[Elecraft] OT: SMT kits?

[Sandy W5TVW]

One "reason" I don't care with SMD stuff, is the cost of "proper" soldering gear for
them!  The Optivisor and magnafier florescent lamps I have, who can spend many
times more than a kit would cost for an SMD "soldering station"?
(Not to mention looking for missing parts on my "unclean room" workshop!!)

Big smile ;^)

73,
Sandy W5TVW
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Frank C Van Cleef" <w1wcg at snet.net>
To: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 10:20 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: SMT kits?


|
| With all due respect to those of us who have to squint ever harder to see
| what used to stand out
| clearly:  I, for one, would be delighted to have a kit based primarily on
| SMT devices to try my hand at.  I have a fine-tip iron and an Optovisor at
| hand, and I love to build kits, so if SMT is the coming thing, let's have at
| it!  It may not be everybody's cupp'a'tea but new things are interesting and
| exciting to try, and isn't that what it's all about?
|
| Perhaps a kit of, say, the K1's complexity to start with.  The TAPR project
| described below is a pretty big gulp to start with, so perhaps something a
| little less complicated would be in order for a first project.
| What say, Elecraft guru's, I bet the challenges of designing an SMT kit
| project would be exciting on your side as well!?
|
| 73 de W1WCG
| Frank Van Cleef
|
| ----- Original Message ----- 
| From: "Richard T Perry" <perryrt at hotmail.com>
| To: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
| Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 5:29 AM
| Subject: [Elecraft] OT: SMT kits?
|
|
| Ok, folks - this is off topic, but since y'all have been a font of knowledge
| about kit building, I thought I would try this question...
|
| How hard is SMT soldering, really? I've been lusting after the TAPR Software
| Defined Radio kit,(http://www.tapr.org/tapr/html/Fdsp10.html) but it's
| majority SMT. I'm in my 30's, with fairly steady hands and decent vision...
| with the proper tools, should I be able to do this? Any experienced SMT
| builders out there got any pointers?
| Please respond to me directly - I'll summarize for the list later if there's
| interest.
|
| Now, for the other shoe - I just ordered a KX1 to go with my now almost 5
| year old K2 (#668). This should be fun!
|
| 73 DE KF4BAL/V73
| Richard Perry
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