<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div>Hi all<br>I've added a computer shop (with branch on campus and in queen st) and 2 electronic shops to the shops + supplies page with google+ pages for them so you can find where they are<br><a href="https://linux.conf.au/wiki/Shops_and_Supplies">https://linux.conf.au/wiki/Shops_and_Supplies</a><br><br></div>Unless someone beats me to it, I'll eventually add the links to the Dick Smith electronic shops, 3 stores are within walking distance of the venue.<br><br></div>Dick Smith  at 21 Queen st, 26 Wyndham St and 442 Karangahape rd<br><a href="http://catalogues.dicksmith.co.nz/storelocator/location/1023,auckland+auckland+region.html">http://catalogues.dicksmith.co.nz/storelocator/location/1023,auckland+auckland+region.html</a><br></div>Unfortunately the point for their K'Rd (what locals call Karangahape Rd) store on their map is wrong.<br><br></div>regards<br></div>lin<br><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 10:02 AM, Mark Jessop <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:vk5qi@rfhead.net" target="_blank">vk5qi@rfhead.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
  
    
  
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    <div>We were a little bit concerned about
      flying with large amounts of liquid flux, so the OpenRadio kits
      aren't supplied with any.<br>
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      The solder is resin-cored though, so you can clean up a joint by
      heating it up and adding a tiny bit of solder. Also, myself and
      others will be on-hand with rework kit to clean up boards if
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      On 7/01/15 7:22 AM, Mike Carden wrote:<br>
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                <div class="gmail_extra">So, not resin cored solder? --
                  I know technologgy has moved on in the last 30 years,
                  if I'm coming back into a radicaly changed field I
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                <div class="gmail_extra">I take it that a copper wick
                  for removing solder is still current technology?<br>
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        <div class="gmail_extra">Yep, resin cored solder and desoldering
          braid are still the go. It's just that working with surface
          mounted components can really benefit from the use of external
          fluxes.<br>
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