All of our SMD soldering is fully automated. Wayne
On Jun 3, 2011, at 6:31 PM, ~BG~ wrote: > Do you guys do all the SMD soldering by hand? I'd be guessing that > the > current volumes shipped you guys would've been able to invest in a > placement > machine. Small ones have been becoming reasonable affordable these > days > (e.g. small outfits like Adafruit have been using one some their > higher > volume Arduino kits and accessories). > > > ./Ben > > On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 2:03 PM, Wayne Burdick <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> The KX3 has hundreds of SMDs. Many of them are so small that I need a >> magnifying glass just to find them. Soldering them by hand is tedious >> and fraught with peril (all of us on the team do it, but we don't >> enjoy it). >> >> A full kit would be impossible to support and not profitable. Sorry >> about that. >> >> 73, >> Wayne >> N6KR >> >> On Jun 3, 2011, at 11:25 AM, Tony Estep wrote: >> >>> You guys are killing me with this gloomy talk about SMDs. Just last >>> night I >>> ordered a Softrock. From reading the assembly manual I can see that >>> this is >>> a long-tailed project, but I'm determined to remain optimistic. My >>> intention >>> is to use it as an interface for CW Skimmer, taking IF out the back >>> of my >>> P3. We shall see... >>> >>> If I ever get it to work, I'll report back here. >>> >>> Tony KT0NY >>> ______________________________________________________________ >>> 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 >> > ______________________________________________________________ > 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
