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Re: kx3 solderless?

Posted by wayne burdick on May 25, 2011; 6:06pm
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/kx3-solderless-tp6403772p6403841.html

It will be a no-soldering kit. There are hundreds of SMDs, so the  
boards have to be pre-aligned and tested.

73,
Wayne
N6KR

On May 25, 2011, at 11:03 AM, R. Kevin Stover wrote:

> I'd be shocked if it wasn't.
>
> Less than one in 10 kit builders have the skill or equipment necessary
> to do reliable SMT construction. We might be able to pull off the
> occasional SMT part swap but that's a different animal than fully
> populating a bare board with SMT parts.
>
> Why would Elecraft open themselves up to that kind of support  
> nightmare?
>
>
>
> On Wed, 25 May 2011 12:50:25 -0500
> "gerald bokowy" <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
>> Is the plan for the KX3 to be asolderless kit?
> --
> R. Kevin Stover
> AC0H
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