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Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 20:09:32 -0400
From: Don Wilhelm w3...@embarqmail.com
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft Wish List
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Bill,
I sympathize
Bill,
I sympathize with you, but the reality is that a large scale SMD kit
would create a great number of customer support problems. You and I may
be able to do SMD, but that is not the majority.. Add to that the fact
that the board houses can produce boards fully populated with SMD
parts
That's kind of like saying you'd like to be able to build your own cell
phone. Possible in theory, but you wouldn't like the result.
Dave AB7E
On 8/22/2013 4:43 PM, William Schmidt wrote:
How about making the K3 an honest to goodness kit like the K2? Elecraft
started out as a kit
Well Dave, that made me laugh out loud ;-)
And can you imagine trying to be responsible for kitting and supporting
that cell phone kit? What a killer...
No disrespect to you at all Bill - I'm with you in theory. Loved that
build of my K2 and all that came with her. Just don't think they
It would be a nightmare for Elecraft. I do some SMT work on small kits
like the AmQRP DDS and some homebrew. I keep a stock of all the common
parts because I've tweezered them across the room more than a few times.
Elecraft would come to a halt trying to fill requests for dupe parts.
Eric
Too many surface mount devices. Not everyone has that skill for that
kind of kit.
On Thu, 22 Aug 2013 19:43:54 -0400 William Schmidt fretj...@hotmail.com
writes:
How about making the K3 an honest to goodness kit like the K2?
Elecraft started out as a kit company
but lately seems to be
The Sienna would be a neat full kit to build. Brian Wood W0DZ, a
retired Agilent test equipment designer and engineer, has placed a lot
of his blood, sweat, and tears into the Sienna.
Another aspect of not offering the K3 and KX3 as full solder kits is the
level of customer support required.
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