| Re: Anyone Built gear for their HT
Most of the digital stuff can't be hand soldered anymore, unless you are so good at soldering that you can touch solder to a 25 mil pitch device and not solder 6 leads together. One place where it could be done would be a discrete power amplifier. I think that's feasible. On the other hand, it wouldn't save you money. The assembly costs for PC boards are pretty low in China. It would have to be one of those labors of love. I could see doing it, but that must mean it won't sell. Heathkit went out of business years ago. I still have one of their FM tuners.
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