[hpsdr] Bare Board people

[S. Cash Olsen]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jason Hitesman" <jason at hitesman.com>
To: "S. Cash Olsen" <kd5ssj at zianet.com>
Cc: <hpsdr at hpsdr.org>
Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 10:25 PM
Subject: Re: [hpsdr] Bare Board people


> On 3/5/07, S. Cash Olsen <kd5ssj at zianet.com> wrote:
>
>
>> In my tutorial on this soldering method I suggest a beverage warmer, 
>> which
>> is to small for these boards so I'll have to do some retail research to 
>> come
>> up with a suitable substitute, I'm thinking that a coffee maker warming
>> plate might do the trick but that needs to be tried.
>
> Good links Cash.  I was already thinking about putting some links to
> that kind of info on there at the bottom along with the other
> resources.  Yours and Cecils will be good starting places.
>
> I've used the hot air method on my DDS-60 before and loved it.  But I
> wasn't able to find a beverage warmer.  I just kind of "eyeballed" it
> on varying the distance with the hot air.  I have an IR non-contact
> thermometer now though so that should help me be a little more
> consistent.  I'm considering an electric skillet to replace the
> beverage warmer.
>
> BTW - I've been meaning to ask you.  How warm does the beverage warmer
> get the board?  I didn't find that info on your page.  I see a lot of
> candle warmers that look similar locally for next to nothing, but
> wonder if they're in the same temp range.
>
>
>> I may also be able to assist in kitting of some of the descrete passive
>> parts and some of the semiconductor components. I'll keep you informed 
>> when
>> I know something definite.
>
> Good to know.  When the TAPR partial kits run out the Janus will be
> next to impossible to build afford ably without at least a 100 kit buy
> in due to the VXCO.  Not sure if the minimums on the other parts I
> haven't looked up yet are any worse or not. I'm not in the development
> enough to know how much interest TAPR has on this in the future.  But
> as a consumer I'm all for seeing various third party offerings
> leveraging the open nature of the project to keep it advancing!
>
> And there's also Ozy and future boards to think about as well.
>
> ----
> Jason Hitesman
> N8INJ
> 


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