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> Surface mount technology has made it very difficult for the 19502-1960s
> era ham to maintain their own
> equipment, something they took pride in for 40-50 years. If the
> equipment goes bad a yellow light comes
> on indicting its time to send it back by UPS for repair.
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And that is really too bad because equipment that uses Surface Mount Devices
are really east to circuit trace as each device has at least 2 accessible
test points
And the components themselves are not hard to change, once I get my
illuminated magnifyer adjusted so I can see what I am doing.
I purchased a Tektronix 465 oscilloscope for $100 at a hamfest a couple of
years ago and since then I have saved several hundred $$ in equipment repair
costs and much down time, not to mention the damage our toys can suffer in
transit.
de Paul, W8AEF
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