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Built/Tested SoftRock40 receivers
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kb9yig
Good Morning All,
I am continuing to offer built/tested v4.0 SoftRock40 receivers in trade for your kit plus a $15 check. (The $15 includes postage back to your QTH.) In the last few days I have shipped ten built/tested SoftRocks and have another ten ready for immediate shipment. If you would like to save the three hour plus build time, just send your kit to me at: Tony Parks 1344 E 750 N Springport, IN 47386 Thanks and 73, Tony KB9YIG |
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KY1K
WOW,
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Good deal. The message says you're continuing'. But, this is the first time I've seen the offer and I've been a pretty avid reader of the SDR and related groups. Hey Tony, what a great idea!!!!!!!!!!!!! You could do it for the other kits as well and make a full time occupation of it, not sure if it pays well enough. But, with a production line and a solder paste/toaster oven soldering unit and a custom solder mask, you could put out some semi large quantities in a short period of time. Anyway, have a great day. Art At 08:03 AM 9/25/2005, you wrote:
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KY1K
Apologies to Tony and the list. I didn't mean for the message I sent to Tony to be for public distribution, and didn't realize the list default for reply was to the list and not to the sender.
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Some lists default replies to the sender directly. I hit the send button too quickly. Art At 11:03 AM 9/25/2005, you wrote:
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KD5SSJ
The custom solder mask is not necessary.
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From: softrock40@... [mailto:softrock40@...] On Behalf Of KY1K Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 8:03 AM To: softrock40@... Subject: Re: [softrock40] Built/Tested SoftRock40 receivers WOW, Good deal. The message says you're continuing'. But, this is the first time I've seen the offer and I've been a pretty avid reader of the SDR and related groups. Hey Tony, what a great idea!!!!!!!!!!!!! You could do it for the other kits as well and make a full time occupation of it, not sure if it pays well enough. But, with a production line and a solder paste/toaster oven soldering unit and a custom solder mask, you could put out some semi large quantities in a short period of time. Anyway, have a great day. Art At 08:03 AM 9/25/2005, you wrote: Good Morning All, your QTH.) In the last few days I have shipped ten built/tested -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.6/111 - Release Date: 9/23/2005 Yahoo! Groups Links |
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KY1K
The custom solder mask isn't necessary and they are expensive. For users who are putting one softrock together, they are a bad investment.
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For people who are putting them together in mass production, the solder mask is invaluable. The solder mask allows one to deposit just the right amount of paste solder in the right location in just a few seconds. The mask is then (carefully) removed after the paste is applied and the components are placed. After the components are placed, they can be soldered all at once by placing the board in a toaster oven and heating the oven to the right temperature. A small toaster oven will solder 3 softrock-40 boards all at once. The paste is pricey and the toaster oven has to be dedicated for soldering only (no food is safe to consume after the oven has been used for soldering in this manner). I hope to assemble mine using paste, but will solder it with a pyropen, which is a butane hot air source with a twist. In the tip of the pyropen, there is a special catalyst screen that removes oxygen from the hot air output stream. This means the solder can't oxidize as it is heated. So, the finished product is much higher in quality. There was a recent discussion on the PICLIST about soldering using advanced methods. Regards, Art At 10:56 AM 9/26/2005, you wrote:
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