I’ve got most of the (many!) capacitors installed, along with the crystals, etc. The kit is coming along nicely and I’m enjoying it.

My friend Doug Miller (W4DML) says. “Soldering is Therapy.”  I think there’s some truth to that.  When you’re soldering, you’re concentrating so much on what you’re doing that any other thoughts are pushed out of your head.  So, anything that’s bothering you goes away when building something.

Handling any object (like a soldering iron) that is 700 degrees Fahrenheit will cause one to concentrate – or suffer the consequences.