Thanks to all the great guys who contacted me off line about this. The engineers win!
> -----Original Message----- > From: Gottlieb, Jonathan > Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 9:38 AM > To: 'elecraft@mailman.qth.net' > Subject: KDSP2 U2 Solder the leads? > > Page 8 of the KDSP2 instructions are very clear about soldering the tab of U2 > in order to relieve mechanical stress from the leads of U2 when the KDSP2 PCB > is mounted and the mounting screw tightened. The instructions do not, > however, tell you to solder the leads. This may be obvious to most, but not > to this attorney. I spent some time looking for the instructions to solder > the leads. Not finding it mentioned, I chalked it up to another case of > engineers writing for engineers and went ahead and soldered the leads. > > Jonathan Gottlieb > WA3WDK > K2 #4856 _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net 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