[Elecraft] Re: SMD-based kits and retirement [not!]
John A. Ross[RSDTV]
john_kx at rsdtv.com
Wed Apr 20 14:33:39 EDT 2005
> -----Original Message-----
> From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of wayne burdick
> Sent: 20 April 2005 06:09
> To: EricJ
> Cc: Elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Elecraft] Re: SMD-based kits and retirement [not!]
>
> Retire? Surely you jest. We're both in our forties. By the
Wayne
Aren't we all? :-)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sandy [mailto:ebjr at i-55.com]
> Sent: 20 April 2005 00:36
> To: John A. Ross[RSDTV]; 'wayne burdick'; 'Elecraft Reflector'
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] SMD-based kits
>
> I'll leave the "SMD stuff" to you younger guys with better
> eyesight than mine!
No-one has called me a "younger guy" for quite a bit, thanks Sandy
John
> time we'd want to retire, the retirement age would be in
> triple digits and social security won't be secure or
> sociable. We'll just keep designing cool stuff, and take our
> walkers to meetings. (Remember: old engineers never die; they
> just lose their scope.)
>
> Don't worry -- leaded parts aren't going away anytime soon.
> We still have access to every part we designed into the K2
> over five years ago.
> We'll pre-install SMD replacements in future kits should that
> become necessary. If SMDs start to dominate, we'll up-level
> the kits so that the builder is still working with small
> units: individual modules that are small PCBs with some or
> all SMDs. The way to think of them is as the next level of
> "integrated circuit." No one complains about parts on a chip.
>
> Bottom line: the kit experience isn't going away in our
> lifetime, whether or not everyone buys a second K2 ;)
>
> 73,
> Wayne
> N6KR
>
>
> On Apr 19, 2005, at 8:40 PM, EricJ wrote:
>
> > I think that might hasten Wayne and Eric's retirement!!
> >
> > Eric
> > KE6US
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> > [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of
> > al_lorona at agilent.com
> >
> >
> > We should all buy a spare K2 and put it in our attics. It
> may enable
> > us to hasten our retirements a few years!
>
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