Phil,
I suspect the cost would be significantly greater than for the assembled
board version that we have now.
To produce a kit, the parts would have to be pulled and counted,
capacitors hand marked for values and packaged in some reasonable manner
- that is a lot of labor cost. Much greater than loading a reel of SMD
components into an automated placement process as used in a board
manufacturing house.
It is no wonder that we only see small projects in SMD format. The
Steve Weber transceiver kits are an exception.
73,
Don W3FPR
On 7/20/2014 1:00 PM, Phil Wheeler wrote:
Just imagine a KX3 kitted at the parts level. I wonder if the price
would be less than the current offering?
Phil W7OX
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