[Elecraft] K1 Question Please?

[Alexey Kats]

I wholeheartedly agree that I did not consider this topic from the
perspective of warranty repairs (never needed it in the past since I
do always do it myself).

But I had been in a situation in a different country where the cost of
a single IC (even though it is very cheap here in US) was close to my
TWO MONTH INCOME. And with the high chances of getting a fried chip at
the bazaar back then the trouble of installing a socket for almost
everything was definitely not sophomoric, amateurish, silly, stupid,
or unnecessary - it was a compromise to bring the cost of highly
likely repairs down (the cost of trashing entire board due to
re-soldering same IC over and over was unacceptable).

Can it be installed? Yes. Can it work? Yes. Will it cause problems
mechanically for further assembly process? No. Will it be as reliable
as soldering? No. Will it be accepted for warranty repairs? No. Will
it decrease the chance of breaking the board trying to unsolder the
fried or mis-installed IC by an inexperienced builder? Yes. Will it
increase the chance of mis-installing IC? Yes. Will it be worth it?
Depends on your personal preference.

Did I miss anything?

On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 10:59 PM, Mike Morrow <kk5f at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Alexey wrote of IC socket use where Elecraft did not specify it:
>
>> I don't think there will be any problem...
>
> That statement is definitely NOT correct.  IC socket use where not
> absolutely required is very bad, amateur, sophmoric engineering.
>
> Do so and Elecraft will not repair the problems that your "improvement"
> of their design causes.
>
> Do NOT use IC sockets where Elecraft does NOT specify IC sockets.
>
> Ever.
>
> Anywhere.
>
> Mike / KK5F
>



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Alexey Kats (neko)