[TowerTalk] Soldering Iron

[N7KA at comcast.net]

The soldering iron I have had since the 1960s does very well.  Its what we used at TEKTRO NIX when TUBES still reigned. 



Made by Americal Electric Heater CO. in Detroit, AMERICAN BEAUTY , Catalog No.3114, 110Volts 120Watt.  The tip is .250 dia solid copper that we filed to chisel tip.  It was handy because I just used it to install some PL-259 connectors (AMPHENOL 83-1SP). 



Current American Beauty site shows has 3114 listing but lower wattage, same .25 dia tips. 



Arne N7KA 




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rob Atkinson" <ranchorobbo at gmail.com> 
To: towertalk at contesting.com 
Sent: Monday, February 2, 2009 8:37:39 PM GMT +00:00 Casablanca / Monrovia 
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Soldering Iron 

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.  They aren't cheap and they take forever to heat up and 
cool down, which is why I usually don't use mine.  I use a torch 
instead.    Google Berland's House of Tools.  It may be almost spring 
in Peoria but up here we have at least 8 weeks. 

73 

rob / k5uj 
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