I had a similar experience with my recently completed K2/100. The KPA100 board was the only one with the issue. It seemed to me that very few of the components were very delicate, so I increased the heat of the iron a bit and was able to get the pads to accept solder. Just be careful on the few delicate components. In the end everything worked out fine.
Keith Regli (K7KAR) mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kregli.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gerhard Schwanz Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 7:06 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Elecraft] Bad KPA100 PCB? Hello! I am just in the process of building my KPA100. And I discover more and more solder points on the PCB where the solder is not accepted. Scraping the pads a bit helps a bit but I don't think this is a solution. Some details. I don't know where in the process it started but right now I'm on page 15 soldering the capacitors. And it's nearly every third hole that doesn't work. The solder sticks to the leads or the iron. I use the same iron and solder as with the other 10 PCBs of elecraft that I have built. I contacted elecraft about this issue but I wanted to ask if others have this problem too? What can I do? 73 Gerhard Schwanz DH3FAW mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.gs-personal.de _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
