I would strongly discourage any attempt to remove the SMD jacks and mount them elsewhere. These are high-quality SMD jacks placed in very carefully thought-out locations specifically to minimize signal path lengths.
Trust me, you'll like it the way it is :) 73, Wayne N6KR On May 31, 2011, at 10:28 AM, Guy Olinger K2AV wrote: > He didn't design it for a fixed station, that at least is clear and > on the > record somewhere. His problem would be somewhere there is internal > space to > support the jacks. In a different box with more space in the rear, > it could > be rewired to the back. What I suspect, though, is that the jacks > on the > side are actually soldered directly into the main circuit board, > which would > be the most compact overall. > > Modifying the position of the jacks would then require unsoldering > the jacks > and extending wiring to somewhere else in a different case. Perhaps > the > boards could be supplied without the jacks, and the holes clear, to > be wired > by the customer. > > Guy ______________________________________________________________ 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
