[Elecraft] SMT

[Thom R LaCosta]

On Tue, 19 Jul 2005, Vic Rosenthal wrote:

>
> If we want the best performance and to take advantage of modern components, 
> we will need to use SMT.  So most likely, future kits will include 
> machine-made SMT subassemblies which will be put together by the builder.
>
> Is this bad?  I don't think so.  I didn't complain about not building the 
> microprocessor in my K2!

I'm starting to wonder about the reading skills of some folks.....one of the 
concerns expressed about the noise blanker in the K2 was that it wasn't 
effective for many folks.  Seems to me that while it's fine to build a kit and 
be proud of it, there are certain instances when there's more to the story.

There are some owners of K2s that can not build...but aquired their units 
because they wanted to operate and the K2 appealed to them.

It seems to me, but I am one of those "can't build it folks", that there isn't
a lot of sense saying that a noise blanker for the K2 MUST be a non-SMT Kit.

73,Thom-k3hrn
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