New Elecraft stuff (surface mount)

[Brett Gazdzinski]

I could do surface mount, I would think some aspects of it is easier, but
its hard to see the values on some through hole parts in the k2, and
figuring out what parts go where in something like a K2 kit would NOT be fun
I think....

I almost needed a microscope for some K2 parts as it is...

Brett
N2DTS

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[Matt Palmer-4]

I dont think SMT is that bad, then again I am young, when I brought
this up to a ham I met at FDIM he told me he is blind in one eye and
has more than 3db on me in age, so there are no excuses, its like mike
fright but with building, just try them sometime. I find smt is easier
to work with than thru hole IMHO.


Matt
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Former KD8DAO
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On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 9:53 PM, Brett
Gazdzinski<[hidden email]> wrote:

> I could do surface mount, I would think some aspects of it is easier, but
> its hard to see the values on some through hole parts in the k2, and
> figuring out what parts go where in something like a K2 kit would NOT be fun
> I think....
>
> I almost needed a microscope for some K2 parts as it is...
>
> Brett
> N2DTS
>
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[Alan Bloom]

On Thu, 2009-05-21 at 22:39 -0400, Matt Palmer wrote:
> I dont think SMT is that bad, then again I am young, when I brought
> this up to a ham I met at FDIM he told me he is blind in one eye and
> has more than 3db on me in age, so there are no excuses, its like mike
> fright but with building, just try them sometime. I find smt is easier
> to work with than thru hole IMHO.

For us old-timers with middle-aged eyes, surface mount is actually
easier because you do it under a microscope.

Al N1AL


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[Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy]

Brett,

If you have not built anything yet using SMDs, I believe that you will
probably be "converted" to using SMDs after you have. Just be very careful
to keep chip capacitors of the same value separated from others before using
them, because the cap.value is usually not marked on the chip.

I do not own a microscope, and have found that a good magnifying glass is a
useful alternative for this OT when working with very small chip capacitors
(.05 in x .05 in).

73,
Geoff
GM4ESD


----- Original Message -----
From: "Brett Gazdzinski" <[hidden email]>
To: <[hidden email]>
Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 2:53 AM
Subject: [Elecraft] New Elecraft stuff (surface mount)

>I could do surface mount, I would think some aspects of it is easier, but
> its hard to see the values on some through hole parts in the k2, and
> figuring out what parts go where in something like a K2 kit would NOT be
> fun
> I think....
>
> I almost needed a microscope for some K2 parts as it is...
>
> Brett
> N2DTS

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