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

[hwschulte]

Hi all,

as I started that idea with the SMT components, I will try to moderate a
little bit.
I am over sixty and so I know the problems with needs of special glasses
to handle the
SMT components down at 603 or 402 ( 1  x 0.5mm).

So my idea is, not designing without SMT, but for those who like it,
provide kits with
premounted SMT , so that these users may build their kit without the
needToday  to handle and
solder SMT "sand".

Today in some cases the "wanted" parts are no longer available as THT.
In the future this will be
the case for more and more parts. The most evil thing is, that some very
interesting part are even
today only available as BGA SMT which needs the handling by special
tools or machine just
for the placement ?!

So let's have fun and let's not forget to prepare a way for those which
can not or are unwilling to
solder SMT

Humberto

. Am 21.07.2014 14:40, schrieb N4OI - Ken:
> Wow -- I kind of touched a nerve with the "big boy" reference!  I recall this
> term was used by Dave Benson in some of his SWL kit documentation.  It
> merely referred the reader to a stripped-down section of the instructions if
> one wanted to bypass the lengthy, step-by-step narrative...  My point is
> that manufacturers, such as the premier innovator, Elecraft, should not be
> constrained in their product designs by offering only through-hole or
> solder-only kits. Why, even TenTec has leap-frogged the industry in this
> area with their open-source, Rebel QRP platforms! 
>
> I apologize for the poor use of words.  As a relative newcomer to ham radio,
> it was not my intention to denigrate anyone on this reflector - especially
> those who have vastly superior technical knowledge and capabilities.
>
> 73
>
>
>
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