[Elecraft] Reflector name change?

Mon Mar 29 09:10:09 2004

What's the problem? If you're not interested in a particular discussion,
simply delete the e-mails. This list is valuable BECAUSE we have members who
are knowledgeable about these topics. I love these deep discussions of
soldering/desoldering, zip cord feelines, etc., etc.  And when I've read
enough, I simply delete the messages.

73!

Dan KB6NU
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Hampton" <[email protected]>
To: "Allen Ward" <[email protected]>
Cc: "elecraft reflector" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 8:35 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Reflector name change?

> AMEN!!!!
>
> Had I been a newcomer to kit building and read all this stuff, I would
have scrapped
> the idea of building a KX1, or ANY kit for that matter, figuring it
required
> professional training, skills, equipment, and complete devotion to the
task at the
> expense of everything else.
>
> Dissertations about solder, flux, soldering irons, high-reliability
soldering
> techniques, etc. have their place, but for the HOBBY of AMATEUR RADIO
(that is why
> we're here, right?), it is indeed overkill as Allen noted.
>
> And to think that KX1 #358 was built with a $10 soldering iron and solder
purchased
> from Radio Shack, and still has the audacity to work FLAWLESSLY!  Who
would have
> thought it possible?
>
> Rick Hampton, WD8KEL
> KX1 #358
>
> Allen Ward wrote:
>
> > I propose that the name of this reflector be changed to
"Solder/soldering
> > reflector."  Since there seems to be more on these topics than anything
else
> > it would seem a good idea.  Having spent a lot of the last (more than
50)
> > years soldering and desoldering with many types and brands of solder and
> > soldering/desoldering equipment I believe the topic long ago reached
> > "overkill" in the present reflector!  Eutectic is a concept that is also
> > used in Geology and perhaps elsewhere.  There is nothing magical here it
is
> > simply the mix that gives the lowest melting point and the lowest
freezing
> > point  (this latter is often missed).  Good technique, good equipment
and
> > quality solder coupled with slow careful work and examination of
completed
> > solder joints should be enough without this constant "over"discussion of
> > solder and soldering/desoldering.
> > Allen KA5N
>
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