Hi Foks,
?I've been soldering electronic kits together from as far back as the 60's with Heathkits. Started out as point-to-point connections, then circuit boards came along. Most of 'em were single layer boards: you heated up the board pad and the wire for a few seconds then touched the solder to it and bada-bing, bada-boom - connection done.
?Well, what about these six layer boards? I've simply been doing the same thing with them: heat 'em up, apply solder. But, I've made three QMX units over the past year and all three have had some sort of issue, the first two needed help from Jeff Moore to get going. I'm working on my third one and hopefully will have this one on the air soon w/o needing it shipped out to Jeff's "E.R.". Seems that possibly I hosed something with that RWTST transformer and it is being re-done.
?So, am I doing something wrong? With these QMX six layer boards do they need to be heated up and a ton of solder jammed into the joint, basically forcing solder through the layers, or is the "old fashioned way" sufficient to get a good connection?
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Jim / K7TXA
Eagle, ID
SKCC 10447T
BUG 301
