solder in kits, the sequel
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I am a fairly new ham. I'll probably be thought of poorly by some, based on
prior readings here, however I managed to grow up not learning to solder or build kits or anything similar. I have virtually no tools for such activities either. Based on my readings here and elsewhere I find the Elecraft community for the most part a totally helpful and friendly community. I have deluded myself into thinking that even with two left thumbs I may be able to build a few of their small kits and have a useful piece of test equipment when finished. That said, because I realize how great a difference there can be in solder and the significant impact it can have on the finished project, I would gladly pay more for my kit to have the experts at Elecraft send me the optimum solder for my kit. I would also gladly and thankfully accept a list of tools with part numbers and sources that they have found best. I will never have the level of expertise they have so these things would be significant assets for myself and others at similar levels. I didn't hear any others suggesting they include such things without proper compensation and am not suggesting it either. I'm suggesting they offer an additional option box to check off to get things that not everyone has yet and may not know the best choices of. -- Support the entire Constitution, not just the parts you like. -- Leo Bricker 73's K5LDB _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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In response to the solder comments i'd like to contribute my $0.02 :
IDM, As long as the solder is not on the prohibited list it doesn't matter. There I said it, everyone proceed to gasp and freak out. I'm still working on my K2 slowly, and have now used more than 6 different kinds of solder ranging from kester, to radio shack, to multicore. I've used various diameters from way to small to way to big. I don't think it really matters, any solder that melts will produce a radio in the end, you could spend a lifetime arguing about which is better and perfecting your special solder formula, I would prefer to get a few QSO's in instead. I will admit that a good solder is nice and minimizes the effort and fuss, but even crappy radio shack solder (from my testing it has been the worst so far) works though it requires added cursing and a few rude gestures to make it cooperate. Solder is solder despite what everyone likes to claim IMHO, and a little practice and a decent soldering iron is worth more that worrying about what brand/mix solder you are using. Just pick up the soldering iron and get to work, your gonna make a mistake or two, your going to need some practice, your going to need to let the smoke out of a few things in the process. In the end, mental energy and effort is better spent in actual building and use of the project than freaking out because you don't have the magic bullet special solder. Matt KD8DAO On 8/1/07, Leo Bricker <[hidden email]> wrote: > I am a fairly new ham. I'll probably be thought of poorly by some, based on > prior readings here, however I managed to grow up not learning to solder or > build kits or anything similar. I have virtually no tools for such > activities either. Based on my readings here and elsewhere I find the > Elecraft community for the most part a totally helpful and friendly > community. I have deluded myself into thinking that even with two left > thumbs I may be able to build a few of their small kits and have a useful > piece of test equipment when finished. > > That said, because I realize how great a difference there can be in solder > and the significant impact it can have on the finished project, I would > gladly pay more for my kit to have the experts at Elecraft send me the > optimum solder for my kit. I would also gladly and thankfully accept a list > of tools with part numbers and sources that they have found best. > > I will never have the level of expertise they have so these things would be > significant assets for myself and others at similar levels. I didn't hear > any others suggesting they include such things without proper compensation > and am not suggesting it either. I'm suggesting they offer an additional > option box to check off to get things that not everyone has yet and may not > know the best choices of. > > -- > Support the entire Constitution, not just the parts you like. > -- > Leo Bricker > 73's K5LDB > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: [hidden email] > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com > Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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