[Elecraft] K1-4 4 band version gone? (Hand SMT---Never)

Phil Wheeler w7ox at socal.rr.com
Sun Jul 20 21:21:23 EDT 2014


Oh yes, that!  I didn't think of it as SMT because 
it has four leads.  Took me a while to figure out 
how to orient it, though. I sneezed and almost 
lost that critter.

And I have two spares -- so mine is likely to last 
forever.

Phil W7OX

On 7/20/14, 5:30 PM, Matt Maguire wrote:
> ObElecraftContent:
> Elecraft does have a kit where you have to solder an SMT device -- the
> wideband noise generator. I got to practice twice with that one: once
> when I first build it, and then again after I have a little accident
> with a transmitter :-)  I was going to try to remove the damaged
> component with a hot air rework station that I picked up recently, but
> with the plastic battery holder etc. nearby, thought better of it and
> just snipped off the fried component with my side cutters, with no
> dramas.
> 73, Matt VK2RQ



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