Re: [Elecraft] surface mount parts

2005-12-18 Thread Gil Stacy
Don't you just hate those guys who tell you about an article in a magazine and they give the wrong year? ;) Hints and Kinks, page 64, November 2004 has the description of the smd tester-tweezers. 73, Gil NN4CW ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to:

RE: [Elecraft] surface mount parts

2005-12-18 Thread Stan Rife
PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] surface mount parts Don't you just hate those guys who tell you about an article in a magazine and they give the wrong year? ;) Hints and Kinks, page 64, November 2004 has the description of the smd tester-tweezers. 73, Gil NN4CW

Re: [Elecraft] surface mount parts

2005-12-18 Thread Matt Osborn
of these up for my AADE LCII. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gil Stacy Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2005 8:14 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] surface mount parts Don't you

[Elecraft] surface mount parts

2005-12-17 Thread Steve Jackson
While my AADE L-C meter is irreplaceable, I find that for identifying / testing surface mount passives, there's really no equal to the Smart Tweezers by Excelta. http://www.excelta.com/specials/ST-1.pdf __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo!

Re: [Elecraft] surface mount parts

2005-12-17 Thread John D'Ausilio
very cool, but a bit pricey :( best I could find online was $289, maybe they'll come down with popularity (and when the monkee-copies start hitting the market) de w1rt/john On 12/17/05, Steve Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: While my AADE L-C meter is irreplaceable, I find that for

Re: [Elecraft] surface mount parts

2005-12-17 Thread n5ib
Oooops, meant this reply to go here, but sent it to QRP-L instead :^)) -- I hadn't seen the QST note about PCB tweezers, but it sounded like a neat and easy idea so I made up a set. used two strips of scrap Manhattan PCB material about 3/16 wide by 2 1/2 long, spaced by two thicknesses

Re: [Elecraft] surface mount parts

2005-12-17 Thread John [K7SVV]
with leads to your tester for testing caps and resistors. Looked like about $.25 worth of materials. 73, Gil NN4CW From: Steve Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] surface mount parts Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2005 06:57:14 -0800 (PST) While my AADE L-C meter