[Elecraft] OT: SMT kits?

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----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Morrow <kk5f at earthlink.net>
Date: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 11:34 am
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: SMT kits?

> SMT construction is specifically designed *only*  for machine
> assembly.  IMO, any SMT kit must come with almost all the SMT 
> componentspre-assembled to the PC boards to be acceptable.

Misinformation.  

When I was in college, a bunch of radio club members decided to get the NorCal SMK 40m kits.  Some of those guys had little to no soldering experience, but all of us had our rigs working FB in a couple of hours with no problems.

A little "how-to" info is all you need:

http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~fvandenb/work/robot/SMT-GuideV1-3.pdf

I like SMT much better...  No board flipping and lead clipping.  

73,
Blake N4GI