21 Sep
2010
21 Sep
'10
1:15 p.m.
- Soldering quality. The antenna on the LX8 came
desoldered.
Predictably, the operating range went from a few feet to about six
inches. Fixed by disassembling it (lots of plastic clips!) and
resoldering part of the RF section.
Waht's the betting the RoHS directive has soemthing to do with this? I am
not convincd that lead-free solder is really reliable at the best of
times, I am certianly convinced that using lead-free solder at the
temperature for lead/tin stuff leads to major problems...
-tony