[Elecraft] solder in kits, the sequel

Leo Bricker k5ldb.leo at gmail.com
Wed Aug 1 10:33:32 EDT 2007


I am a fairly new ham. I'll probably be thought of poorly by some, based on
prior readings here, however I managed to grow up not learning to solder or
build kits or anything similar. I have virtually no tools for such
activities either. Based on my readings here and elsewhere I find the
Elecraft community for the most part a totally helpful and friendly
community. I have deluded myself into thinking that even with two left
thumbs I may be able to build a few of their small kits and have a useful
piece of test equipment when finished.

That said, because I realize how great a difference there can be in solder
and the significant impact it can have on the finished project, I would
gladly pay more for my kit to have the experts at Elecraft send me the
optimum solder for my kit. I would also gladly and thankfully accept a list
of tools with part numbers and sources that they have found best.

I will never have the level of expertise they have so these things would be
significant assets for myself and others at similar levels. I didn't hear
any others suggesting they include such things without proper compensation
and am not suggesting it either. I'm suggesting they offer an additional
option box to check off to get things that not everyone has yet and may not
know the best choices of.

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Leo Bricker
73's K5LDB


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