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<DIV>Yes!</DIV>
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<DIV>"I'd go for fully assembled. Or at a minimum all SMT loaded"</DIV>
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<DIV>Harrison W8YMO Cleveland OH</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>From:</B> <A title=mailto:eb@comsec.com
href="mailto:eb@comsec.com">Eric Blossom</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=mailto:ecellison@comcast.net
href="mailto:ecellison@comcast.net">Eric Ellison</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=mailto:hpsdr@hpsdr.org
href="mailto:hpsdr@hpsdr.org">'HPSDR List'</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, June 08, 2006 11:20
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [hpsdr] parts kit vs mounted
SMT</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>***** High Performance Software Defined Radio Discussion List
*****<BR><BR>On Thu, Jun 08, 2006 at 09:03:01PM -0400, Eric Ellison
wrote:<BR>><BR>> In our HPSDR - TAPR discussion the question was How
many REALLY<BR>> want SMT parts mounted vs Kits. This is a valid question
which a polling<BR>> function could solve.<BR><BR>I'd go for fully
assembled. Or at a minimum all SMT loaded. I think<BR>it would be
crazy (maybe a little too strong of a word) to do just the<BR>high pin count
parts and not all the rest of the SMT. I'm assuming that<BR>whoever is
getting these built is going to use somebody with an SMT line.<BR>Just batch
them up and run the whole build. While you're at it, have<BR>them reflow
all the through-hole too ;) <BR><BR>The novelty of soldering parts has
worn off for me ;)<BR><BR>There will be plenty of s/w and firmware challenges
for those afraid<BR>that these projects might turn into an
"appliance".<BR><BR>Eric<BR>_______________________________________________<BR>HPSDR
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