Hi Wayne,
A thought for you. Some of us out here aren't afraid of surface mount
construction. For example I've built the DB6NT 10 GHz down-converter,
and some other similar stuff too. For your amusement I love tube stuff
and I'm a member of the glowbugs list. But the world is going to SMT and
axial and leaded(sp?) components may become increasingly rare and more
expensive in the future. Now I know that a lot of your customers are
older guys that have failing eyesight and motor control, and they have
problems sometimes reading the color bands on components, but they do so
love to build electronic stuff and so do what's necessary to allow them
their fun! As such I suggest that you go ahead and design and make
available SMT kits for those of us that want and are able to build them,
and prebuilt "kits" for the others. The price, I think, should reflect
the degree of pre-construction too.
Another quick comment is that I'm still waiting for that 70 cm
down-converter kit you promised so long ago, and which too might, need to
be, partially SMT. The hamvention is over for this year and the QRO amp
is basically out now. And I'd love DCs for 902 and higher frequencies in
the future. Yes, I know this would involve competition with Down East
but that's the way a free market is supposed to work, and really their
prices are too high anyway.
In summary I suspect that there are several of us SMTers out here that
can do this thing, and others might grumble but will come along because
they just love this hobby!
Thanks for your time, and in advance for your consideration.
72, Carol Ganow, AB0SN
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