I debated whether to wade into this thread I started, since it's not really an Elecraft-related item, but then after thinking about the Elecraft culture and mindset, and one of the main concepts that's made the company prosper on many levels... bucking conventional wisdom... I just had to (re-)chime in here.
I'm not planning to forget about any real experimenting and prototyping, but I'm also not prepared to spend BIG bucks on equipment and large production runs! That's hardly the amateur way, is it?? I'm a firm believer in the I have done so much with so little for so long, that now I feel qualified to do anything with nothing mentality, and when somebody mentions a novel approach, even if it's a far-from-perfect answer, I'll weigh the pros and cons of it before dismissing it out of hand. Face it, thru-hole parts are rapidly going the way of tubes and terminal strips, and while they're not gone yet, they _are_ getting harder to find, and when found, can cost considerably more than their SMT counterparts. And we hams, if we wish to continue our engineering endeavors, will have to adapt, figuring out ways of building stuff withOUT spending 4-figure sums on equipment to solder parts to boards. -- 72, Ron McDowell - W5RCM / ZS1MCD w5rcm at volente dot us Austin TX / Hermanus ZA Henry Gardiner wrote: .. > For experimenters, it makes much more sense to stick with the larger > smt sizes and solder them in by hand with a soldering iron and > hand-held solder. > > Henry AC5LA _______________________________________________ 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
