[Boatanchors] SDR unit

[manualman at juno.com]

I actually found the large scale integrated devices in the equipment I
have, or have used in the past, to be quite reliable and have never had
to replace any of them. The biggest LSI surface mounted device I've
replaced has been a 48 pin (12 pins on a side) device. A little heat and
a solder sucker work quite well if you have nimble finger dexterity. If
you're all thumbs and/or blind as a bat, it's probably not a job you
would want to tackle.

Pete, wa2cwa

On Fri, 21 Mar 2014 15:23:15 -0500 Rob Atkinson <ranchorobbo at gmail.com>
writes:
> On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 1:53 PM,  <manualman at juno.com> wrote:
> > I've fixed my share of boatanchors over the years. I've also 
> trouble
> > shooted and fixed my Flex 5000A (fixed a an intermittent relay) 
> and fixed
> > a transmitter oscillating problem in my IC-756 Pro II. Circuits 
> are
> > circuits; todays circuit components are a lot smaller and more 
> dense, but
> > if you have the right tools and can follow circuit schematics and 
> logic,
> > repair is no different then a 60 year old boatanchor.
> >
> 
> Yeah?  Really?   You unsolder one of those 200 pin chip jobbies and 
> replace it?
> 
> Rob
> K5UJ
>