On Feb 2, 2009, at 2:34 PM, Charlie Gallo wrote:
>
>
> 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
>
I haven't tried it but saw something about doing that using a
soldering gun with the tip removed.
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