On 2/2/2009 Rob Atkinson wrote:
> A gun no matter how high watt isn't any good because the tip doesn't
> have the metal mass needed for soldering a uhf male outside. You'll
> never find the big irons at Lowe's or Home Depot. Berland's House of
> Tools has the high watt irons you need, made by Wahl with large
> massive tips.
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
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73 de KG2V
For the Children - RKBA!
Anybody who cannot comprehend mathematics is not fully human.
At best he is a tolerable subhuman who has learned to wash, cook food, and not
make messes on the couch.
--R.A.H.
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