[Elecraft] Re: ROHS Compliant/Lead Solder

2006-09-06 Thread Dave Sergeant
I knew this would stir things up a bit from the other side of the pond. Two final comments. I did a search at the UK dti.gov.uk website, the issued ROHS Directive and other linked sites, and NOWHERE could I find among the numerous exemptions one saying that kit and homebrew equipment is (or

Re: [Elecraft] Re: ROHS Compliant/Lead Solder

2006-09-06 Thread Thom R LaCosta
On Wed, 6 Sep 2006, Dave Sergeant wrote: Much as I detest lead free solder myself with all its problems and that it is going to do absolutely nothing to reduce lead pollution, that is how the directive at present stands. Those who use leaded solder are breaking the directive by compromising the

Re: [Elecraft] Re: ROHS Compliant/Lead Solder

2006-09-06 Thread Joe-aa4nn
Give it a rest, Fred??? then you throw out more grist for the mill. hi Joe, aa4nn -- Seems to be time to GIVE IT A REST. No one is going to solve the ROHS world, or the MIL SPEC world, of the METRIC for U.S. world either. These things come and

Re: [Elecraft] Re: ROHS Compliant/Lead Solder

2006-09-06 Thread Karl Larsen
Dave Sergeant wrote: I knew this would stir things up a bit from the other side of the pond. Two final comments. I did a search at the UK dti.gov.uk website, the issued ROHS Directive and other linked sites, and NOWHERE could I find among the numerous exemptions one saying that kit and

[Elecraft] Re: ROHS Compliant/Lead Solder

2006-09-05 Thread Mike Fitzgibbon
Hummm...just wondering...do you guys over in GB and Europe have those little warning tags on your mattresses? Mike N0MF ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber

Re: [Elecraft] Re: ROHS Compliant/Lead Solder

2006-09-05 Thread Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy
- Original Message - Hummm...just wondering...do you guys over in GB and Europe have those little warning tags on your mattresses? Mike N0MF -- Little ones and big ones - choose a subject, not solder. 73, Geoff GM4ESD

Re: [Elecraft] Re: ROHS Compliant/Lead Solder

2006-09-05 Thread Phil Kane
On Tue, 5 Sep 2006 15:12:34 -0500, Mike Fitzgibbon wrote: Hummm...just wondering...do you guys over in GB and Europe have those little warning tags on your mattresses? Do you know and understand what those tags mean? They are ususally misunderstood by most people. -- 73 de K2ASP - Phil

[Elecraft] Re: ROHS Compliant/Lead Solder

2006-09-05 Thread Fred (FL)
Seems to be time to GIVE IT A REST. No one is going to solve the ROHS world, or the MIL SPEC world, of the METRIC for U.S. world either. These things come and go. When they figure out how to remove the LEAD/ACID battery from all of our millions of automobiles - then I'll start to be concerned.