[Elecraft] SMT kits and Elecraft

[Stuart Rohre]

Yes,
I think we can do simple kits with 1206 parts with home hand tools and
possibly a hold down fixture home made.   In fact, that would be a great
"kit", a set of SMT sized tools:  Needle Nose pliers, light spring tweezer,
hold down device that would sit on desk and exert weight on a 1206 component
as you soldered it, Maybe a Spudgeon tool, or dental wide tip blade to apply
flux to hold 1206 as a "glue" until soldered, a roll of 0.01 low melting
point solder, and list of suggested fine tip irons, and desk magnifiers that
a ham could locally procure.

Or include an option of that rectangular desk magnifier with tube light I
have seen in some catalogs.
These tools might be along the lines of the SMT article in the last QRP
Homebrewer magazine, and any others you might think useful.

Also useful would be test leads to fit standard banana plug Fluke and other
import meters, but have real needle tips for SMT lead probing and test.
Regards and 72,
Stuart
K5KVH