[hpsdr] Warning on Atlas! NO HIGH TEMP WORK!

[Eric Ellison]

Phil/Folks!

Well I guess we beat this one to death! Obviously the jury is still out, on
the techniques for RoHS methods.

But this is a good idea. If anyone is planning to use an reflow method for
mounting the the SMT, please let us know how it works out.

When I get my Atlas boards, I think, at this point, I am going to trust my
manual soldering skills, rather than a toaster oven, hairdryer, or hotplate.


I AM aware that many of you have the required equipment to manage this, and
have done it before.

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The way most companies handle this is to do a short run and see what happens
before scrapping a bunch of inventory.

Consider the first few boards as Alpha.  If the glue holding the IC pads
deteriorates and the pads delaminate we will know the solution for THAT
problem.

Phil, K3IB
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