Now that's the way to heat up a pl-259! With one of those you could
start a jumper business. The monthly TRW fest is one of the nice
things about living out in S. Cal.
rob / k5uj
On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 4:38 PM, Steve Katz <stevek@jmr.com> wrote:
>
>
> Another wonderful tool that I USED to have access to that makes soldering UHF
> or other BIG connectors simple - see if you can get yourself a nice
> resistance soldering rig (or one can be made from a filament transformer) -
> take the carbon electrode tweezers, clamp around the body, hit the foot
> peddle, and the connector is up to temp in maybe 2-5 seconds
>
> ::Indeed! I have one of those. It's a 900W resistance soldering setup,
> which was probably well over $1K "new" but purchased at the TRW Swap Meet for
> $75. It had (still has) a "Property of Hughes Aircraft Company" asset tag on
> it. :-)
>
> Works like a charm. Doesn't even take two seconds for a PL-259 body, more
> like one second.
>
> WB2WIK/6
>
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