I definitely agree with Larry about the SMT soldering techniques. SMT assembly is not bad IF you use the right tools and techniques. I will be posting some more info on that on my blog, probably tomorrow, but one of the things you should NEVER do (in my opinion, that is) is use wire solder and a soldering iron. More on that later.
Since there has been a lot of unencouraging discussion about Hank's problems with a particular SDR in a Thread entitled "LD-1 Discussion ...", I'd like to point out that the SDR Hank is struggling with is NOT, repeat, NOT an LD-1. 73, Pete, NI9N
