[Elecraft] New Elecraft stuff (surface mount)

Alan Bloom n1al at cds1.net
Fri May 22 00:12:29 EDT 2009


On Thu, 2009-05-21 at 22:39 -0400, Matt Palmer wrote:
> I dont think SMT is that bad, then again I am young, when I brought
> this up to a ham I met at FDIM he told me he is blind in one eye and
> has more than 3db on me in age, so there are no excuses, its like mike
> fright but with building, just try them sometime. I find smt is easier
> to work with than thru hole IMHO.

For us old-timers with middle-aged eyes, surface mount is actually
easier because you do it under a microscope.

Al N1AL




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