Ron, AC7AC wrote: "To me, the biggest concern about the soldering needed to install the KXB3080 is accidentally touching heat-sensitive parts that will melt in an instant if you bump them with a hot iron: pots and pot shafts, trimmer caps, relays and the like. I use a 2 mm spade tip on my iron. It's just about the biggest, fattest thing I'd ever want to use around the KX1 board! "
This, of course, is one of the concerns about using braid for desoldering. The braid spreads heat, and if any part of it is touching adjacent parts (or your fingers) these can be damaged. The other drawback of braid is that it oozes flux onto the board. 73, Chuck NI0C KX1 + 3080 s/n 1287 _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
