A socket will always be less reliable than soldering the IC directly to
the board.  You should only do it if you expect you might have to remove
the IC some day.

Al N1AL


On Tue, 2008-09-23 at 13:47, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> If I install an IC socket for U2 on my KPA100, will there be any adverse  
> effects?  Don't ask why I would want to do this.  I would have to  admit to 
> more 
> than the usual stupidity.
>  
> 73   AI4TO    John Ferguson   M/V  Arcadian
> 
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