[AMPS] Big muthah soldering iron

Peter Chadwick Peter_Chadwick@mitel.com
Thu, 7 Sep 2000 09:57:52 +0100


I gave up on trying to find one. A hot air paint stripping gun works better to
get the PL259 body up to temp very quickly;after that, a 40 watt Weller TCP with
a number 8 bit works fine - that's on RG8 size cable, too.

I also recommend a  cheap tubing cutter to cut the tinned braid exactly to
length.

Just remember to put the sleeve on the cable first!!

73

Peter G3RZP



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