I would like to "second:" Don's comments about HB. Believe me, when I say I come from the "old school" WRT HB, but just trying a single "Manhatten [sic] construction" using chads punched from .065" circuit board with a "nibbler" and mounted with superglue on a ground plane was more than enough to convince me that it is really worthwhile GIVING UP the old methods using tie points/strips, hole punches on a chassis, etc.
Take a gander at http://www.k8iqy.com/qrprigs/sw30+/PC010006_640.jpg or simply google "Manhattan style electronic construction." One can regard Manhattan-style construction as an organized version of Ugly-style, or as a 3-D representation of an edited PC board, preliminary to a full etched-board production model. However one thinks about it, it deserves MUCH better recognition as a replacement for pre-1960's methods. In case the chads from a nibbler are too small, I use an old Dremel tool with a cut-off tool that EASILY makes islands on larger pieces of circuit board. It is worth mentioning that there are several FREE programs available for PC-board design/editing, and that there are several CONUS companies that are willing to do small runs of PC boards for (what appear to me to be) reasonable cost, if one wants to go that far. With regard to Wayne's comments about "leaded components," the only down-side is that the shipping costs are likely to exceed the component costs, "if you're having only one." I have found that Newark and Allied are willing to ship in small quantity, as long as you can bear the shipping/handling costs. On the other hand, one should not overlook the fact that several outfits sell "grab bags" of goodies, akin to the old PolyPaks of floor sweepings.. To me, Manhattan style construction is psychedelic, and I am talking about HB, not smokin' boards..."mind-freeing." John Ragle -- W1ZI ===== On 9/11/2011 2:29 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote: > ...if you are doing "from scratch" homebrew, or following someone else's > schematic and doing your own physical layout, you will find Manhatten > construction can use your pick of either leaded or SMD components... ______________________________________________________________ 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
