[1000mp] Key Click Mod

[Ian White, G3SEK]

Bob Main wrote:
>It is not the number of components that I am concerned with.  I have 
>built a number of items from scratch and a LOT of Heathkits in my time. 
>It is simply the complexity of the radio and the size of some of the 
>components. Oh well, guess I can make a trip to Trash Shack and get the 
>parts and pulled in my 200w soldering gun and give it a go.

Way to go, Bob - nothing stalls the Heathkit Generation for very long!

Just could be you might need to downsize a few tools... but we already 
did that once, when we moved from tubes to transistors. We can do it 
again for surface-mount.

The two absolute essentials are a good soldering iron and a good 
magnifier. I use an ordinary Weller TCP with a fine pointy tip, and an 
extra pair of strong drugstore eyeglasses ahead of my normal reading 
glasses. It's not exactly the perfect SMD workstation (warning - risks 
of neck-ache and nose burns) but it'll get you through short SMD jobs 
like this W8JI mod.


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73 from Ian G3SEK         'In Practice' columnist for RadCom (RSGB)
                            Editor, 'The VHF/UHF DX Book'
http://www.ifwtech.co.uk/g3sek