Fwd: Just ordered a KX1, and have a question

[Marty Young]

Please allow me to make a correction before I get any
more email...

I meant 0.031 dia solder, not 0.31, slip of the
decimal point.

To those who disagree with my arbitrary  selection of
Kester "44" 0.031, it is what Elecraft recommends, and
that really wasn't the point of my post.

After the opinions and corrections I have received,
people take this pretty personally.  Maybe now I
understand why Elecraft doesn't include solder with
their kits :-)

73  Marty / W4MY


--- Marty Young <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 13:17:06 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Marty Young <[hidden email]>
> Subject: Just ordered a KX1, and have a question
> To: [hidden email]
>
> Hello All:
>
> I ordered a KX1 and it was shipped Priority Mail on
> 7/23 and have not received it yet.  Danged post
> office!  In doing my preliminary research and
> preparation I have a question:
>
> Soldering is important, I think we all agree.  The
> selection of the correct type and size is critical
> to
> success.  Why isn't a hank of 0.31 dia Kester "44"
> included with the kit?
>
> I know, this would increase cost.  But I would
> gladly
> pay an additional $3 for a kit to avoid having to
> buy
> a $25 roll of Kester. (and only use 1% of it)
> Anybody
> remember Heathkit?  They were the premier kit maker
> of
> their day.  Solder was included.  Remember the nut
> starter tool? (I may still even have one!)  Not to
> mention a plastic IF can tweeker.  It was a nice
> touch
> from the top maker of kits.  Its why we all remember
> them fondly and sorta miss 'em.
>
> I'm not trying to be cheap.  Just a practical
> suggestion.  I'm not saying Elecraft should supply
> flush cutters, common tools, and "spoon" feed us.
>
> Just that solder selection is pretty danged
> important.
>  And isn't it like a component?  It stays on the pcb
> just like all the other parts?
>
> For what its worth.  73  Marty / W4MY
>
>
>      
>

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[David King-11]

Ron...I replied privately to Marty with my comments because I didn't
think I needed to clutter up the entire reflector with my comments.

As to the additional "stuff" I mentioned I purchased for my K2
project...I was merely noting my self-justifications didn't fly with my
wife...just like they don't to a whole lot of other hams that have
posted on this list....I thought it was a bit of Ham humor...not
"beating someone up."

As mine was the only response he posted to the full list, it would
appear I'm being included in the "impolite off-reflector answers" group
you're castigating, and I don't appreciate that label.

I took full responsibility for my opinion and I provided my name and
call.  Your comments imply I went on a rude rant.

I respectfully disagree.

And, as for your comments...I too have a delete key.  And I just used it.

David King
KE7EKA

Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:

> Hi, Marty:
>
> It sounds like you've gotten some pretty impolite off-reflector answers.
>
> In my experience, people who need to speak privately often have little
> worthwhile to say and they fear being criticized themselves. That's why they
> reply privately. To me, it's like someone at the local Ham club meeting
> grabbing a fellow who asks a question and dragging him outside to berate him
> in private for being stupid and then telling him what to do out of hearing
> of the others.  
>
> Thank you for speaking up publicly. The only way to stop that behavior is to
> confront it, then hit the delete key. (Wonderful invention, that delete key,
> but it can take practice not let rudeness dwell on your thoughts. I try to
> remember that, frequently, the rudeness is unintentional, like someone
> stepping on my toe at a club meeting, even if they don't apologize.)  
>  

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