[Elecraft] Rework Eliminators

[Ron D'Eau Claire]

Keith N1AS wrote:

Wow Don & Ron, I'm shocked.

Such heavy hitters coming down so hard against the Rework Eliminators (RE).

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I surprised that you'd consider my recommendation to read Don's comments as
coming down hard on the RE product. 

Don spends a lot of time working with builders here on the reflector who
have problems and I've noticed that a number of those problems are, as he
says, based on someone using the RE product without realizing how they can
change the test and alignment process. 

I thought his comments were pretty solidly based on facts and expressed
fairly. I've worked with Don on many projects and learned to trust in his
expertise. 

I agree that my observation that removing a few jumpers if and when I
decided to add a module, or fashioning a couple of simple jumpers to plug
into the header if I want to remove a module is my opinion. That was my
point: to call such simple activities "reworking" is, to me, a huge
overstatement. 

However, there are those who want to button up the rig once and avoid
touching a soldering iron to the PCB ever again unless something fails, and
there are those who have their rigs built and don't want to think about
doing anything inside them involving more than plugging or unplugging a
cable or module to make changes. Even fashioning a little jumper and pushing
it into the proper holes in the connector if they decide to remove a module
is more than they want to do. 

>From the notes on the reflector I've read, the RE product is a great help
for those owners; its success definitely suggests the RE product is
appreciated by a significant number of owners. 

But the RE product is not a panacea. There are issues involved in buying and
using them, especially if one does it as part of the original build
depending upon the configuration of their rig. Don is the one who can advise
about those in detail. 

Ron AC7AC