Retire? Surely you jest. We're both in our forties. By the time we'd
want to retire, the retirement age would be in triple digits and social
security won't be secure or sociable. We'll just keep designing cool
stuff, and take our walkers to meetings. (Remember: old engineers never
die; they just lose their scope.)
Don't worry -- leaded parts aren't going away anytime soon. We still
have access to every part we designed into the K2 over five years ago.
We'll pre-install SMD replacements in future kits should that become
necessary. If SMDs start to dominate, we'll up-level the kits so that
the builder is still working with small units: individual modules that
are small PCBs with some or all SMDs. The way to think of them is as
the next level of "integrated circuit." No one complains about parts on
a chip.
Bottom line: the kit experience isn't going away in our lifetime,
whether or not everyone buys a second K2 ;)
73,
Wayne
N6KR
On Apr 19, 2005, at 8:40 PM, EricJ wrote:
I think that might hasten Wayne and Eric's retirement!!
Eric
KE6US
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We should all buy a spare K2 and put it in our attics. It may enable
us to
hasten our retirements a few years!
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