[TenTec] Solder and my Omni

[Dell Ray]

Thanks for all the Info. Will make life easier when I tear into another project. Thats why these groups are great place for help and info. I get allot of information just reading the mail. I've got my different save folders for Ant, rigs, ect. 
 Thanks again
 73 

Dell R Smith
Prosser,Wa 
KI7XD DN-06
OMNI VI Opt1


--- On Tue, 6/17/08, Stuart Rohre <rohre at arlut.utexas.edu> wrote:

> From: Stuart Rohre <rohre at arlut.utexas.edu>
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Solder and my Omni
> To: ray_2098 at yahoo.com, "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
> Date: Tuesday, June 17, 2008, 11:57 AM
> The solder suckers that work best have a tight fitting
> teflon tip that 
> you can put down over the pad.  Heat the pad first with a
> clean iron 
> tip; just before use I wipe mine on a wet sponge and add a
> tiny bit of 
> solder. 
> 
> Immediately apply iron tip to the pad and lead together,
> watch for the 
> liquid state, swap in the tip of the sucker and press the
> button.  You 
> eventually get used to the two handed technique to hold
> solder iron in 
> one hand, solder sucker in other and use your thumb to
> recock the 
> vacuum.  After a solder sucking session, remove the sucker
> tip and clean 
> out the solder fines.  Some come with a stiff wire tool to
> clean the 
> small bore of the nozzle, and that helps.  After long use,
> one of mine 
> needs you to square up the tip nozzle with an box cutter
> blade, or to 
> replace the nozzle, if the bore gets too large a diameter.
> 
> Stuart Rohre
> K5KVH
> 
> 
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