[TowerTalk] Soldering Iron

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 I guess we all have some odd type of soldering iron, I have a large iron that uses a chemical cartridge that is activated by a plunger or other impact device, it gets hot enough to solder a #6 cable to the bumper of your car-
bob / k6osm


 


 

-----Original Message-----
From: Rob Atkinson <ranchorobbo at gmail.com>
To: Steve Katz <stevek at jmr.com>
Cc: towertalk at contesting.com; Charlie Gallo <Charlie at thegallos.com>
Sent: Mon, 2 Feb 2009 4:52 pm
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Soldering Iron










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:
>
>
> 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
>
> ::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.  :-)
>
> Works like a charm.  Doesn't even take two seconds for a PL-259 body, more 
like one second.
>
> WB2WIK/6
>
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