[Elecraft] K1 Discontinued

[Clay Autery]

Jim has a point here, of course.  I'm only 53, but my once
"aviator-quality" vision now requires quite a bit of augmentation to do
close work like SMT...

But I plan to fight it EVERY step of the way....  More magnification,
more light, hell...  I'll use robot hands if I need to.  I like building!

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Clay Autery, KY5G

On 8/30/2017 11:00 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
> On 8/30/2017 7:30 PM, N4OI - Ken wrote:
>> I do not understand the general fear of working with SMT components.
>
> As you get older, you will. Eyes, steadiness of hand, eye-hand
> coordination, all can make working with SMT a challenge. Mine will be
> 76 years old in a few months. Several years ago, I learned just enough
> to do relatively simple SMT work with fairly large SMT components in a
> band pass filter kit. I couldn't even SEE the smaller SMT components
> in that kit, and called in reinforcements.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC