[Elecraft] Re:] K1 Front Panel missing IC Sockets ???

[Bob Lewis (AA4PB)]

> It seems that many US "standard" ic sockets are exremely poor in
quality
> when compared with European

No matter how good the quality, sockets still add capacitance and
inductance due to the additional lead length and that has the
"potential" for causing problems with RF circuits, especially if the
circuits have not been designed with that in mind. Perhaps they do not
completely kill the circuit but may cause performance degradation.