Two tricks that help with soldering to conventional PL259 bodies:
1. File across each of the four solder holes using a 1/8in round file,
reducing the thickness of metal to leave sharp edges of bare brass. The
thin metal is much easier to heat up with a soldering iron.
2. To make even less work for the soldering iron, pre-heat the connector
body to around 100C/200F usinga hot-air gun. (Take care not to blow hot
air directly onto the cable jacket; if necessary, loosely wrap the
exposed jacket with aluminum foil.)
With these methods, even a 40W soldering iron can give good joints every
time.
73 from Ian GM3SEK
On 09/04/2021 19:15, Jim Brown wrote:
On 4/9/2021 5:22 AM, Tim Duffy wrote:
I have seen other stations where guys try to solder through the body
holes with terrible results. If you can do it - that is great.
I'm a bit of a clutz mechanically. Tim's method looked solid, so I
tried it on a few connectors, and only made a mess. I have had great
success with conventional through the holes soldering. The secret for
me is a big, temperature controlled iron, and a big bench vice to hold
the work.
73, Jim K9YC
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