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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=954004314-22072006>2nd
attempt.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=954004314-22072006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=954004314-22072006>Sorry,
sent from wrong account......</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=954004314-22072006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=954004314-22072006>Henry.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Henry Vredegoor
[mailto:henry_vredegoor@hotmail.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> zaterdag 22 juli 2006
13:00<BR><B>To:</B> hpsdr@hpsdr.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> To kit or not to
kit...............<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=861361708-22072006>Hi
everybody,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=861361708-22072006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=861361708-22072006>I'm sorry to say and I
don't want <SPAN class=954004314-22072006><FONT color=#000000>to
</FONT></SPAN>offend anybody, but I do not understand why some of you so eagerly
want to assemble/solder the SMD parts of these project boards by
hand.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=861361708-22072006>Let's face it: This type of
technology is not intended to be done by human's, but by a specialized high
precision machine.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=861361708-22072006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=861361708-22072006>Of coarse, it CAN be
done by hand, as many contributions on this list and the work by the
developers indicate, b</SPAN><SPAN class=861361708-22072006>ut only as the
last option in my opinion.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=861361708-22072006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=+0><SPAN class=861361708-22072006>
<DIV><SPAN class=861361708-22072006></SPAN><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=861361708-22072006>This is not the situation where an individual person
has created some application for himself and has to compromise and get all the
parts by himself, assemble and solder a single board himself etc.
etc.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=861361708-22072006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=861361708-22072006></SPAN><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=861361708-22072006>No, we have a unique opportunity to have a
large(-r) number of boards professionally manufactured and assembled (and
possibly tested) for a relatively low amount of money.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=861361708-22072006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=861361708-22072006>The main benefit
would be the much higher reliability of the boards as compared to doing things
by hand.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=861361708-22072006>This is a good thing
for a complex project as HPSDR is. (going to be)</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=861361708-22072006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=861361708-22072006>It also would
greatly simplify the work involved by TAPR also (no assembly of
kits)</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=861361708-22072006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=861361708-22072006>For those of
you who wish to start experimenting with SMD techniques, IMO it would be
wiser to start with a separate, smaller and simpler project, rather than ''jump
into the deep'' right away with one these complex project boards </SPAN><SPAN
class=861361708-22072006>(that is my planning anyway) and later maybe use
the prototyping board to experiment with SMD ''within''
HPSDR.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=861361708-22072006><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=861361708-22072006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV></SPAN>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=861361708-22072006>So my vote would go
to the fully assembled and if possible also tested
board.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=861361708-22072006>If not possible or
to expensive, please have at least all the SMD parts
mounted.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=861361708-22072006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=861361708-22072006>Mabe if we foresee a
partially assembled board (SMD mounted only) being delivered by TAPR, we should
if possible incorporate (if not already) some (extra-) testpoints and a
simple test facility to do some basic testing of the not fully assembled
boards before shipment to and by the buyers?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=861361708-22072006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=861361708-22072006>Regards,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=861361708-22072006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=861361708-22072006>Henry.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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