Hi TJ, It will be very interesting to see the other answers/recommendations. I use a controlled temp soldering iron, a whole lot of rosin and solder wick. And Quick Chip or Cash Olson has a removal kit that is extra nice too. He's the one that has the solder paste, that works so well. Once in a while, it works well to reflow the board, and pick out the bad part, usually when there is no plastic close at all. The key is a temp contolled iron.Have a great day,
--... ...-- Dale - WC7S in Wy > From: tom.cam...@gmail.com > Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 07:50:45 -0500 > To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Subject: [Elecraft] KSB2 screw up > > So I accidentally skipped the first page of instructions then found that I > had some parts left over at the end of construction and I was missing the > header P1 or whatever, so I grabbed the connector and soldered it in....only > to find that the previous owner of my K2 had already put the female > connector on the main board of the K2, and I had just accidentally installed > the female connector on the KSB2 board. Great. > > Long story short, I ripped out the female connector on the main board as it > was much easier to access but it was a huge **** to get the male header into > the holes. It isn't quite seated all the way but it is stable and straight > and seems to work OK with the module installed. > > Question is: how would one actually go about removing one of these headers > correctly (I guess I already know the answer: desoldering station) > > Already have 1 5w SSB qso down with one of the RT 66 stations and sent 1 > wspr tx this morning and was spotted several places on the East coast. It > works! :D > > > TJ W0EA > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
