First, managed to find time for a bit of fox-hunting this evening. Took
me two shots be sure I'd nailed him, there was no question about the
second one. Thanks, Larry-- nice job!
Second, the AT-11's for several of us here in metro Denver arrived, and
I like to publicly thank Scott for putting it together-- nice job! to
you too.
Finally, I'm reasonably impressed with the AT-11 (QRO) kit so far,
although all I've done is solder in the IC socket. Yes, I know that is
pretty well into the instructions, but I have a couple reasons for
ALWAYS doing IC sockets first. If there's nothing else on the board you
can lay it flat on the work surface and not have to worry about trying
to hold it in place while you tack-solder a couple pins. Also it is
easier to check the joints (about the closest spacing you ordinarily
encounter) and finally if in doubt you can easily check for bridges with
a multi-meter. Wait until you've got a bunch of other components on the
board, blobs of resin on the tracks, etc., and it's a LOT harder.
73
Marshall
AA0XI
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