[Elecraft] Desoldering and installing the KX1 3080 option

[Chuck Guenther]

Ron, AC7AC wrote:

"To me, the biggest concern about the soldering needed to install the KXB3080
is accidentally touching heat-sensitive parts that will melt in an instant
if you bump them with a hot iron: pots and pot shafts, trimmer caps, relays
and the like. I use a 2 mm spade tip on my iron. It's just about the
biggest, fattest thing I'd ever want to use around the KX1 board! "


This, of course, is one of the concerns about using braid for desoldering.  The braid spreads heat, and if any part of it is touching adjacent parts  (or your fingers) these can be damaged.  The other drawback of braid is that it oozes flux onto the board.  

73,

Chuck  NI0C
KX1 + 3080  s/n 1287