder joints to the right and slightly below the Orient Connection as Shown caption. Some