[TowerTalk] Soldering PL259

[Press W Jones]

Thanks, Sandy - pre-tinning the PL259 body should not be necessary with a
clean PL and a hot, heavy enough iron. If fact, a loose drop of solder
inside during such a tinning may be knocked of by the coax insertion and
then could land, unseen, in the wrong place, causing trouble. 
::Press Jones, N8UG

On Mon, 11 Aug 1997 07:33:33 -0400 Greville Balzarini
<sandy.balzarini@iis.varian.com> writes:
>Thanks to all for the information about soldering PL259 connectors.
>I was not the person asking for this info but it is interesting.
>
>I did not see anyone mention pre-tinning the PL259 ground braid 
>connection slot.
>I do this to reduce the amount of heat applied to the coax while 
>waiting for
>the connector to heat enough to accept the solder.
>This method works well on the nickel plated connectors where solder,
>sometimes, seems not to stick properly.
>
>Any comments on this method...
>
>Thanks again,
>73, sandy, n1mau
>Greville (Sandy) Balzarini, Parts Quality
>IIS Varian, Gloucester, MA
>sandy.balzarini@iis.varian.com
>tel: 508-282-2563
>fax: 508-283-4542


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