Joe,
Thank you for your help, especially the clarity on the finer points.
Years ago [1970's] I built a myriad of Heathkit items.? My favorite item to build back then was the Heathkit Battery Eliminator IP 2715.? One of the most challenging of the kits was the Heathkit remote control kits.? Heathkit sold the transmitter, receiver and servos kits for remote control airplanes back then.? Building and soldering the servos, receivers, etc. were a bit of a challenge because nearly all the components had to be mounted and soldered in a vertical rather than a horizontal orientation.? But I got it done and they worked well for years of fun.
I grew up in Silicon Valley.? Back in the 60's and 70's many companies in SV had assembly lines where people sat at work benches and installed components on printed circuit boards and then soldered them for 8 hours a day.? It was a great way to learn to solder!? Some companies paid not by the hour, but by how many successful circuit boards you soldered.? This led to people learning to solder very quickly and very successfully.
Years later I was totally blown away when for the first time in my life I saw an assembly line fully automated where numerically controlled machines shot hundreds of electrical components into the circuit boards in a matter of seconds.? My how we have come a long, long way!? Want to know know what I enjoyed the most?? When a machine malfunctioned [and it happened often] thousands upon thousands of resisters, diodes, transistors, capacitors, flew all over the floor.? The management's attitude was it wasn't even worth the time/effort to re-sort them, so they threw them away.? I was able to collect thousands of items because they simply did not want them.??
I have ordered both the din cable and the DB9 for my Yaesu/Palstar combo and am excited to learn much more about amplifiers, auto tuners and radios.? I am especially interested in learning more about how they interact with each other.
I appreciate you and the patience you have shown me.
Have great day!
Dirk
