Gentlefolk,
Surface Mount is not that difficult even for old geezers
like me with less than perfect eyesight. NORCAL did an SM kit as an
introduction to the topic and I made that and it worked pretty well. I am
half way through building a 23cm transverter kit from Kuhn Electronics
which is all Surface Mount.Whilst the itsy bitsy components take some
getting use to, a magnifier, a toothpick (for holding components down), a
set of tweezers and a soldering iron with a tiny bit are all thats required
(use a scrap motherboard, remove some somponents and resolder them). And a
clean work surface. As usual practice makes perfect...and it helps a lot if
the pcb is not too dense...
In some respects SM components are easier to work with than leaded ones. No
need to drill the PCB...lots of new components which dont have leaded
versions...as you colonials say,,,its not a problem, its a challenge...and
in years to come i think that there may not be any leaded components
produced...so we will have to adapt, as hams always have, to use new
technologies...
Just my 50p s worth...
Steve
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From: "EricJ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'Don Brown'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "'Elecraft Reflector'" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 6:22 PM
Subject: RE: [Elecraft] SMD-based kits
Toaster oven? My 19 year old son and I live alone. As a result there are a
lot of strange melted substances draped over the heating coils in our
toaster oven, but solder isn't one of them. Yet...are you serious or is
"toaster oven" a slang word for some expensive SMD assembly equipment?
Eric
KE6US
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Larry Phipps
I have no problem with SOIC parts, but the more popular SSOP and TSSOP
parts
are almost impossible to deal with unless you use some trick like a
toaster
oven to install the parts prior to other assembly.
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