[Elecraft] troubles with kits

[Vic Rosenthal]

herbbonniewinn at racc2000.com wrote:

> I am Herb Winn a new ham (kc8ylj). I was going to try to build a kit for my first
> rig but am not sure now. I found the elecraft web and have noticed that all that
> is posted is troubles with kits. Is this common ? if so i'm not going to try a kit.  

Why don't you build a simple kit and see if you like it?  You can get experience 
in soldering, familiarity with components, etc.  Then you'll know better if 
kitbuilding is for you.  Tentec makes some simple inexpensive receiver kits:

<http://www.tentec.com/rcvrkit.htm>

If you enjoy it, then maybe you'll feel more comfortable tackling a more complex 
kit, like an Elecraft transceiver.  Obviously there are problems which may occur 
when you build a kit, especially if your soldering technique is weak.  There is 
a lot of help available, but you need to be prepared for the possibility that 
you will need to do some troubleshooting.

-- 
73,
Vic, K2VCO
Fresno CA
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco