[Elecraft] SMT kits and Elecraft

[Ron D'Eau Claire]

Wayne wrote:
...it can require 
a lot of practice, patience, steady nerves, unimpaired vision, and 
specialized tools.
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Good points, especially when it comes to identifying parts. My experience
has been mostly in fixing something. I replace one or two SMDs and I'm done.
But reading the identifying marks on some of them darn near requires a
microscope! 

Building a whole rig from a box (or thimblefull) of 100 or 200 such devices
might be a bit more of a challenge...

Also, I cringe when I find a dense board mixed with through-hole stuff. The
big parts almost always make it really tough and time-consuming to work with
SMDs using simple, non-specialized tools.

Ron AC7AC