[TowerTalk] Some advice about crimp ;type coax connectors

[Stan Labinsky Jr.]

Now if you want to talk butane soldering irons, let's take a look at those 
from Master Appliance.

I have a Solder Pro 120, have used it for years.  Used it to solder 58U 
cable to 3/4" Motorola (NMO) mounts.  Nice iron... but!  In the winter it 
juuuuust about almost had enough heat to do the shield connection using the 
biggest flat blade tip available.  As long as it wasn't too windy.

The big Master guy on the other hand... he's like an old fashioned 100 watt 
plug-in soldering iron, the kind with a two prong plug, cotton covered cord 
and a half inch diameter copper tip.  You touch it to the work, the solder 
flows!  Don't care how cold it is outside.   Well, actually I do, it gets 
awfully uncomfortable up in the crosswind on top of a school bus roof in the 
winter.  But hey, that's where the antenna is, it's been torn out of the 
roof and the mount's shot... well, it's a living.

The only fly in this ointment?  Cost!  The Master goes for about 4 times the 
120's price.  But when it's needed, it's well worth it!

Oh, BTW, watch the kind of fuel you buy.  Have used some supposedly good 
stuff which was contaminated with... well, I forget what the Solder Pro 
folks said that it was  They even commented that for a short time the 
contaminated fuel was even ruining brand new irons as they were being tested 
at the factory, or so I was told when I tried to send mine back for warranty 
service many years ago.  They, instead, sent me a new valve and orifice 
assembly... the bad ones were literally gummed up with a jelly like polymer 
goo.  The only stuff I was told to use was the Master Appliance fuel.  That 
I buy from Grainger.

Stan


-----Original Message----- 
From: W3YY
Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2014 10:36 PM
To: towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Some advice about crimp ;type coax connectors

Weller also makes one like that.  I have one and it works great on top of
the tower, though I am trying to move toward other kinds connections up
there whenever possible.

73, Bob - W3YY