It will be a no-soldering kit. There are hundreds of SMDs, so the boards have to be pre-aligned and tested.
73, Wayne N6KR On May 25, 2011, at 11:03 AM, R. Kevin Stover wrote: > I'd be shocked if it wasn't. > > Less than one in 10 kit builders have the skill or equipment necessary > to do reliable SMT construction. We might be able to pull off the > occasional SMT part swap but that's a different animal than fully > populating a bare board with SMT parts. > > Why would Elecraft open themselves up to that kind of support > nightmare? > > > > On Wed, 25 May 2011 12:50:25 -0500 > "gerald bokowy" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Is the plan for the KX3 to be asolderless kit? > -- > R. Kevin Stover > AC0H > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
