Luckily to have mine K1, bought this year. I intended to buy another one by the end of this year. Now I have to safely keep it as a jewel! https://www.flickr.com/photos/roney/34754819981/ Great little rig...
73 de PY1ZB On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 3:00 PM, James Bennett <[email protected]> wrote: > Guys - I’m about to hit the magic “70” mark and have been using +250 > readers for quite a while. I’ve also been a stamp collector since age > eight. Bad eyes and stamp collectinig don’t go together very well! The > readers are fine for reading (duhhhh) but when it comes to really small, > close-up examination of stamps, I got out my checkbook several years ago > and purchased a fairly inexpensive (~$350) stereo microscope. Couple years > ago I took the plunge and built my first SMT-based QRP rig. In addition to > some really small resistors and capacitors, it also had a couple of the 64 > and 128 pin IC’s. Using that microscope made it a breeze. I’ve since built > several SMT-based kits and find it quite easy with a microscope to see what > one is doing. Now, unstable hands are quite another thing… :-( > > So, if Elecraft ever starts offering SMT kits, one of this units is the > only way to go. > > Jim / W6JHB > Folsom, CA > > > > > > > > On Aug 31, 2017, at 10:50 AM, Clay Autery <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Jim has a point here, of course. I'm only 53, but my once > > "aviator-quality" vision now requires quite a bit of augmentation to do > > close work like SMT... > > > > But I plan to fight it EVERY step of the way.... More magnification, > > more light, hell... I'll use robot hands if I need to. I like building! > > > > ______________________ > > Clay Autery, KY5G > > > > On 8/30/2017 11:00 PM, Jim Brown wrote: > >> On 8/30/2017 7:30 PM, N4OI - Ken wrote: > >>> I do not understand the general fear of working with SMT components. > >> > >> As you get older, you will. Eyes, steadiness of hand, eye-hand > >> coordination, all can make working with SMT a challenge. Mine will be > >> 76 years old in a few months. Several years ago, I learned just enough > >> to do relatively simple SMT work with fairly large SMT components in a > >> band pass filter kit. I couldn't even SEE the smaller SMT components > >> in that kit, and called in reinforcements. > >> > >> 73, Jim K9YC > > ______________________________________________________________ > > 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] > ______________________________________________________________ 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]
