[hpsdr] TAPR Hermes and ApacheLabs ANAN-10 combination. Help with Soldering solicited.

[Ian Guffick]

Hi Larry,

You should be able to hand solder the surface mount SMA connectors with
just a pair of tweezers and a normal iron.
Tin the PCB pad for the centre pin, then with your iron on the pad move the
connector into place with the tweezers, remove the iron and hold the
tweezers in place until cool enough to hold the part. You can then solder
the two outer pads quite easily. Be careful with the orientation, look at
the underside of the connector to see which side has the centre connection.
A small magnifier can help in deciding orientation.

Regards,
Ian G7JXY.

On 11 November 2012 02:12, Larry J on his Dell LT <larry at foxgulch.com>wrote:

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> I have in hand both my TAPR Hermes and Apache-Labs ANAN-10 kit. Although
> I've been soldering at electronic devices for over 50 years,  my skill set
> does not include surface mount components.  My seriously senior citizen
> eyes and hands don't  help either.
>
> In particular,  I don't know how to proceed to solder  the  teeny tiny
> coaxial connectors on the TAPR Hermes board at J28 and J29 needed for
> integration into the ANAN-10 kit.    For example, after adding some solder
> paste to the underside of the sockets, and cleaning the Hermes pads with
> flux,  do I need a hot air rework station to satisfactorily install these
> sockets?
>
> Thanks for any advice you can direct my way.
>
> Larry Jones  W0AY
>
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