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> All of our SMD soldering is fully automated.
>
> Wayne
>
> On Jun 3, 2011, at 6:31 PM, ~BG~ wrote:
>
>> Do you guys do all the SMD soldering by hand? I'd be guessing that
>> the
>> current volumes shipped you guys would've been able to invest in a
>> placement
>> machine. Small ones have been becoming reasonable affordable these
>> days
>> (e.g. small outfits like Adafruit have been using one some their
>> higher
>> volume Arduino kits and accessories).
>>
>>
>> ./Ben
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 2:03 PM, Wayne Burdick <
[hidden email]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> The KX3 has hundreds of SMDs. Many of them are so small that I
>>> need a
>>> magnifying glass just to find them. Soldering them by hand is
>>> tedious
>>> and fraught with peril (all of us on the team do it, but we don't
>>> enjoy it).
>>>
>>> A full kit would be impossible to support and not profitable. Sorry
>>> about that.
>>>
>>> 73,
>>> Wayne
>>> N6KR
>>>
>>> On Jun 3, 2011, at 11:25 AM, Tony Estep wrote:
>>>
>>>> You guys are killing me with this gloomy talk about SMDs. Just last
>>>> night I
>>>> ordered a Softrock. From reading the assembly manual I can see that
>>>> this is
>>>> a long-tailed project, but I'm determined to remain optimistic. My
>>>> intention
>>>> is to use it as an interface for CW Skimmer, taking IF out the back
>>>> of my
>>>> P3. We shall see...
>>>>
>>>> If I ever get it to work, I'll report back here.
>>>>
>>>> Tony KT0NY
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