[Elecraft] The last of the through-hole kits

[John]

I, for one, would love an all SMD kit.

0201 chip passives and BGA would be too hard core, but 0402+ and 
gullwings... bring on the cut-tape and tubes baby.  Soldercream anyone?

John

On 6/3/11 9:12 PM, Doug Person wrote:
> I don't particularly like working with SMDs.  Bu, facing the inevitable,
> I just ordered a stereo microscope designed for working with them wee
> little parts.  That, a hot air rework station and a vacuum picker and I
> think I'm set.  I built one small SMD kit. And like I said - I don't
> really enjoy it.  The parts are pain to work with.
>
> Doug -- K0DXV
>
> On 6/3/2011 7:04 PM, John Ragle wrote:
>> I think this is a basic misunderstanding of the rhetoric. "The last of
>> the through-hole kits" does not imply that the K2 will (or will not) be