[TowerTalk] Soldering Iron

[Charlie Gallo]

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

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