[TowerTalk] Cordless solder irons

[john at kk9a.com]

Bringing a small generator up the tower is an interesting idea. The
voltage drop from long extension cords really kills the heat. The Honda
EU1000i weighs only 30 pounds and it will run for longer than 5 minutes.

John KK9A


To:	"reflector Towertalk" <towertalk at contesting.com>
Subject:	Re: [TowerTalk] Cordless solder irons
From:	"Dave Hachadorian" <k6ll.dave at gmail.com>
Reply-to:	Dave Hachadorian <k6ll.dave at gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 19 Nov 2014 09:23:45 -0700


Harbor Freight Tools currently has on sale a 700-watt 2-cycle portable
generator, weighs 38 pounds (no worse than, e.g., a prop pitch).

I do not recommend this generator. I bought one of these in 2012, hoping
to use it for Field Day. It stopped running after 5 minutes and would not
restart. I exchanged it three times, and none of them would stay running.
Harbor Freight was very good about exchanging them and ultimately
returning my money.

Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
Yuma, AZ