Jack wrote: > I wonder whether it makes sense to offer anything more than "screwdriver" > kits where the purchaser does mechanical assembly and perhaps installs a > few through hole parts, such as connectors.
Indeed. SMD components are specifically designed solely for efficient automated machine assembly. Human part-by-part assembly of SMD circuits is a gross misapplication of the design. A complex SMD kit, lovingly assembled by a skilled builder, would almost certainly *still* be technically inferior to the machine-assembled equivalent. From a circuit quality standpoint there is *nothing* good about human assembly of SMD circuits. At the other extreme, a "screwdriver-only" semi-kit can easily be the quality of a factory-assembled version. Two extremes...I'll take the latter, and always reject the former. Mike / KK5F ______________________________________________________________ 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
