tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14528866.post-1122151784706311622005-07-23T10:42:00.000-10:002005-07-23T10:49:44.710-10:00Several cautionary tales of SMD at home are in the <a href="http://www.kkn.net/archives/html/QRP-L/2000-04/msg01655.html"> SMK-1 trials and tribulations </a> thread in QRP-L. (The SMK-1 was a much smaller QRP transceiver, now out of production.) The oddest piece of advice was to stretch a nylon stocking over the nozzle of a vacuum cleaner so you could find lost SMD components by vacuuming them up. Oh. On second thought, make that ONE SMD component; if you vacuum up two different unmarked components you would have to measure the eensie things before you could solder them in.AH6RPnoreply@blogger.com