[TowerTalk] Some advice about crimp ;type coax connectors

Bill Turner dezrat at outlook.com
Wed Nov 19 02:31:55 EST 2014


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On Wed, 19 Nov 2014 02:03:33 -0500, Stan wrote:

>. 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.

REPLY:

There are lots of these available on eBay. 

Search for "vintage soldering iron".  Pretty cheap, most of them. 

I recently found one at a yard sale for $3. 

73, Bill W6WRT


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