[TowerTalk] Soldering Iron

[Rob Atkinson]

Now that's the way to heat up a pl-259!   With one of those you could
start a jumper business.   The monthly TRW fest is one of the nice
things about living out in S. Cal.

rob / k5uj

On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 4:38 PM, Steve Katz <stevek at jmr.com> wrote:
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> 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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> ::Indeed!  I have one of those.  It's a 900W resistance soldering setup, which was probably well over $1K "new" but purchased at the TRW Swap Meet for $75.  It had (still has) a "Property of Hughes Aircraft Company" asset tag on it.  :-)
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> Works like a charm.  Doesn't even take two seconds for a PL-259 body, more like one second.
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