[Elecraft] Surface Mount tech; Orion; and K2/100

[Vic Rosenthal]

Brendan Minish wrote:
> 
> The average ' neat' solderer with a decent fine tipped Iron will not find
> the larger SMT sizes any harder to deal with than leaded components.

I agree that it's not a big deal to mount a few SMT parts, for example when
doing a repair or mod.  But I can't imagine doing a K2 RF board!  For my part,
at least, the stress generated by manipulating those tiny parts under a
magnifier severely limits how much work I can do at a time.  Ang God help me
when one pops out of the tweezers onto the carpet (yes, I have a &*%$@ carpet
in  my work area). 

Vic K2VCO