[Elecraft] Checking and Double Checking

[Ron D'Eau Claire]

It's funny how the Human brain works, but if we can see a bunch of good
joints, we'll easily overlook the missed/bad one unless we do something =
to
focus the attention on each individual joint. As one writer aptly put =
it,
"...looking at the pretty rows of shiny soldered pads, I missed the one =
that
wasn't..."

I wear a strong binocular magnifier and use a probe to touch each joint =
as
I'm checking it.=20

The Microscope sounds great. Even better than a probe is something that =
will
make ONE joint show up at a time! Sounds like you're going to have to =
get
another one by Christmastime, Joe!=20

Ron AC7AC


-----Original Message-----
Just something that I've used to really check the solder joints is a
computer and video microscope.  Got one for the kids for christmas and =
can't
stop playing with it. Great contrast, variable magnification, cheap =
(around
$45 USD) and color too.

Joe
KR0MAG
K2 3808