...I also use what I believe to be a plumbers iron - it is
HUGE....plenty of wattage! The moment it takes to smear a little flux
is easily rewarded watch the solder flow without question...
K4OJ
Jon Ogden wrote:
>on 10/19/02 11:01 AM, k4oj at k4oj@tampabay.rr.com wrote:
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>>...of course, flux! I cannot imagine attempting trying to solder any
>>PL259 without it, even on the ground - that is like trying to fit a 1
>>1/2" pipe on a Ham series rotor!
>>
>>
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>I solder my PL-259's all the time w/o flux. I have a very large soldering
>iron and it heats things up and flows the solder just dandy.
>
>73,
>
>Jon
>NA9D
>
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>Jon Ogden
>NA9D (ex: KE9NA)
>
>Life Member: ARRL, NRA
>Member: AMSAT, DXCC
>
>http://www.qsl.net/ke9na
>
>"A life lived in fear is a life half lived."
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