[Elecraft] Is the KX3 going to be sold as a kit?

[Wayne Burdick]

The KX3 has hundreds of SMDs. Many of them are so small that I need a  
magnifying glass just to find them. Soldering them by hand is tedious  
and fraught with peril (all of us on the team do it, but we don't  
enjoy it).

A full kit would be impossible to support and not profitable. Sorry  
about that.

73,
Wayne
N6KR

On Jun 3, 2011, at 11:25 AM, Tony Estep wrote:

> You guys are killing me with this gloomy talk about SMDs. Just last  
> night I
> ordered a Softrock. From reading the assembly manual I can see that  
> this is
> a long-tailed project, but I'm determined to remain optimistic. My  
> intention
> is to use it as an interface for CW Skimmer, taking IF out the back  
> of my
> P3. We shall see...
>
> If I ever get it to work, I'll report back here.
>
> Tony KT0NY
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