Your handling of these small parts is amazing. Even removing a single diode for a wideband modification, I need an assistant on hand with a cloth to wipe the sweat from my forehead. Nice videos Peter, very well made and educational. 73.
Great job on the video Peter just wish I could have seen it back transmitting again. It's always good to see broken gear back working again. 73's Dale kg7ssb
I love reading the comments of people who have no understanding of how SMD boards are manufactured then they go on and on about how the heat will damage the repaired components.
Nice Video and you skills are very good. The Icom IC-V8000 has a similar heat sink solution but instead of soldering the driver to the heat sink, the heat sink is soldered to the pads at each side via posts instead of screws. The solder pad provides the path for dissipation to the heat sink. When they fail, PCB repair is required as it burns into the PCB an vaporizes the traces (3 out of 4 so far).
If i tried soldering those little things you would only see the back of my head :-) I do my soldering with a 4 and 7x jewelers loup :-) only burnt my nose once :-( If a friend had one of those repairs to be done I'd give it a try with no guarantee :-) Thanks for the video on the FT817 MOS replacement job.
There are some other tricks with desoldering and reflowing tiny surface mount components I've learned from cell phone repair videos. There's a very low-temp solder called chip-quick. You get a tiny bit of that to mix in with the original solder using an iron before you use the hot air. This way you can further limit the heat exposure to the rest of the board while using the hot air. Gotta clean off the chip quick after with a wick though.
Your handling of these small parts is amazing. Even removing a single diode for a wideband modification, I need an assistant on hand with a cloth to wipe the sweat from my forehead. Nice videos Peter, very well made and educational. 73.
Very nice demonstration on surface mount soldering Peter. Great job!
Your videos always amaze me. How intelligent in electronics you are ...
I think I will just keep a spare complete final module on hand! Great job! Thanks!
I'm impressed with the way you work with those tiny components. Thanks for the education, Peter!
Great job on the video Peter just wish I could have seen it back transmitting again. It's always good to see broken gear back working again. 73's Dale kg7ssb
Wow, looks like a fun job. You make it look easier than it is I'm sure. Nice work!
I love reading the comments of people who have no understanding of how SMD boards are manufactured then they go on and on about how the heat will damage the repaired components.
Excellent video very professional.keep up the good work
I love these videos :) And having the right equipment is half job done :) Danke schön
Hey,That Was a Great Job . . .I Hadd No Ideal Of the Set-up in The Ft-817. . .Thanks Again. .All The Best. . .
Nice Video and you skills are very good. The Icom IC-V8000 has a similar heat sink solution but instead of soldering the driver to the heat sink, the heat sink is soldered to the pads at each side via posts instead of screws. The solder pad provides the path for dissipation to the heat sink. When they fail, PCB repair is required as it burns into the PCB an vaporizes the traces (3 out of 4 so far).
Good job Peter!!
If i tried soldering those little things you would only see the back of my head :-) I do my soldering with a 4 and 7x jewelers loup :-) only burnt my nose once :-( If a friend had one of those repairs to be done I'd give it a try with no guarantee :-) Thanks for the video on the FT817 MOS replacement job.
That's why I leave it up to the professionals such as yourself Peter, I would start crying if i had to repair that. Cheers
Great work, thank you for the video, come back soon Peter
Great skill!
Hello Peter,
Wonderful tutorial. It would have been a nice end point to see the radio working...
There are some other tricks with desoldering and reflowing tiny surface mount components I've learned from cell phone repair videos. There's a very low-temp solder called chip-quick. You get a tiny bit of that to mix in with the original solder using an iron before you use the hot air. This way you can further limit the heat exposure to the rest of the board while using the hot air. Gotta clean off the chip quick after with a wick though.