Support your local "maker space", they will likely have the gear and knowledge to do SMT… and probably a bunch of young guys that have never seen HAM before or know the potential.
On Jul 20, 2014, at 3:04 PM, Jim Lowman <[email protected]> wrote: > I have to agree with Mike, especially with the assertion about SMT components > being intended for robotic assembly. > > Imagine all of the troubleshooting calls and e-mails that Elecraft would get > if Joe Ham had to populate circuit boards with these miniature components. > Too much room for error. > > While I'd prefer a through-hole kit where soldering was required (although I > hate winding toroids!), like the K1 and K2, if the KX3 had even one SMT > device, I would not have purchased one. > > 72/73 de Jim - AD6CW > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
