Alexey,
Welcome to the world of SMD. Are you prepared to sit down and solder a 45 pin SMD processor to a board? I'm sorry, but there's just no way for that to happen. ... Michael N6MQL I've replaced many such components in the field with nothing more than some diagonal cutters, a solder sucker, soldering iron and solder. When mounting a part, one does not solder each pin individually but floods the pins with solder which only sticks to the pins and pads, just like what happens in production "wave soldering". An option is to use solder paste and a heat gun. I believe the reason there are no component level kits for rigs of the K3's complexity is simply business. The cost of kitting such a rig and the tiny market for it (compared to a no-solder kit or factory assembled version) make such a kit unprofitable. 73, Ron AC7AC ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
