[Elecraft] Kit-building talk at Pacificon on Saturday, N6KR/WA6HHQ

[wayne burdick]

Hi all,

Eric (WA6HHQ) and I will be presenting a talk on kit building at 
Pacificon this Saturday from 2:30 to 4:45 PM in the Danville Room. 
Since we have a generous time slot, we'll be covering several topics.

I'd also like to extend an invitation to other kit vendors or 
manufacturers who may be in attendance. Bring your kits to show!

In the first hour, I'll be focusing on kits for first-time builders. 
I'll have a number of kits, including some just-announced mini-modules. 
To liven things up, I'll bring along a rig I designed 15 years ago -- 
the Safari 4 -- which is most definitely NOT a kit! There will be 
plenty of time for Q & A on building techniques, test equipment, 
soldering, leaded vs. surface-mount parts, etc.

In the second hour, Eric will show up with an armload of books that 
we've both drawn on extensively over the years. He'll talk about where 
each fits into a builder's library. After that, he'll talk about 
receiver performance. He'll explain why the classic down-conversion 
superhet architecture is used in nearly all of the world's most 
expensive transceivers, *and* in our K2, which offers similar 
capabilities to the kit builder.

Feel free to bring along something you've built -- kit or homebrew -- 
that may help us illustrate building techniques. There are always a 
number of beginners present for this talk who could benefit from your 
experience.

73,
Wayne
N6KR


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