Hi I remember a time when PC boards were just becoming popular and the cry was "how are you going to work on that stuff" The same with first transistors, and then IC's. As the technology changes the building and troubleshooting techniques will follow. It may look difficult now because we are not as familiar SMD parts as through hole. I really would not want to build something like a hand wired chassis with 10 or 12 tubes and no PC boards (although I have done it). Some day we all may look back at building a through hole kit with all the lead bending, flush cutting and flipping the board over to solder the part and wonder how we did it and say "I would not want to do THAT any more."
Don Brown KD5NDB _______________________________________________ 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
